Water transport

NACE 50

Current registrations1,240

Starters, 12 months82

Employment (FTE)1,492

Median age17.5 years

In NACE division 50, 6.6 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is lower than that of 58% of the 86 other NACE divisions with this figure. Comparison: as of 18-10-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 50

financial year 2025 · median over 321 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

43.7%

lower than 53% of the 78 divisions with this figure

Median equity

€341,421

higher than 82% of the 78 divisions with this figure

Median net result

€21,286

higher than 69% of the 78 divisions with this figure

Annual accounts in sample

321

Foreign control in NACE division 50

529 registered companies

Companies with a foreign parent

2.1%

11 of 529; Belgium 0.3%

Staff at those companies

25%

343 of 1,382 FTE; Belgium 15%

Main parent countries: Netherlands (3), Luxembourg (2) and Switzerland (1).Show on the map by municipality

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 50

84 employers

Median

€95,400

Belgium €61,400

Middle half

€69,700 to €115,300

half of the employers lie between

Place among sectors

1 of 78

sectors with a median staff cost per FTE, highest first

By size class
Size	Median	Middle half	Employers
fewer than 10 FTE	€95,900	€69,300 to €110,500	57
10 to 49 FTE	€90,200	€68,600 to €111,500	22

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Bankruptcies

past five years

Bankruptcies (5y)

Historical share

0.97%

Nationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 55% of the 87 other NACE divisions with this figure. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 50 is 0.2%, against 0.2% nationally, over 435 scored companies. Comparison: as of 18-10-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 567 of 1,240 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 464 · 81.8%

Wallonia 67 · 11.8%

Brussels 33 · 5.8%

Unknown 3 · 0.5%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
09-10-2026	Afrika World Services BE 0786.468.971
08-10-2026	BVS Scheepsservice & Crewing BE 0785.359.114
21-09-2026	DESIREE BE 0876.755.482
06-07-2026	VISHU SERVICE BE 1005.088.066
03-07-2026	MACHOU TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS BE 1004.474.788
15-06-2026	GRACE D. WORLD BUSINESS BE 0729.893.227
09-04-2026	Apers, Kevin BE 0556.997.556 · sole trader · Antwerpen
19-01-2026	JEMA BE 0443.012.856

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the registered office

West Flanders WVL 45

East Flanders OVL 72

Antwerp ANT 319

Flemish Brabant VLB 17

Limburg LIM 11

Brussels BRU 33

Hainaut HAI 28

Walloon Brabant WBR 8

Namur NAM 13

Liège LIE 15

Luxembourg LUX 3

fewer moremax 319

Where 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 €2.1m awarded 54 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Subsidies in het kader van leerling-, student- en instellinggebonden ondersteuning
Federal transfers 2.0m amount as published 1 recipient · 2024 · largest: Gecombineerd en verspreid vervoer(cf. art. 2.33.2 van de algemene uitgavenbegroting)
EU budget €728,456 attributed share 1 recipient · 2022 to 2024 · largest: Horizon Europe
EU research €765,500 eu contribution 2 recipients · 2018 to 2023 · largest: Horizon Europe

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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 50 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.