Wholesale trade
In NACE division 46, 4.6 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is lower than that of 71% of the 87 NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.
Key figures for NACE division 46
fiscal year 2025 · median over 24,419 filed annual accountsBankruptcies
past five yearsNationally, 1.41% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is higher than that of 82% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 46 is 0.6%, against 0.5% nationally, over 39,695 scored companies. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.
Regional split
by region · 131 of 173 enterprises with a registered office on fileRecent bankruptcies in this sector
4| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 12-02-2026 | JAK EXPERT
BE 0565.916.707 |
| 24-06-2024 | Zoopark Franky
BE 0695.550.475 |
| 04-12-2023 | Sole trader
BE 0729.292.124 · Oreye |
| 03-07-2023 | Animoox
BE 0697.764.649 |
Geographic distribution
by province · based on the establishment addressPublic money in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €661.5m awarded
- Federal transfers 66.1m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €30.7m paid
- EU budget €564.5m attributed share
- EU research €55.0m eu contribution
How these figures are counted
Current enterprise registrations are counted through their registered main activities; establishment units are excluded. Counted in the KBO's NACE 2025 nomenclature, the one in which code 46232 exists.
Share of currently registered companies with a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. Registered main activities in the selected classification can overlap. This retrospective share is not a future bankruptcy probability.
The comparison with the country and with the other NACE divisions comes from a nightly overview of every division, each counted in the nomenclature in which it exists. A standing such as "higher than 80%" counts the other divisions that have the figure. The bankruptcy probability is the median of our nightly score over the division's companies that have one; the count is stated.
The key figures cover the whole NACE division 46, not NACE 46232 on its own: there are too few filed annual accounts per five-digit code to compute them separately. The middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.