Civil engineering
Filed accounts
NACE 42911 · financial year 2025 · 58 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 51.1% | 48.5% | 50.0% | 53.5% | 52.5% | 51.3% |
| Median net result | €65,598 | €70,732 | €48,218 | €40,935 | €51,629 | €54,824 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 07-09-2026 | Valcke Heavy Equipment Operator
BE 0750.741.792 |
| 26-06-2024 | MD BAGGERWERKEN
BE 0788.808.849 |
| 26-06-2023 | Jude, Beniamin
BE 0839.473.533 · sole trader · Charleroi |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 97 of 148 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 42911 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Jan De NulAalst 1,841 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 DEME DredgingBeveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht 1,374 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 BAGGERWERKEN DECLOEDT & ZOONOstend 230 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 ONDERNEMINGEN N. VINDEVOGELKruisem 73.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 ENVIRONNEMENT - ECOLOGIE - CURAGEFernelmont 57.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 28 companies- 124 Construction 22
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 19
- 316 Merchant navy 4
- 145 Horticulture 3
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 1
- 102.02 Quarries 1
- 102.06 Quarries 1
- 146 Forestry 1
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- 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
2 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil engineering42990 | 392 | 48 | 3 | 1,414 |
| Civil engineering42919 | 188 | 9 | 0 | 1,560 |
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
570 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €59,300 | €50,400 to €70,500 | 227 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €64,100 | €57,900 to €72,200 | 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 108,606 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 29% 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 5 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 3,966 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 33,925 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. The median net result of €54,824 is above Belgium's €16,539. 17.2% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. 8.6% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.2% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 13.2 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 4.1 of 100 companies started, against 8.8 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 77% of the 87 NACE divisions. Flanders holds 76.8% of the seats, against 64.7% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 27.6% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 3,576 of the 3,712 FTE: 96.3%.
Direction. The median net result fell from €65,598 in financial year 2020 to €54,824 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 05-11-2026 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 42911 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 1,275,887 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,448 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.