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NACE 46820

Active companies, 5-year failure rate, regional split and recent bankruptcies for this NACE sector.

2,546 active companies with this primary NACE

Active companies2,546

Bankruptcies (5y)13

Failure rate0.51%

Regions covered4

Provinces covered11

Bankruptcies and the failure rate are attributed by each company's current primary NACE, not the NACE at the time of bankruptcy (which the gazette does not record).

Sector key figures

fiscal year 2025 · median over 1371 filed annual accounts (NACE division 46)

Median solvency

37.2%

Median equity

€81k

Median net result

€17k

Annual accounts in sample

1,371

Source: NBB annual accounts, all schema types combined. Medians computed internally.

Regional split

by region

Vlaanderen 367 · 53.0%

Wallonië 222 · 32.1%

Brussel 55 · 7.9%

Unknown 48 · 6.9%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
06-05-2026	PERIMMO TECHNICS BE 0444.382.437
19-03-2026	BHM Steel BE 0600.811.664
12-03-2026	AFFINOR BE 0899.125.662
19-11-2025	Huysmans Metalen BE 0448.553.932
17-10-2025	NOVA E.T BE 0761.997.653
15-10-2025	STAALCO BE 0864.344.234
24-06-2025	BECOSTEEL BE 0782.523.942
17-06-2025	Rampelberg-Somers BE 0411.506.266

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 62

East Flanders OVL 76

Antwerp ANT 143

Flemish Brabant VLB 48

Limburg LIM 38

Brussels BRU 55

Hainaut HAI 55

Walloon Brabant WBR 16

Namur NAM 38

Liège LIE 93

Luxembourg LUX 20

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