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Wholesale trade

NACE 46471
Current registrations333
Starters, 12 months · division 46
2,896
Employment (FTE) · division 46
231,787
Median age · division 46
14.9 years

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 accounts
Median solvency
43.7%
lower than 51% of 79 divisions
Median equity
€186,387
higher than 62% of 79 divisions
Median net result
€15,144
higher than 49% of 79 divisions
Annual accounts in sample
24,419

Bankruptcies

past five years
Bankruptcies (5y)
9
Historical share
2.70%

Nationally, 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 89% 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 · 318 of 333 enterprises with a registered office on file
Flanders 208 · 65.4%
Wallonia 75 · 23.6%
Brussels 27 · 8.5%
Unknown 8 · 2.5%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

8
Date Company
14-09-2026 Alisystème-Promeubles
BE 0876.179.125
17-06-2026 ISTIKLAL
BE 0537.898.157
26-03-2026 EVERLY
BE 1013.000.593
02-03-2026 ImmoMarket
BE 0739.830.084
23-09-2025 LA STRUCTURE D'ACHAT BELGIUM
BE 0772.489.687
08-08-2025 LEADING CONSTRUCTION STAINLESS
BE 0698.899.846
10-09-2024 STYLINIA FURNITURE
BE 0444.848.136
20-10-2023 SEMPRE LIFE
BE 0696.724.373

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address
fewer moremax 74

Public money in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €661.5m awarded 6,770 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Vlaams Gemeentefonds
  • Federal transfers 66.1m amount as published 26 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Subsidie aan de Centrale Dienst voor Sociale en Culturele Actie
  • Wallonia-Brussels Federation €30.7m paid 30 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Subventions forfaitaires dans le fondamental
  • EU budget €564.5m attributed share 91 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Information and communication technology
  • EU research €55.0m eu contribution 85 recipients · 2007 to 2027 · largest: Horizon 2020

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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 46471 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 46471 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.