Civil engineering
Filed accounts
NACE 42990 · financial year 2025 · 177 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 31.7% | 34.8% | 39.4% | 33.6% | 39.6% | 33.8% |
| Median net result | €20,346 | €31,414 | €17,539 | €11,438 | €11,488 | €8,502 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 04-09-2026 | Distributing Smiles
BE 0688.764.435 |
| 26-08-2026 | Sebahatin, Adile
BE 1022.217.078 · sole trader |
| 29-06-2026 | Hawin
BE 0746.884.558 |
| 02-04-2025 | FAGOT CONSTRUCT & CO
BE 0543.512.378 |
| 26-02-2024 | MA MAISON AUTREMENT
BE 0720.897.268 |
| 07-11-2023 | NERO POOLS
BE 0785.503.525 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 327 of 392 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 42990 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Etablissements Maurice WantyBinche 773 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Entreprises générales Louis DucheneModave 465 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 STARLINE C.L.O.Pelt 35.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 GECILOCQuévy 30.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 4M ENGINEERINGHerve 19.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 48 companies- 124 Construction 28
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 26
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 4
- 116 Chemical industry 3
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 3
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 2
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
- 121 Cleaning 1
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- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 1
- 142.01 Recovery of raw materials 1
- 145 Horticulture 1
- 201 Independent retail 1
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 1
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 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 engineering42919 | 188 | 9 | 0 | 1,560 |
| Civil engineering42911 | 148 | 6 | 1 | 3,712 |
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 108,621 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 9 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. The median net result of €8,502 is below Belgium's €16,497. 16.9% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. Solvency of 33.8% is below Belgium's 46.1%.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.7% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. 16.6% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 12.2 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 89% of the 87 NACE divisions. Half of the companies are younger than 5.9 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 1,323 of the 1,414 FTE: 93.5%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 31.7% in financial year 2020 to 33.8% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €20,346 in financial year 2020 to €8,502 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 09-11-2026 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 42990 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 1,276,461 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,442 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.