Retail sale of information and communication equipment
Filed accounts
NACE 47400 · financial year 2025 · 1,714 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 40.9% | 40.4% | 40.3% | 40.3% | 42.1% | 44.4% |
| Median net result | €12,058 | €10,225 | €7,812 | €8,363 | €7,919 | €11,602 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 29-10-2026 | CT5
BE 0875.731.935 |
| 28-10-2026 | SEB TELECOM
BE 0801.302.944 |
| 21-10-2026 | SpectralBot
BE 0790.563.262 |
| 30-09-2026 | FDR Trade & services
BE 0537.592.608 |
| 25-09-2026 | TECH TRONICS
BE 1014.225.961 |
| 16-09-2026 | MR MUSA SNEL REPARATIE
BE 0802.225.236 |
| 17-08-2026 | BASHI 1997
BE 0798.814.301 |
| 17-07-2026 | SKY MOBIL
BE 0879.435.355 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 2,227 of 3,173 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 47 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 47400 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 EVSSeraing 443 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 ZORGIBrussels 324 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 ORACLE BELGIUMVilvoorde 175 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 AD ULTIMAKortrijk 115 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 APPLE RETAIL BELGIUMSaint-Josse-ten-Noode 107 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 495 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 228
- 201 Independent retail 201
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 48
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 38
- 149.04 Metal trade 28
- 311 Large retail businesses 24
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 21
- 119 Food trade 6
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- 124 Construction 5
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 5
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 3
- 227 Audiovisual sector 3
- 302 Hotels and catering 3
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 2
- 313 Pharmacies and pricing offices 2
- 330 Health institutions and services 2
- 116 Chemical industry 1
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 1
- 130 Printing, graphic arts and newspapers 1
- 140 Transport and logistics 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 47: Retail trade
Related activities
71 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other non-specialised retail sale47120 | 12,410 | 1,220 | 57 | 17,475 |
| Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)47811 | 10,466 | 852 | 110 | 22,429 |
| Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating47110 | 10,341 | 836 | 186 | 72,308 |
| Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range)47716 | 6,396 | 799 | 71 | 10,658 |
| Retail sale of pharmaceutical products47730 | 5,195 | 148 | 8 | 11,475 |
| Other retail sale of new goods47789 | 4,198 | 297 | 17 | 2,322 |
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Bankruptcies per year in division 47
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 1,394 | 1,382 | 1,499 | 1,374 | 1,438 | 931 | 746 | 1,076 | 1,169 | 1,299 | 1,294 | 914 |
| Jobs lost | 2,893 | 3,468 | 2,913 | 2,713 | 2,892 | 4,088 | 2,112 | 2,125 | 4,156 | 3,933 | 3,511 | 2,092 |
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 47
11,335 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €50,500 | €39,700 to €64,200 | 8,071 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €46,400 | €38,700 to €60,900 | 2,866 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €57,600 | €45,000 to €72,100 | 320 |
| 250 FTE or more | €58,400 | €47,500 to €70,900 | 78 |
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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 47Measured 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.
177 of the 60,397 companies in NACE division 47 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (54), France (51) and Germany (15). Together they employ 30,846 of the division's 222,349 FTE: 14%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €389.9m awarded
- Federal transfers 11.7m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €31.7m paid
- EU budget €76.1m attributed share
- EU research €8.6m EU contribution
Insights on Retail sale of information and communication equipment
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €11,602 is below Belgium's €16,520. 14.6% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 9.5 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 84% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.5% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 14.6 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 4.6 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 72% of the 87 NACE divisions. Brussels holds 16.1% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 42.8% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 1,164 of the 3,917 FTE: 29.7%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 40.9% in financial year 2020 to 44.4% 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 47400 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.