Water transport
5 companies file their annual accounts outside the standard format, for example in a sector format. Their figures and staff are missing from the employment, the medians and the largest employers.
Filed accounts
NACE 50200 · financial year 2025 · 117 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 36.3% | 37.3% | 37.5% | 41.7% | 36.6% | 39.4% |
| Median net result | €20,952 | €35,923 | €37,812 | €50,016 | €65,827 | €40,867 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 15-06-2026 | GRACE D. WORLD BUSINESS
BE 0729.893.227 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 172 of 215 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 50 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 50200 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 BOSKALIS OFFSHORE TRANSPORT SERVICESAntwerp 85.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Independent Container LineAntwerp 70.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 CMB.TECHAntwerp 47.4 FTEfinancial year 2024
- 4 SCALDIS SALVAGE & MARINE CONTRACTORSAntwerp 46.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 CLdN FerriesBruges 43.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 51 companies- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 38
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 7
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 6
- 139 Inland shipping 4
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 4
- 316 Merchant navy 2
- 112 Garages 1
- 124 Construction 1
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- 140 Transport and logistics 1
- 143 Sea fishing 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 50: Water transport
Related activities
3 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inland freight water transport50400 | 884 | 47 | 7 | 597 |
| Water transport50100 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 131 |
| Water transport50300 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 58 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 50
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 14 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Jobs lost | 38 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
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 50
85 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €96,200 | €70,500 to €113,900 | 57 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €90,200 | €68,600 to €111,500 | 22 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Foreign control in NACE division 50
533 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €2.1m awarded
- Federal transfers 2.0m amount as published
- EU budget €728,456 attributed share
- EU research €765,500 EU contribution
Insights on Water transport
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €40,867 is above Belgium's €16,492. Return on equity of 11.1% is below Belgium's 15.9%. Solvency of 39.4% is below Belgium's 46.1%.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.2% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 15.6 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 20.0% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Flanders holds 80.4% of the seats, against 64.7% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 292 of the 574 FTE: 50.9%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 36.3% in financial year 2020 to 39.4% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €20,952 in financial year 2020 to €40,867 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 10-11-2026 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 50200 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 1,276,421 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,557 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.