Non-specialised wholesale trade
5 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 46900 · financial year 2025 · 870 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 41.9% | 43.0% | 43.3% | 45.6% | 47.5% | 47.7% |
| Median net result | €20,294 | €24,751 | €20,247 | €16,483 | €17,793 | €14,711 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 28-10-2026 | FALSID
BE 0629.672.332 |
| 09-10-2026 | ELOY & BECKER
BE 0457.242.459 |
| 16-09-2026 | MARKANE
BE 0449.315.777 |
| 24-07-2026 | MEDICAL PRODUCTS & SERVICES BELGIUM
BE 0827.709.512 |
| 20-07-2026 | INDUSTRIAL REENGINEERING EN SOLUTIONS
BE 0463.218.649 |
| 11-06-2026 | BERUBICO
BE 0464.902.291 |
| 03-06-2026 | LIWO Products
BE 0677.934.879 |
| 25-03-2026 | MITAC RENEWABLE ENERGY
BE 0465.938.906 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 1,428 of 1,541 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 46900 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 SoliverRoeselare 1,097 FTEfinancial year 2023
- 2 DREAMLANDBeersel 436 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 ERIKS BelgiumAntwerp 357 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 RAJAPACK BENELUXTongeren-Borgloon 203 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 DAIKIN AIRCONDITIONING BELGIUMOstend 185 FTEfinancial year 2026
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 373 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 215
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 110
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 37
- 201 Independent retail 35
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 33
- 116 Chemical industry 29
- 149.04 Metal trade 28
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 12
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- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 12
- 124 Construction 10
- 119 Food trade 6
- 139 Inland shipping 5
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 5
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 5
- 112 Garages 4
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 4
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 4
- 215 White-collar workers in the clothing and garment industry 3
- 302 Hotels and catering 3
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 3
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 | 5,959 | 318 | 55 | 2,247 |
| Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products46180 | 4,299 | 232 | 39 | 2,673 |
| Wholesale of other machinery and equipment46649 | 2,453 | 63 | 11 | 6,550 |
| Wholesale of information and communication equipment46500 | 2,063 | 57 | 4 | 8,185 |
| Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)46711 | 2,060 | 151 | 18 | 8,711 |
| Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods46460 | 1,864 | 82 | 7 | 17,386 |
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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
9,639 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €60,500 | €47,700 to €78,600 | 6,072 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €70,000 | €57,700 to €89,100 | 2,910 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €84,000 | €67,400 to €119,200 | 558 |
| 250 FTE or more | €80,100 | €64,800 to €98,300 | 99 |
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 108,562 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 6 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
45,472 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
- Federal transfers 21.5m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1.3m paid
- EU budget €531.5m attributed share
- EU research €52.9m EU contribution
Insights on Non-specialised wholesale trade
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 8.2% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 31.5% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. Liquidity of 1.85 is above Belgium's 1.66.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 7.1 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 74% 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 20.1 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 7.1% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 7.1 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 54% of the 87 NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 2,279 of the 5,748 FTE: 39.6%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 41.9% in financial year 2020 to 47.7% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €20,294 in financial year 2020 to €14,711 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 06-11-2026 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 46900 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 1,276,581 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 698,987 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.