Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities
This view shows Belgium · 38320 · Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities. Sector figures are national, so the place does not apply here.
Filed accounts
NACE 38320 · financial year 2025 · 41 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 29.2% | 37.5% | 36.1% | 38.1% | 38.3% | 41.9% |
| Median net result | €28,815 | €145,215 | €65,606 | €67,333 | €89,045 | €21,391 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 04-05-2026 | Amiante Group
BE 0744.957.723 |
| 02-04-2025 | Amiante Group
BE 0744.957.723 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 53 of 58 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
The balance sheets of division 38 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 38320 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 NATIONAAL INSTITUUT VOOR RADIO-ELEMENTENFleurus 223 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Organisme national des déchets radioactifs et des matières fissiles enrichiesBrussels 191 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 RECYCLAGE ET VALORISATION TECHNIQUEEngis 90.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 viabuild special servicesPuurs-Sint-Amands 88.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Intercommunale Vereniging voor de Ophaling van Afvalstoffen in de Gemeenten van de vroegere randfederatie TervurenHoeilaart 48.6 FTEfinancial year 2024
Companies
58 with this main activity- BELGOPROCESS Dessel · 348 FTE
- Transnubel Saint-Josse-ten-Noode · 248 FTE
- NATIONAAL INSTITUUT VOOR RADIO-ELEMENTEN Fleurus · 223 FTE
- Organisme national des déchets radioactifs et des matières fissiles enrichies Brussels · 191 FTE
- Sarpi EcoServices BE Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · 130 FTE
- RECYCLAGE ET VALORISATION TECHNIQUE Engis · 90.2 FTE
- viabuild special services Puurs-Sint-Amands · 88.9 FTE
- SPAQuE Liège · 84.4 FTE
- Veolia ES MRC Antwerp · 74.6 FTE
- Intercommunale Vereniging voor de Ophaling van Afvalstoffen in de Gemeenten van de vroegere randfederatie Tervuren Hoeilaart · 48.6 FTE
- Top-Mix Ostend · 45.4 FTE
- REMONDIS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES Herstal · 22.4 FTE
- RCYCL Eupen · 21.5 FTE
- A.A.R.S. All Asbestos Removal Services Heist-op-den-Berg · 20.5 FTE
- STERHOEK Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · 19.1 FTE
- OOSTVLAAMS MILIEUBEHEER Ghent · 17.7 FTE
- Ghent Renewables Ghent · 14.5 FTE
- VANHEEDE LANDFILL SOLUTIONS Roeselare · 12.3 FTE
- MRS RECYCLING Tessenderlo-Ham · 9.2 FTE
- ACHENE RECYCLAGE Ciney · 7.0 FTE
- Remo - Milieubeheer Hasselt · 4.6 FTE
- EUROWASTE Antwerp · 4.5 FTE
- O.D.M. Moorslede · 3.1 FTE
- GRWestkust Diksmuide · 2.1 FTE
- Hedera Brussels · 2.0 FTE
- STEVAN INVEST Lendelede · 2.0 FTE
- COBEFI Thuin · 1.6 FTE
- 1 LOGISTICS EUROPE La Louvière
- ALL GREEN RECYCLING Brussels
- Amiante Group Houthalen-Helchteren
- ARTISTUK Opwijk
- Asbest 2 Remove Beringen
- ASBESTERS Halle
- BELGONUCLEAIRE Brussels
- Beltree Technology Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
- Björkström, Tobias sole trader · Lasne
- BRANCALEONI DIFFUSION Sprimont
- cascon management Waregem
- CEGIMA ROCHEFORT Rochefort
- C-Service Laarne
- De Groene Bocht Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
- DRAIN SERVICES Kapelle-op-den-Bos
- ECO-CUBE Vilvoorde
- European Underground Research Infrastructure for Disposal of Nuclear Waste in Clay Environment Mol
- Hauldebaum, Donovan sole trader · Gouvy
- INAFZO Kortrijk
- NUVIA BE Brussels
- PONT 45 DEPOLUTION Leopoldsburg
- Property Care Belgium Lommel
- P.T.M. Lebbeke
- REMATT Geel
- Renewi Tisselt N.V. Lommel
- Ronsman, Brigitte sole trader · Lokeren
- TM TCB-SCK-BP Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- Verslype, Kris sole trader · Houthulst
- Verstraeten, Stefaan sole trader · Oudenaarde
- VINDEVOGEL INVEST Oudenaarde
- WILLIAM Anderlecht
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 23 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 15
- 124 Construction 6
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 6
- 121 Cleaning 4
- 142.04 Recovery of raw materials 4
- 116 Chemical industry 3
- 102.06 Quarries 1
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 1
Show the 1 others
- 142.01 Recovery of raw materials 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 38: Waste collection and treatment
Related activities
1 other activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities38330 | 272 | 5 | 1 | 7,606 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 38
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 16 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 12 |
| Jobs lost | 29 | 93 | 31 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 44 | 53 | 38 | 45 |
2026 through June. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 38
379 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €63,000 | €52,400 to €76,100 | 172 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €70,300 | €57,600 to €81,600 | 143 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €72,600 | €67,100 to €87,700 | 50 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Foreign control in NACE division 38
983 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €79.2m awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €498,572 paid
- Federal transfers 143.3m amount as published
- EU budget €28.0m attributed share
- EU research €17.7m EU contribution
Insights on Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 5.7% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 5.0% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. Liquidity of 2.40 is above Belgium's 1.66.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 24.4 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 8.6% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Brussels holds 17.0% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 22.2% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 641 of the 767 FTE: 83.6%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 29.2% in financial year 2020 to 41.9% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €28,815 in financial year 2020 to €21,391 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 09-11-2026 05:30.
Method and sources
Every company registered today counts under its main activities in the KBO. Establishment units do not count. Staff counts once, under the employer's first main activity, from its latest accounts and only where it fits the staff costs. The count follows the NACE 2025 classification, the version in which code 38320 exists.
The bankruptcies over five years count only companies still registered today, because the activity of a company that left the register is not kept. So they are fewer than the bankruptcies of those years, and the figure is not a probability for the future. Over twelve months the count is nearly complete, because a bankrupt company stays registered while its bankruptcy runs. A company with more than one main activity counts in each of those sectors.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other NACE divisions rests on an overview of every division, counted again each night. Each division is counted in the version of the NACE classification in which it exists. A standing such as "more than in 80%" compares with the other divisions that have the figure. A division's bankruptcy probability is the median over its companies with a score. Belgium here counts the 1,276,461 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,442 registrations publish no activity.
Each median is the value of the middle company, computed over the annual accounts of financial year 2025, and is shown only from 30 accounts. A share (loss-making, negative equity) counts that year's accounts with that trait. Accounts are late when they are filed after the statutory deadline. The direction per financial year follows the companies still registered today. Missing or 90 days late counts the companies with accounts missing today, or whose latest were filed more than 90 days after the deadline. The dossier follows the same rule.