Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen

NACE 46872

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

1,844 active companies with this primary NACE

Active companies1,844

Bankruptcies (5y)12

Failure rate0.65%

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 193 · 72.3%

Wallonië 61 · 22.8%

Brussel 11 · 4.1%

Unknown 2 · 0.7%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
14-04-2026	The Aluminium Recovery Company BE 0419.096.517
16-02-2026	Bogdanovic, Valentino BE 0670.758.463
23-12-2025	Van Brabant, Rene BE 0716.983.517
01-07-2025	Aamage Corporation BE 0763.375.845
07-05-2025	Baudet, Michel BE 0656.309.225
14-04-2025	JDProject BE 0770.636.690
13-01-2025	BRUSTEEL BE 0683.567.413
02-12-2024	Bonaugure BE 0830.491.234

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 39

East Flanders OVL 49

Antwerp ANT 70

Flemish Brabant VLB 18

Limburg LIM 17

Brussels BRU 11

Hainaut HAI 17

Walloon Brabant WBR 5

Namur NAM 10

Liège LIE 22

Luxembourg LUX 7

fewer moremax 70