Construction of roads and motorways
6 companies file their annual accounts outside the standard format, for example in a sector format. Their figures and staff are missing from the employment, the medians and the largest employers.
Filed accounts
NACE 42110 · financial year 2025 · 1,015 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 39.3% | 41.6% | 42.4% | 44.0% | 44.2% | 43.6% |
| Median net result | €19,645 | €25,845 | €32,248 | €28,403 | €30,408 | €25,918 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 30-10-2026 | LKW-TECH
BE 0783.777.915 |
| 26-10-2026 | KÖSE CONSTRUCTION
BE 0680.566.846 |
| 16-10-2026 | BRAHMI
BE 0691.637.021 |
| 14-10-2026 | MICA
BE 0479.959.265 |
| 14-10-2026 | INTERBLIK
BE 0806.901.032 |
| 07-10-2026 | AP VLOERWERKEN
BE 0865.312.155 |
| 21-09-2026 | Bleumink, Sergio
BE 1008.955.792 · sole trader · Arendonk |
| 14-09-2026 | BMF-Solutions
BE 0670.887.434 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 1,614 of 2,295 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
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Largest employers
NACE 42110 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 WILLEMEN INFRAGhent 862 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 STADSBADERHarelbeke 752 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 APK infraPelt 540 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 COLAS BELGIUMBrussels 499 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Colas NoordHeusden-Zolder 472 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 516 companies- 124 Construction 452
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 322
- 145 Horticulture 30
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 9
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 8
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 7
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 7
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 4
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- 121 Cleaning 4
- 140 Transport and logistics 4
- 201 Independent retail 4
- 112 Garages 2
- 149.04 Metal trade 2
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 2
- 302 Hotels and catering 2
- 102 Quarries 1
- 106.02 Concrete industry 1
- 116 Chemical industry 1
- 132 Technical farming and horticulture work 1
- 140.04 Airport ground handling 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 42: Civil engineering
Related activities
2 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil engineering42120 | 166 | 18 | 1 | 392 |
| Civil engineering42130 | 140 | 16 | 1 | 220 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 42
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 64 | 59 | 57 | 42 | 60 | 25 | 37 | 44 | 58 | 64 | 88 | 66 |
| Jobs lost | 283 | 360 | 362 | 184 | 103 | 35 | 106 | 129 | 138 | 174 | 196 | 203 |
2026 through September. 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 42
569 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €59,300 | €50,500 to €70,500 | 225 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €64,200 | €57,900 to €72,400 | 231 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €66,300 | €60,000 to €74,800 | 89 |
| 250 FTE or more | €77,600 | €68,500 to €81,300 | 24 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 42Measured nationally: Of 108,562 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 28% after liquidation, 3% were withdrawn. After five years, 20% were still open. Half had ended after 26 months (a quarter after 15, three quarters after 51 months).
This counts companies with this main activity in the register on 6 November 2026. The outcome itself is not measured by sector. The activity of a company that leaves the register after its bankruptcy is too often not kept to compare closed cases fairly.
16 of the 3,961 companies in NACE division 42 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Switzerland (10), France (4) and Germany (1). Together they employ 1,242 of the division's 33,825 FTE: 3.7%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €29.7m awarded
- Federal transfers 40.4m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €2.4m paid
- EU budget €12.2m attributed share
- EU research €10.5m EU contribution
Insights on Construction of roads and motorways
Balance sheet and result. 5.0% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. The median net result of €25,918 is above Belgium's €16,520. 20.7% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 15.3 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 94% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.4% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 11.6 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 5.8 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 61% of the 87 NACE divisions. 29.6% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 3,124 of the 12,768 FTE: 24.5%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 39.3% in financial year 2020 to 43.6% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €19,645 in financial year 2020 to €25,918 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 06-11-2026 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 42110 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 1,276,581 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 698,987 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.