Civil engineering
Filed accounts
NACE 42219 · financial year 2025 · 132 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 40.7% | 45.2% | 41.4% | 38.0% | 40.6% | 43.1% |
| Median net result | €27,773 | €21,331 | €11,826 | €29,225 | €17,536 | €15,756 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 12-10-2026 | Ruuds Reno
BE 1020.607.670 |
| 16-03-2026 | M&O TECHNIEK
BE 0781.987.967 |
| 06-03-2026 | IC Group
BE 0741.630.821 |
| 25-02-2026 | dewit
BE 0823.973.923 |
| 09-02-2026 | LEVENT BLEU
BE 0762.460.778 |
| 26-08-2025 | Cristescu, Lucian-Florentin
BE 0606.985.022 · sole trader · Schaerbeek |
| 04-04-2025 | EMIGRO
BE 0719.530.261 |
| 09-01-2025 | M&G-tech
BE 0727.534.840 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 232 of 330 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 42219 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 VANDOTECPoperinge 26.7 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 GILMASOGenk 22.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 ENMITessenderlo-Ham 19.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 STWommelgem 18.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 NORMACALORChaudfontaine 17.7 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 45 companies- 124 Construction 26
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 21
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 8
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 6
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 5
- 140 Transport and logistics 1
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 1
- 149.04 Metal trade 1
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- 201 Independent retail 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 | 1,786 | 137 | 36 | 12,963 |
| Civil engineering42211 | 287 | 28 | 5 | 195 |
| 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 108,562 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 3,963 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. 5.3% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. Return on equity of 19.2% is above Belgium's 15.9%. 22.0% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 1.0% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 15.2 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 94% of the 88 NACE divisions.
Inflow and structure. In 12 months, 5.5 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 66% of the 87 NACE divisions. 29.7% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 6.2 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 44.1% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 105 of the 257 FTE: 40.8%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 40.7% in financial year 2020 to 43.1% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €27,773 in financial year 2020 to €15,756 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 07-11-2026 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 42219 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 1,276,547 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,272 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.