Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories
7 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.
Filed accounts
NACE 46720 · financial year 2025 · 682 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 41.4% | 41.8% | 41.4% | 42.9% | 43.3% | 44.7% |
| Median net result | €20,865 | €27,898 | €30,728 | €30,055 | €30,402 | €31,672 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 09-10-2026 | ELOY & BECKER
BE 0457.242.459 |
| 28-09-2026 | PETRA BELGIUM
BE 0755.632.770 |
| 17-09-2026 | CENTR'AUTO-BRICO BEL
BE 0446.093.694 |
| 16-09-2026 | VILVOO PARTS
BE 1020.382.689 |
| 08-04-2026 | INTER PARTS BELGIUM
BE 0785.560.933 |
| 23-10-2025 | Flémal, Sébastien
BE 0797.506.878 · sole trader · Floreffe |
| 03-10-2025 | ZM Automotive
BE 0669.586.941 |
| 12-08-2025 | Etablissements Jean Lacourt
BE 0405.693.788 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 966 of 1,085 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
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Largest employers
NACE 46720 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Honda Motor Europe LogisticsGhent 723 FTEfinancial year 2026
- 2 CUMMINSRumst 321 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 Dumarey MechelenMechelen 297 FTEfinancial year 2024
- 4 “PARTSPOINT BELGIË”, in het Frans "PARTSPOINT BELGIQUE"Deinze 275 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 VAN WEZEL AUTOPARTSTienen 247 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 338 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 223
- 149.04 Metal trade 116
- 112 Garages 71
- 201 Independent retail 23
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 16
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 14
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 12
- 116 Chemical industry 10
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- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 10
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 10
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 9
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 7
- 149.02 Coachwork 7
- 140 Transport and logistics 3
- 127 Fuel trade 1
- 140.04 Airport ground handling 1
- 142.01 Recovery of raw materials 1
- 149.03 Precious metals 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 46: Wholesale trade
Related activities
4 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)46711 | 2,057 | 151 | 18 | 8,660 |
| Wholesale trade46713 | 327 | 7 | 4 | 1,143 |
| Wholesale trade46712 | 263 | 16 | 2 | 475 |
| Wholesale trade46730 | 168 | 15 | 1 | 171 |
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 |
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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 46Measured nationally: Of 108,621 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 9 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
45,466 registered companiesMain parent countries: Netherlands (207), 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 motor vehicle parts and accessories
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €31,672 is above Belgium's €16,497. Return on equity of 10.7% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 9.8% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 4.6 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 60% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 18.6 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 10.5% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 4.3 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 75% of the 87 NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 1,863 of the 6,018 FTE: 31.0%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 41.4% in financial year 2020 to 44.7% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €20,865 in financial year 2020 to €31,672 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 09-11-2026 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 46720 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 1,276,461 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,442 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.