Specialised construction activities
Filed accounts
NACE 43343 · financial year 2025 · 266 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 44.8% | 48.6% | 47.6% | 47.3% | 52.4% | 50.7% |
| Median net result | €19,637 | €24,587 | €24,662 | €21,917 | €21,344 | €14,410 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 27-07-2026 | GROEP R&V
BE 1020.280.048 |
| 01-06-2026 | J.M.S. CONCEPT
BE 0896.220.018 |
| 18-02-2026 | Clerbois, Jean-Louis Lucien
BE 0564.539.307 · sole trader · Braine-le-Château |
| 19-12-2025 | De Ryck, Gerd
BE 0630.576.313 · sole trader · Heist-op-den-Berg |
| 24-11-2025 | Iftene, George
BE 0603.997.224 · sole trader · Péruwelz |
| 25-08-2025 | BATIBO
BE 0846.902.545 |
| 28-02-2025 | Manfredi, Luca
BE 0775.644.563 · sole trader · Seraing |
| 05-02-2025 | Guillaume, Sylvain
BE 0692.736.683 · sole trader · Habay |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 342 of 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 43343 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Group CeyssensHeusden-Zolder 74.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 EUROGLAS - DE LANDTSHEERBornem 60.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 SPRIMO INSTALLATION SERVICESSprimont 50.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 D-GLASOstend 45.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 AID GLASSBocholt 43.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 111 companies- 124 Construction 89
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 66
- 115 Glass industry 10
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 4
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 2
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 2
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 1
- 149.02 Coachwork 1
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- 201 Independent retail 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joinery installation43320 | 19,817 | 1,341 | 153 | 15,346 |
| Painting of buildings43341 | 7,804 | 692 | 71 | 2,911 |
| Other building finishing work43350 | 7,269 | 976 | 85 | 3,238 |
| Plastering work43310 | 3,971 | 381 | 43 | 1,086 |
| Floor and wall tiling43331 | 3,900 | 328 | 58 | 926 |
| Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials43333 | 894 | 57 | 3 | 644 |
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| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings43332 | 735 | 38 | 9 | 360 |
| Specialised construction activities43342 | 152 | 13 | 1 | 593 |
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 |
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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 43Measured nationally: Of 108,642 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 7 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 67,068 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 101,528 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 Specialised construction activities
Balance sheet and result. 4.9% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. Return on equity of 10.1% is below Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €14,410 is below Belgium's €16,500.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 10.3 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 88% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.5% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 15.2 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 4.9 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 69% of the 87 NACE divisions. 29.6% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 44.3% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 275 of the 971 FTE: 28.3%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 44.8% in financial year 2020 to 50.7% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €19,637 in financial year 2020 to €14,410 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 08-11-2026 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 43343 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 1,276,474 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,509 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.