Civil engineering
No bankruptcy in the past twelve months.
Filed accounts
NACE 42212 · financial year 2025 · 115 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 33.6% | 35.6% | 38.5% | 40.1% | 36.7% | 39.0% |
| Median net result | €23,634 | €26,857 | €23,144 | €22,790 | €24,911 | €19,192 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 23-09-2025 | DEDE
BE 0790.196.939 |
| 04-06-2025 | Kiran
BE 0749.832.269 |
| 28-03-2025 | Debraine, Christophe
BE 0846.041.324 · sole trader · Engis |
| 18-09-2023 | Roelandt, Steven
BE 0508.861.208 · sole trader · Aalst |
| 29-11-2021 | ITALIAROC
BE 0635.873.996 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 205 of 262 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 42212 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 AANNEMINGEN VANLERBERGHEDiksmuide 61.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 ELTAWetteren 50.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 EXELIOSprimont 42.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 AUDEBOLochristi 33.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 BRUGGEMAN-MAESKontich 31.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 40 companies- 124 Construction 33
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 21
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 2
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 2
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 2
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 1
- 132 Technical farming and horticulture work 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 | 1,785 | 137 | 36 | 12,928 |
| Civil engineering42219 | 330 | 18 | 5 | 257 |
| Civil engineering42211 | 287 | 28 | 5 | 195 |
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
568 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €59,300 | €50,600 to €70,500 | 225 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €64,300 | €57,900 to €72,400 | 230 |
| 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 108,651 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 10 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 33,791 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
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €2.4m paid
- Federal transfers 40.4m amount as published
- EU budget €12.2m attributed share
- EU research €10.5m EU contribution
Insights on Civil engineering
Balance sheet and result. 6.1% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. The median net result of €19,192 is above Belgium's €16,492. Solvency of 39.0% is below Belgium's 46.1%.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.7% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. 21.8% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Wallonia holds 30.0% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 5.6 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 220 of the 345 FTE: 63.8%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 33.6% in financial year 2020 to 39.0% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €23,634 in financial year 2020 to €19,192 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 10-11-2026 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 42212 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 1,276,421 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,557 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.