Specialised construction activities
Activities
NACE 4333 · 3 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor and wall tiling43331 | 3,900 | 328 | 58 | 926 |
| Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials43333 | 894 | 57 | 3 | 644 |
| Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings43332 | 735 | 38 | 9 | 360 |
Filed accounts
NACE 4333 · financial year 2025 · 2,364 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 42.3% | 44.0% | 44.8% | 46.0% | 46.1% | 46.8% |
| Median net result | €10,376 | €12,800 | €10,901 | €8,906 | €8,321 | €9,456 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 06-11-2026 | Oprea, Gigel
BE 0764.967.239 · sole trader · Ichtegem |
| 05-11-2026 | EUROPARKET BENELUX
BE 0893.459.773 |
| 29-10-2026 | Demeulenaere, Patrick
BE 0631.401.803 · sole trader · Antwerp |
| 28-10-2026 | Jansen Cleanrooms & Labs
BE 0463.984.850 |
| 28-10-2026 | Rumiński, Mariusz
BE 1000.088.905 · sole trader · Herzele |
| 23-10-2026 | Giannini, Yves
BE 0724.237.830 · sole trader · Messancy |
| 16-10-2026 | IDEAL CONSTRUCTION
BE 0773.728.418 |
| 14-10-2026 | M-TILE
BE 0800.509.623 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 3,240 of 5,486 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 4333 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 SIPRESMons 114 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 NORDEXArendonk 62.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 Jansen Cleanrooms & LabsOudsbergen 59.4 FTEfinancial year 2024
- 4 MEULEMAN & COKortrijk 50.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 SCHELLAERTAalst 37.7 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 694 companies- 124 Construction 612
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 298
- 201 Independent retail 26
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 15
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 12
- 109 Clothing and garment industry 6
- 121 Cleaning 5
- 145 Horticulture 4
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- 215 White-collar workers in the clothing and garment industry 3
- 302 Hotels and catering 3
- 116 Chemical industry 2
- 149.04 Metal trade 2
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 2
- 106.02 Concrete industry 1
- 125 Wood industry 1
- 125.01 Wood industry 1
- 136 Paper and cardboard processing 1
- 140 Transport and logistics 1
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 1
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 43: Specialised construction
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
6,827 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €59,800 | €50,700 to €68,200 | 4,514 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €63,900 | €55,800 to €71,500 | 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 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 43Measured 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.
52 of the 67,065 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 101,519 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
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €933,621 paid
- Federal transfers 15.2m amount as published
- EU budget €97.9m attributed share
- EU research €10.3m EU contribution
Insights on Specialised construction activities
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €9,456 is below Belgium's €16,497. 8.3% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. Return on equity of 12.9% is below Belgium's 15.9%.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.6% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 12.8 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 93% of the 88 NACE divisions.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 9.7 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 7.7 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 57% of the 87 NACE divisions. This activity holds 4.3% of the registrations of Specialised construction.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 325 of the 1,930 FTE: 16.8%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 42.3% in financial year 2020 to 46.8% 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 4333 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.