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Civil engineering

NACE 4221
Current registrations884
Starters, 12 months · division 42
444
Employment (FTE) · division 42
41,613
Median age · division 42
6.8 years

In NACE division 42, 7.5 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 51% of the 87 NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 42

fiscal year 2025 · median over 1,702 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
43.1%
lower than 57% of 79 divisions
Median equity
€114,119
lower than 56% of 79 divisions
Median net result
€19,107
higher than 63% of 79 divisions
Annual accounts in sample
1,702

Bankruptcies

past five years
Bankruptcies (5y)
22
Historical share
2.49%

Nationally, 1.41% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is higher than that of 84% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 42 is 0.9%, against 0.5% nationally, over 3,030 scored companies. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 681 of 884 enterprises with a registered office on file
Flanders 511 · 75.0%
Wallonia 143 · 21.0%
Brussels 27 · 4.0%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

8
Date Company
22-09-2026 SOFREMI
BE 0759.477.237
04-08-2026 KOZAN BOUW
BE 0732.940.908
01-06-2026 FIRAT COMPANY
BE 0761.614.603
16-03-2026 M&O TECHNIEK
BE 0781.987.967
06-03-2026 IC Group
BE 0741.630.821
18-02-2026 GROND- EN RIOLERINGSWERKEN WLG
BE 0730.620.925
09-02-2026 LEVENT BLEU
BE 0762.460.778
09-12-2025 HT GROUP
BE 0784.338.436

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address
fewer moremax 220

Public money in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €172.9m awarded 693 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Vlaams Gemeentefonds
  • Federal transfers 41.0m amount as published 10 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Samenwerkingsakkoord Beliris - Kapitaalover- drachten Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
  • Wallonia-Brussels Federation €2.4m paid 1 recipient · 2024 · largest: Infrastructures sportives et IPPJ
  • EU budget €12.2m attributed share 9 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Security
  • EU research €10.5m eu contribution 7 recipients · 2013 to 2025 · largest: Horizon 2020

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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 2025 nomenclature, the one in which code 4221 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 42, not NACE 4221 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.