Postal and courier activities
Filed accounts
NACE 53100 · financial year 2025 · 99 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 32.5% | 31.1% | 30.1% | 28.5% | 34.7% | 41.6% |
| Median net result | €10,273 | €5,827 | €4,017 | €7,894 | €5,738 | €4,409 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 07-10-2026 | HZL COMPANY
BE 0788.984.835 |
| 21-09-2026 | BRUXELLES TRANSPORT EXPRESS
BE 0653.894.816 |
| 09-03-2026 | Stupiuc, Marian
BE 0523.875.125 · sole trader · Seraing |
| 02-03-2026 | SF-SR TRANSPORT
BE 0777.401.451 |
| 24-02-2026 | PHOENIX A.C.
BE 0797.754.823 |
| 02-02-2026 | NST GROUP
BE 0678.580.920 |
| 02-02-2026 | BTB TRANSPORT
BE 0769.461.408 |
| 07-01-2026 | A2H LOGISTIQUE
BE 0745.731.149 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 190 of 409 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Brussels
- Wallonia
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Largest employers
NACE 53100 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 bpostBrussels 23,730 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 NBS DELIVERYEvere 108 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 HYKLummen 39.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 ARID GROUPZaventem 36.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 FB LOGISTICSIxelles 33.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 31 companies- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 12
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 10
- 140 Transport and logistics 6
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 4
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 2
- 119 Food trade 2
- 201 Independent retail 2
- 140.04 Airport ground handling 1
Show the 4 others
- 142.04 Recovery of raw materials 1
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 1
- 227 Audiovisual sector 1
- 302 Hotels and catering 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 53: Postal and courier
Related activities
2 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other postal and courier activities53200 | 4,987 | 1,426 | 94 | 4,681 |
| Postal and courier activities53300 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 53
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 101 | 97 | 130 | 123 | 133 | 95 | 110 | 147 | 174 | 172 | 196 | 145 |
| Jobs lost | 193 | 157 | 283 | 290 | 260 | 208 | 260 | 288 | 496 | 480 | 520 | 382 |
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 53
98 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €48,500 | €38,000 to €55,200 | 41 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €52,100 | €44,200 to €56,500 | 41 |
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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 53Measured nationally: Of 108,621 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 9 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.
10 of the 1,712 companies in NACE division 53 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (6), France (3) and United Kingdom (1). Together they employ 2,608 of the division's 28,686 FTE: 9.1%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €4.6m awarded
- Federal transfers 773.9m amount as published
- EU budget €11.0m attributed share
- EU research €323,031 EU contribution
Insights on Postal and courier activities
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €4,409 is below Belgium's €16,497. 21.2% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. 39.4% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 2.9% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 26.9 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. No NACE division counts more.
Inflow and structure. Brussels holds 37.4% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. In 12 months, 16.1 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 95% of the 87 NACE divisions. 53.5% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 54.7% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 23,947 of the 24,003 FTE: 99.8%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 32.5% in financial year 2020 to 41.6% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €10,273 in financial year 2020 to €4,409 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 09-11-2026 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 53100 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 1,276,461 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,442 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.