Warehousing and support activities for transportation
Filed accounts
NACE 52220 · financial year 2025 · 175 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 43.3% | 44.6% | 41.8% | 45.8% | 48.8% | 43.5% |
| Median net result | €14,978 | €39,595 | €70,983 | €59,759 | €55,702 | €57,468 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 26-05-2026 | Crève, Eric
BE 0883.147.287 · sole trader · Schilde |
| 09-02-2026 | VALUE TAMINE
BE 0798.609.710 |
| 16-04-2025 | EXCON
BE 0748.764.675 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 226 of 300 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 52 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 52220 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Haven van Antwerpen - BruggeAntwerp 1,621 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 DE VLAAMSE WATERWEGHasselt 1,229 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN LOGISTICS ZEEBRUGGEBruges 318 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst Belgie - Union de Remorquage et de Sauvetage Belgique - Towage and Salvage Union BelgiumAntwerp 269 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 DFDS BelgiumGhent 247 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 74 companies- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 46
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 11
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 9
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 7
- 139 Inland shipping 5
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 4
- 211 Oil industry and trade 4
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 3
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- 116 Chemical industry 3
- 140 Transport and logistics 3
- 301.01 Ports 3
- 112 Garages 2
- 124 Construction 2
- 110 Textile care 1
- 121 Cleaning 1
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 1
- 127 Fuel trade 1
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 1
- 149.02 Coachwork 1
- 149.04 Metal trade 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 52: Warehousing and transport support
Related activities
6 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logistics services52250 | 2,657 | 231 | 26 | 18,381 |
| Service activities incidental to land transportation52210 | 1,406 | 140 | 18 | 6,412 |
| Warehousing and support activities for transportation52230 | 405 | 43 | 1 | 6,713 |
| Warehousing and support activities for transportation52249 | 345 | 13 | 1 | 6,032 |
| Warehousing and support activities for transportation52241 | 267 | 8 | 2 | 12,878 |
| Warehousing and support activities for transportation52260 | 145 | 60 | 0 | 149 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 52
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 65 | 56 | 50 | 61 | 53 | 47 | 39 | 62 | 70 | 89 | 76 | 62 |
| Jobs lost | 180 | 199 | 111 | 138 | 132 | 1,618 | 75 | 140 | 161 | 210 | 289 | 148 |
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 52
1,101 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €70,600 | €56,500 to €88,200 | 528 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €73,400 | €60,200 to €88,100 | 396 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €76,400 | €62,100 to €99,500 | 127 |
| 250 FTE or more | €76,400 | €61,500 to €91,000 | 50 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 52Measured 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.
Foreign control in NACE division 52
4,238 registered companiesMain parent countries: Luxembourg (53), Netherlands (44) and France (17).Show on the map by municipality
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €398.6m awarded
- Federal transfers 5.69bn amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €338,067 paid
- EU budget €376.5m attributed share
- EU research €32.9m EU contribution
Insights on Warehousing and support activities for transportation
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €57,468 is above Belgium's €16,520. Return on equity of 10.3% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 10.3% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.5% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 16.1 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 24.7% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 5.3 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 67% of the 87 NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. 26.6% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 3,684 of the 4,646 FTE: 79.3%.
Direction. The median net result rose from €14,978 in financial year 2020 to €57,468 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 52220 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.