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NACE 53
Current registrations5,321
Starters, 12 months
1,366
Employment (FTE)
31,124
Median age
3.7 years

In NACE division 53, 25.7 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than every other NACE division. Comparison: as of 01-10-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 53

fiscal year 2025 · median over 670 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
34.3%
lower than 85% of 78 divisions
Median equity
€40,007
lower than 96% of 78 divisions
Median net result
€5,365
lower than 91% of 78 divisions
Annual accounts in sample
670

Foreign control in NACE division 53

1,733 registered companies

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 53

56 employers
Median
€51,500
Belgium €65,100
Middle half
€45,600 to €60,400
half of the employers lie between
Place among sectors
67 of 73
by median staff cost per FTE
By size class
SizeMedianMiddle halfEmployers
10 to 49 FTE €51,300 €43,600 to €57,000 40

Bankruptcies

past five years
Bankruptcies (5y)
302
Historical share
5.68%

Nationally, 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 99% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 53 is 2.9%, against 0.5% nationally, over 1,777 scored companies. Comparison: as of 01-10-2026 05:30.

Bankruptcies still running

NACE division 53
Running bankruptcies
167
Half have run longer than
19 months
Belgium: 21 months
Longer than three years
24%
Belgium: 31%

Measured nationally: Of 107,662 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entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 28% after liquidation, 3% were withdrawn; 20% were still open after five years.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 1 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.

Outcome by court and division

Regional split

by region · 2,267 of 5,321 enterprises with a registered office on file
Flanders 1,374 · 60.6%
Brussels 579 · 25.5%
Wallonia 311 · 13.7%
Unknown 3 · 0.1%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

8
Date Company
30-09-2026 Göçer, Ali
BE 1023.257.552 · sole trader · Voeren
28-09-2026 Khalfalli, Jamel
BE 0719.933.505 · sole trader · Charleroi
28-09-2026 Contexinvest
BE 0756.489.142
28-09-2026 BRK SOLUTIONS
BE 1003.539.333
25-09-2026 Gogeshvili, Zaza
BE 0735.473.992 · sole trader · Bonheiden
23-09-2026 JACRIFAST
BE 0763.941.712
22-09-2026 SP DISTRIBUTION
BE 0550.555.865
22-09-2026 CONSTRUCT MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES
BE 0879.009.941

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address
fewer moremax 579

Subsidies in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €4.6m awarded 162 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Subsidies woon-werkverkeer
  • Federal transfers 773.6m amount as published 1 recipient · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Betaling aan bpost in uitvoering van het beheerscontract (cf. art. 2.33.2 van de algemene uitgavenbegroting)
  • EU budget €11.0m attributed share 2 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Other administrative expenditure
  • EU research €323,031 eu contribution 1 recipient · 2020 to 2024 · largest: Horizon 2020

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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 53 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.