Groothandel

NACE 46

Active companies, 5-year failure rate, regional split and recent bankruptcies for this NACE sector.

338,690 active companies with this primary NACE

Active companies338,690

Bankruptcies (5y)1,233

Failure rate0.36%

Regions covered4

Provinces covered11

Bankruptcies and the failure rate are attributed by each company's current primary NACE, not the NACE at the time of bankruptcy (which the gazette does not record).

Sector key figures

fiscal year 2025 · median over 1371 filed annual accounts (NACE division 46)

Median solvency

37.2%

Median equity

€81k

Median net result

€17k

Annual accounts in sample

1,371

Source: NBB annual accounts, all schema types combined. Medians computed internally.

Regional split

by region

Vlaanderen 32,682 · 63.5%

Wallonië 12,241 · 23.8%

Brussel 5,155 · 10.0%

Unknown 1,383 · 2.7%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
04-08-2026	ATON SOLAR BE 0731.601.912
03-08-2026	CHIHAB BE 0542.611.367
31-07-2026	ANSTROC BE 0464.203.396
30-07-2026	UNI-BAT BE 0666.737.121
30-07-2026	Discount Depot BE 1023.295.758
29-07-2026	CLOUDWISE BELGIUM BE 0757.565.149
29-07-2026	LA FROMAGERIE BE 0737.687.176
28-07-2026	Brandhout Debruyne BE 0874.053.439

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 6,446

East Flanders OVL 6,547

Antwerp ANT 10,531

Flemish Brabant VLB 5,313

Limburg LIM 3,845

Brussels BRU 5,155

Hainaut HAI 3,718

Walloon Brabant WBR 2,068

Namur NAM 2,003

Liège LIE 3,689

Luxembourg LUX 763

fewer moremax 10,531