Plumbing work
Filed accounts
NACE 43221 · financial year 2025 · 3,310 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 46.0% | 47.2% | 47.5% | 49.9% | 50.3% | 50.0% |
| Median net result | €14,360 | €17,021 | €15,730 | €16,166 | €14,730 | €15,947 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 30-10-2026 | EAUTECH CHAUFFAGE
BE 0778.571.785 |
| 28-10-2026 | Demuylder-De Meyer, Christian
BE 0747.340.062 · sole trader · Braine-le-Château |
| 28-10-2026 | NIVORUM
BE 1021.205.508 |
| 27-10-2026 | BELGIUM CONCEPT
BE 0803.815.937 |
| 19-10-2026 | UNIQUE ART
BE 0756.756.485 |
| 14-10-2026 | NIVO INSTALL
BE 0458.693.105 |
| 14-10-2026 | Roşu, Laurentiu
BE 0687.764.345 · sole trader · Roeselare |
| 14-10-2026 | BOUWVOORDEEL
BE 0705.966.493 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 4,374 of 7,009 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 43 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 43221 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 SIXIzegem 198 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 AQUASECURITYAalst 134 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 ALTEBRAGeraardsbergen 101 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 JOS LAURYSSENBrecht 70.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 WATERGENIUSDiest 54.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 917 companies- 124 Construction 786
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 420
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 37
- 201 Independent retail 22
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 13
- 149.04 Metal trade 12
- 121 Cleaning 11
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 10
Show the 12 others
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 9
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 8
- 112 Garages 2
- 102 Quarries 1
- 119 Food trade 1
- 125.01 Wood industry 1
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 1
- 140 Transport and logistics 1
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 1
- 142 Recovery of raw materials 1
- 145 Horticulture 1
- 302 Hotels and catering 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 43: Specialised construction
Related activities
8 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General electrical installation work43211 | 22,605 | 1,904 | 192 | 20,605 |
| Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation43222 | 9,483 | 560 | 74 | 11,724 |
| Insulation installation43230 | 4,222 | 590 | 43 | 2,509 |
| Other construction installation43240 | 4,010 | 375 | 50 | 4,729 |
| Electrical installation work in industrial facilities43212 | 1,099 | 61 | 14 | 1,051 |
| Specialised construction activities43223 | 527 | 204 | 3 | 208 |
Show all 8 activities
| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialised construction activities43213 | 241 | 94 | 2 | 1 |
| Specialised construction activities43214 | 81 | 27 | 0 | 15 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 43
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 1,238 | 1,118 | 1,196 | 1,285 | 1,406 | 957 | 996 | 1,374 | 1,496 | 1,820 | 1,847 | 1,294 |
| Jobs lost | 2,977 | 2,516 | 2,616 | 2,709 | 2,807 | 2,317 | 1,934 | 2,541 | 2,672 | 3,365 | 3,379 | 2,180 |
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
6,826 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €59,800 | €50,700 to €68,200 | 4,513 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €63,900 | €55,800 to €71,400 | 2,080 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €70,100 | €61,100 to €77,700 | 204 |
| 250 FTE or more | €77,000 | €70,500 to €82,400 | 29 |
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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 43Measured 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.
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 3,749 of the division's 101,557 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
- Federal transfers 15.2m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €933,621 paid
- EU budget €97.9m attributed share
- EU research €10.3m EU contribution
Insights on Plumbing work
Balance sheet and result. 5.5% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. 18.8% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. Liquidity of 2.00 is above Belgium's 1.66.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.6% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 10.3 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 86% of the 88 NACE divisions.
Inflow and structure. Flanders holds 76.7% of the seats, against 64.7% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 7.0 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. This activity holds 5.4% of the registrations of Specialised construction.
Staff and filing. 43.2% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 558 of the 3,127 FTE: 17.8%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 46.0% in financial year 2020 to 50.0% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €14,360 in financial year 2020 to €15,947 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 06-11-2026 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 43221 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 1,276,581 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 698,987 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.