Civil engineering
Filed accounts
NACE 42211 · financial year 2025 · 116 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 41.9% | 45.9% | 37.7% | 36.5% | 36.3% | 37.9% |
| Median net result | €27,981 | €33,336 | €35,798 | €19,213 | €18,558 | €29,834 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 02-10-2026 | MT BOUW
BE 0774.891.923 |
| 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 |
| 09-12-2025 | HT GROUP
BE 0784.338.436 |
| 15-10-2025 | Stey
BE 0754.656.139 |
| 03-10-2025 | AKIN-TECHNICS
BE 0784.667.840 |
| 30-04-2025 | Abubakarov, Movsar
BE 0722.857.955 · sole trader |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 247 of 287 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 42 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 42211 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 MNF-TechLokeren 111 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 EZ-SystemsLokeren 38.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 LOISEAU INFRAEngis 19.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 GGS Oil & Gas SystemsKalmthout 8.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 MT BOUWGrimbergen 7.0 FTEfinancial year 2024
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 45 companies- 124 Construction 38
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 32
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 6
- 121 Cleaning 1
- 140 Transport and logistics 1
- 149.04 Metal trade 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 42: Civil engineering
Related activities
3 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications42220 | 1,787 | 137 | 36 | 12,963 |
| Civil engineering42219 | 330 | 18 | 5 | 257 |
| Civil engineering42212 | 262 | 29 | 0 | 345 |
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 |
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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 42Measured nationally: Of 108,642 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 7 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 3,963 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 Civil engineering
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 35.8% is above Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €29,834 is above Belgium's €16,520. Solvency of 37.9% is below Belgium's 46.1%.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 1.5% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 17.4 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 95% of the 88 NACE divisions.
Inflow and structure. 13.9% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 4.6 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. Flanders holds 78.0% of the seats, against 64.7% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 48.3% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 184 of the 195 FTE: 94.6%.
Direction. Median solvency fell from 41.9% in financial year 2020 to 37.9% 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 42211 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.