Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities
In NACE division 38, 7.7 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 49% of the 87 NACE divisions with this figure. Comparison: as of 25-10-2026 05:30.
Key figures for NACE division 38
financial year 2025 · median over 737 filed annual accountsForeign control in NACE division 38
987 registered companiesStaff cost per FTE in NACE division 38
378 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €63,000 | €52,300 to €76,200 | 171 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €70,300 | €57,600 to €81,600 | 143 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €73,700 | €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
Bankruptcies
past five yearsNationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is higher than that of 98% of the 88 NACE divisions with this figure. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 38 is 0.4%, against 0.2% nationally, over 1,047 scored companies. Comparison: as of 25-10-2026 05:30.
Regional split
by region · 72 of 84 enterprises with a registered office on fileRecent bankruptcies in this sector
4| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 15-06-2026 | SEVEN – METAL
BE 0805.281.627 |
| 18-02-2026 | FLAUREA CHEMICALS
BE 0536.756.626 |
| 21-08-2024 | David Katalysator
BE 0649.778.056 |
| 11-10-2023 | BWD
BE 0774.522.333 |
Geographic distribution
by province · based on the registered officeWhere are this sector's balance sheets registered? By municipality, down to the address
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €79.2m awarded
- Federal transfers 143.5m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €7.8m paid
- EU budget €28.0m attributed share
- EU research €17.7m eu contribution
How these figures are counted
Current enterprise registrations are counted through their registered main activities; establishment units are excluded. Counted in the KBO's NACE 2008 nomenclature, the one in which code 38321 exists.
Share of currently registered companies with a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. Registered main activities in the selected classification can overlap. This retrospective share is not a future bankruptcy probability.
The comparison with the country and with the other NACE divisions comes from a nightly overview of every division, each counted in the nomenclature in which it exists. A standing such as "higher than 80%" counts the other divisions that have the figure. The bankruptcy probability is the median of our nightly score over the division's companies that have one; the count is stated.
The key figures cover the whole NACE division 38, not NACE 38321 on its own: there are too few filed annual accounts per five-digit code to compute them separately. The middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.