Wholesale of information and communication equipment
38 companies file their annual accounts outside the standard format, for example in a sector format. Their figures and staff are missing from the employment, the medians and the largest employers.
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- ANALOG DEVICES INTERNATIONAL, LLC
- Bluestar Europe Distribution bv
- CALUMET PHOTOGRAPHIC B.V.
- CASIO BELGIUM
- CIENA LTD
- Conduent Business Solutions France SAS-Belgian Branch
- Credence Systems (UK) Limited
- DOMINO AMJET B.V.
- EIZO Europe GmbH
- EPSON EUROPE
- Factory Software B.V.
- Flowbird
- FURUNO FRANCE
- KNF VERDER B.V.
- KONICA MINOLTA SENSING EUROPE BV
- Micromedia International sa
- Milestone Systems A/S
- Nintendo of Europe SE
- NUMEN EUROPE S.A.
- OPENCHIP & SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES S.L.
- Open Text Coöperatief U.A.
- P.J. Trading B.V.
- Prysmian Cables et Systèmes France
- QIAGEN BENELUX B.V.
- QlikTech Netherlands
- RIFSTOCK OÜ
- Riso France SA
- RS COMPONENTS
- Samsung Electronics Benelux B.V.
- Solystic
- Sophos B.V.
- SOPHYSA
- Tech mahindra limited
- THE MATHWORKS
- TREND MICRO (EMEA) LIMITED
- Turaz Global TRM
- VARONIS SYSTEMS (NETHERLANDS)
- WESTCON GROUP EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED
Filed accounts
NACE 46500 · financial year 2025 · 1,345 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 40.4% | 41.1% | 42.3% | 43.7% | 44.6% | 44.3% |
| Median net result | €18,887 | €23,896 | €21,118 | €19,266 | €22,240 | €21,087 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 29-07-2026 | CLOUDWISE BELGIUM
BE 0757.565.149 |
| 20-07-2026 | STAPLES BELGIUM
BE 0465.406.592 |
| 29-04-2026 | Fedea
BE 0731.932.108 |
| 14-01-2026 | ELAMI
BE 0446.735.478 |
| 24-12-2025 | Fedea
BE 0731.932.108 |
| 26-09-2025 | HEROSOFT
BE 0446.415.378 |
| 17-09-2025 | AVALASIA
BE 0834.893.351 |
| 16-09-2025 | CITY STORE
BE 0664.648.849 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 1,928 of 2,062 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 46 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 46500 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 CANON BELGIUMMachelen (Brab.) 433 FTEfinancial year 2024
- 2 RICOH BELGIUMVilvoorde 411 FTEfinancial year 2026
- 3 ZETESBrussels 368 FTEfinancial year 2026
- 4 TD SYNNEX BelgiumAalst 360 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 HoneywellMachelen (Brab.) 329 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 592 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 491
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 62
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 36
- 149.04 Metal trade 35
- 201 Independent retail 29
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 13
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 12
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 10
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- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 8
- 124 Construction 6
- 227 Audiovisual sector 5
- 311 Large retail businesses 4
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 3
- 302 Hotels and catering 3
- 116 Chemical industry 2
- 130 Printing, graphic arts and newspapers 2
- 140 Transport and logistics 2
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 2
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 2
- 112 Garages 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 46: Wholesale trade
Related activities
101 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade46190 | 5,956 | 317 | 54 | 2,246 |
| Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products46180 | 4,300 | 233 | 39 | 2,675 |
| Wholesale of other machinery and equipment46649 | 2,448 | 62 | 10 | 6,552 |
| Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)46711 | 2,057 | 151 | 18 | 8,660 |
| Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods46460 | 1,864 | 83 | 7 | 17,386 |
| Wholesale of construction materials, general range46831 | 1,766 | 43 | 12 | 11,694 |
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Bankruptcies per year in division 46
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 803 | 710 | 738 | 687 | 722 | 486 | 417 | 583 | 541 | 625 | 634 | 425 |
| Jobs lost | 1,629 | 1,655 | 1,361 | 1,216 | 1,240 | 1,054 | 890 | 1,029 | 935 | 1,383 | 1,271 | 931 |
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 46
9,634 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €60,500 | €47,700 to €78,500 | 6,069 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €70,000 | €57,700 to €89,100 | 2,911 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €84,000 | €67,400 to €119,700 | 556 |
| 250 FTE or more | €80,200 | €64,700 to €98,300 | 98 |
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 46Measured nationally: Of 108,651 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 10 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.
Foreign control in NACE division 46
45,461 registered companiesMain parent countries: Netherlands (206), Germany (128) and France (118).Show on the map by municipality
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €266.7m awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1.3m paid
- Federal transfers 21.5m amount as published
- EU budget €531.5m attributed share
- EU research €52.9m EU contribution
Insights on Wholesale of information and communication equipment
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €21,087 is above Belgium's €16,492. Return on equity of 12.2% is below Belgium's 15.9%.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 17.4 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 6.5% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 2.8 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 90% of the 87 NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 1,901 of the 8,186 FTE: 23.2%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 40.4% in financial year 2020 to 44.3% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €18,887 in financial year 2020 to €21,087 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 10-11-2026 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 46500 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 1,276,421 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,557 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.