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Current registrations 8,344division 43: 129,063
Starters, 12 months 1,06112.7 per 100 · Belgium 8.9
Bankruptcies, 12 months 809.6 per 1,000 registrations · Belgium 6.2
Employment (FTE) 8,266530 employers · latest accounts
Median age 6.8 yearsBelgium 8.1 years
E-invoicing via Peppol 91.8%7,661 of 8,344 companies in the Peppol Directory · Belgium 85.0%

Filed accounts

NACE 43120 · financial year 2025 · 3,052 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
38.8%
division 45.2% · Belgium 46.1%
Median net result
€20,019
division €13,149 · Belgium €16,468
Median equity
€118,416
division €82,005 · Belgium €98,204
Loss-making
18.9%
division 22.4% · Belgium 26.7%
Negative equity
6.8%
division 7.8% · Belgium 12.4%
Median return on equity
16.6%
division 15.5% · Belgium 15.9%
Median liquidity
1.42
division 1.76 · Belgium 1.66
Filed late
42.7%
financial year 2024, 2,993 filings · division 42.6% · Belgium 38.5%
Missing or 90 days late
6.1%
of 3,360 companies with annual accounts · division 6.1% · Belgium 5.5%
Per financial year202020212022202320242025
Median solvency 34.1%35.6%36.0%38.2%39.2%38.8%
Median net result €16,587€19,801€19,331€17,799€18,257€20,019

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Bankruptcies

Bankruptcies, 5 years, still registered
243
2.91% of the registrations · Belgium 1.68%
Running bankruptcies
270
32.4 per 1,000 registrations

Recent bankruptcies

Date Company
10-11-2026 Vekes concrete floors
BE 0779.348.577
09-11-2026 Ceban, Vitalie
BE 0752.550.150 · sole trader · Schaerbeek
09-11-2026 ALF BUILD
BE 0798.908.925
06-11-2026 GEVO
BE 0434.825.066
03-11-2026 NAS CONSTRUCT
BE 0533.750.616
27-10-2026 TRI CONSTRUCT
BE 0874.380.665
26-10-2026 All Generations Projects
BE 0400.177.260
26-10-2026 G.C.K.K.
BE 0737.842.673

Every bankruptcy in division 43, last 90 days

Spread across the country

by region and province · 4,173 of 8,344 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat
  • Flanders 2,654 · 63.6%
  • Wallonia 1,166 · 27.9%
  • Brussels 323 · 7.7%
  • Abroad 30 · 0.7%
fewer moremax 862

Largest employers

NACE 43120 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts
  1. 1 GalèreChaudfontaine 585 FTEfinancial year 2025
  2. 2 Aertssen InfraStabroek 337 FTEfinancial year 2025
  3. 3 ELOY TRAVAUXSprimont 229 FTEfinancial year 2025
  4. 4 FODETRA-HOTTON INFRACourcelles 220 FTEfinancial year 2025
  5. 5 APK Infra WestPelt 212 FTEfinancial year 2025

Joint committees

from the latest accounts of 909 companies
  • 124 Construction 724
  • 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 434
  • 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 77
  • 145 Horticulture 33
  • 132 Technical farming and horticulture work 29
  • 140 Transport and logistics 28
  • 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 18
  • 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 15
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  • 121 Cleaning 10
  • 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 9
  • 201 Independent retail 9
  • 144 Agriculture 6
  • 302 Hotels and catering 6
  • 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 3
  • 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 3
  • 101 Mining 2
  • 142.04 Recovery of raw materials 2
  • 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 2
  • 322 Temporary agency work and approved local services 2
  • 102 Quarries 1

Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.

Division 43: Specialised construction

Related activities

2 other activities
Activity Registrations Starters, 12 months Bankruptcies, 12 months FTE
Demolition43110 1,331 122 19 1,544
Specialised construction activities43130 598 49 3 915

Bankruptcies per year in division 43

Per year201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Bankruptcies1,2381,1181,1961,2851,4069579961,3741,4961,8201,8471,294
Jobs lost2,9772,5162,6162,7092,8072,3171,9342,5412,6723,3653,3792,180

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 43

6,828 employers
Median
€61,500
Belgium €61,400
Middle half
€52,500 to €69,800
half of the employers lie between
Place among sectors
55 of 78
sectors with a median staff cost per FTE, highest first
By size class
SizeMedianMiddle halfEmployers
fewer than 10 FTE €59,800 €50,700 to €68,200 4,515
10 to 49 FTE €64,000 €55,800 to €71,500 2,080
50 to 249 FTE €70,300 €61,100 to €77,800 204
250 FTE or more €77,000 €70,500 to €82,400 29

Running bankruptcies in the sector

NACE division 43
Number
2,797
Half have run longer than
21 months
Belgium: 20 months
Longer than three years
31%
Belgium: 31%

Measured nationally: Of 108,810 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 14 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.

Outcome by court and division

52 of the 67,044 companies in NACE division 43 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (18), France (9) and Germany (8). Together they employ 3,750 of the division's 101,529 FTE: 3.7%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.

Subsidies in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €112.7m awarded 11,261 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Vlaamse ondersteuningspremie (VOP) voor werkgevers (uitdovend stelsel)
  • Wallonia-Brussels Federation €933,621 paid 4 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Unnamed in the register
  • Federal transfers 15.2m amount as published 17 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Samenwerkingsakkoord Beliris - Kapitaaloverdracht overheidsbedrijven.
  • EU budget €97.9m attributed share 31 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Linked to buildings
  • EU research €10.3m EU contribution 18 recipients · 2010 to 2026 · largest: Horizon 2020

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Insights on Site preparation

Balance sheet and result. 6.8% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. 18.9% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. The median net result of €20,019 is above Belgium's €16,468.

Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.7% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 9.6 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 85% of the 88 NACE divisions.

Inflow and structure. In 12 months, 12.7 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 91% of the 87 NACE divisions. Wallonia holds 28.1% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium. 50.0% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.

Staff and filing. 42.7% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.5% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 1,584 of the 8,266 FTE: 19.2%.

Direction. Median solvency rose from 34.1% in financial year 2020 to 38.8% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €16,587 in financial year 2020 to €20,019 in financial year 2025.

The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 14-11-2026 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 43120 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 1,276,430 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 700,464 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.