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 64% 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 · 722 of 753 enterprises with a registered office on fileRecent bankruptcies in this sector
8| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 14-09-2026 | Industrial Automotive Services
BE 0896.616.827 |
| 06-05-2026 | X-6 TECHNOLOGIES
BE 0785.281.415 |
| 29-04-2026 | CARBOBOIS
BE 0426.010.934 |
| 24-12-2025 | AOT ENERGY BELGIUM
BE 0478.751.022 |
| 05-11-2025 | JOSRAM OIL CENTER
BE 0843.228.324 |
| 15-09-2025 | BETA OILS
BE 0479.078.842 |
| 13-12-2024 | SPRL MAISON MALONGRE
BE 0534.739.224 |
| 27-11-2024 | LUBRICANT SOLUTIONS EUROPE
BE 0804.492.957 |
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 2008 nomenclature, the one in which code 46710 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 46710 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.