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NACE 47

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

560,935 active companies with this primary NACE

Active companies560,935

Bankruptcies (5y)2,478

Failure rate0.44%

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 2126 filed annual accounts (NACE division 47)

Median solvency

21.6%

Median equity

€45k

Median net result

€11k

Annual accounts in sample

2,126

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

Regional split

by region

Vlaanderen 39,551 · 57.3%

Wallonië 19,101 · 27.7%

Brussel 9,911 · 14.4%

Unknown 451 · 0.7%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
06-08-2026	EWAJASNACKS BE 0676.354.373
06-08-2026	Burdalic, Raphaël BE 0849.330.416
06-08-2026	BAHARR BE 0702.745.994
05-08-2026	Özmen, Fatih BE 0650.829.913
05-08-2026	Parmentier, Joël BE 0692.402.628
05-08-2026	HEISENBERG CORPORATION BE 0724.532.392
03-08-2026	Rogge, Sébastien BE 1021.577.769
03-08-2026	CHIHAB BE 0542.611.367

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 7,530

East Flanders OVL 8,082

Antwerp ANT 11,674

Flemish Brabant VLB 7,133

Limburg LIM 5,132

Brussels BRU 9,911

Hainaut HAI 6,228

Walloon Brabant WBR 2,866

Namur NAM 2,941

Liège LIE 5,628

Luxembourg LUX 1,438

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