Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories
Filed accounts
NACE 47830 · financial year 2025 · 448 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 30.1% | 31.5% | 30.7% | 31.6% | 30.1% | 32.4% |
| Median net result | €23,393 | €21,048 | €14,764 | €16,790 | €11,730 | €13,796 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 17-09-2026 | MPMN
BE 0675.407.832 |
| 15-04-2026 | BIKE ZONE
BE 0466.688.378 |
| 15-04-2026 | BHX
BE 0895.186.670 |
| 11-02-2026 | Van der Meynsbrugge, Patrick
BE 0754.982.474 · sole trader · Tessenderlo-Ham |
| 27-10-2025 | CESANO GROUP
BE 0689.621.203 |
| 24-06-2025 | ItalianMotorVibes
BE 0781.847.813 |
| 12-06-2025 | Ermès
BE 0767.713.428 |
| 10-06-2025 | Verdonck, David
BE 0892.918.355 · sole trader · Kortrijk |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 584 of 1,101 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 47830 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 FIETSEN WILDIERSHasselt 78.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 RIJWIELHANDEL GEBROEDERS VAN DEN BERGHESint-Niklaas 37.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 VELODÔMEAntwerp 33.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Garage GeeraertsLennik 27.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 NortaOlen 16.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 183 companies- 112 Garages 120
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 87
- 201 Independent retail 39
- 149.04 Metal trade 38
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 6
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 2
- 149.02 Coachwork 2
- 331 Flemish welfare and health sector 2
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- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
- 116 Chemical industry 1
- 118 Food industry 1
- 119 Food trade 1
- 124 Construction 1
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 1
- 302 Hotels and catering 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 47: Retail trade
Related activities
4 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)47811 | 10,463 | 852 | 110 | 22,429 |
| Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories47820 | 1,255 | 103 | 8 | 1,968 |
| Retail trade47812 | 337 | 25 | 2 | 1,311 |
| Retail trade47813 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
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
11,340 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €50,500 | €39,700 to €64,200 | 8,075 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €46,400 | €38,700 to €60,900 | 2,867 |
| 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 108,642 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 7 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 60,418 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 222,394 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 motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 10.8% is below Belgium's 15.9%. Solvency of 32.4% is below Belgium's 46.1%. The median net result of €13,796 is below Belgium's €16,516.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.6% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 16.3 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 4.1 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 77% of the 87 NACE divisions. Wallonia holds 28.2% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 52.4% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 193 of the 824 FTE: 23.5%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 30.1% in financial year 2020 to 32.4% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €23,393 in financial year 2020 to €13,796 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 07-11-2026 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 47830 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 1,276,547 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,272 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.