Land transport and transport via pipelines
In NACE division 49, 11.6 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 88% of the 86 other NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 02-10-2026 18:11.
Key figures for NACE division 49
fiscal year 2025 · median over 8,085 filed annual accountsForeign control in NACE division 49
15,924 registered companiesStaff cost per FTE in NACE division 49
2,205 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €61,600 | €49,700 to €73,400 | 920 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €60,500 | €51,500 to €69,500 | 1,009 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €63,000 | €57,300 to €70,500 | 249 |
| 250 FTE or more | €71,500 | €60,800 to €79,200 | 27 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Bankruptcies
past five yearsNationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is higher than that of 98% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 49 is 1.8%, against 0.2% nationally, over 13,592 scored companies. Comparison: as of 02-10-2026 18:11.
Bankruptcies still running
NACE division 49Measured nationally: Of 107,673 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 28% after liquidation, 3% were withdrawn; 20% were still open after five years. Half had ended after 26 months (a quarter after 15, three quarters after 51 months).
Counts companies with this main activity in the register on 3 October 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.
Regional split
by region · 17,417 of 23,662 enterprises with a registered office on fileRecent bankruptcies in this sector
8| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 02-10-2026 | Déménagement Social Europe
BE 1025.658.204 |
| 02-10-2026 | SDB Logistics
BE 0568.820.074 |
| 02-10-2026 | T.S.R.&CO
BE 0898.539.704 |
| 02-10-2026 | BDMB
BE 0764.825.006 |
| 30-09-2026 | Göçer, Ali
BE 1023.257.552 · sole trader · Voeren |
| 30-09-2026 | M.C.L.D.
BE 0539.701.862 |
| 29-09-2026 | Boyanov, Buraydin
BE 0788.942.174 · sole trader · Gent |
| 29-09-2026 | SEPT LOGISTICS
BE 0502.718.534 |
Geographic distribution
by province · based on the establishment addressWhere are this sector's balance sheets registered? By municipality, down to the address
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €281.2m awarded
- Federal transfers 6.49bn amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €70,602 paid
- EU budget €101.0m attributed share
- EU research €8.7m eu contribution
How these figures are counted
Current enterprise registrations are counted through their registered main activities; establishment units are excluded. Counted in the KBO's NACE 2025 nomenclature, the one in which code 49 exists.
Share of currently registered companies with a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. Registered main activities in the selected classification can overlap. This retrospective share is not a future bankruptcy probability.
The comparison with the country and with the other NACE divisions comes from a nightly overview of every division, each counted in the nomenclature in which it exists. A standing such as "higher than 80%" counts the other divisions that have the figure. The bankruptcy probability is the median of our nightly score over the division's companies that have one; the count is stated.
The middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.