Food and beverage service activities

NACE 56

Current registrations60,723

Starters, 12 months5,470

Employment (FTE)57,162

Median age8.0 years

In NACE division 56, 9.0 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 67% of the 86 other NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 56

fiscal year 2025 · median over 18,029 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

30.1%

lower than 94% of 78 divisions

Median equity

€36,912

lower than 97% of 78 divisions

Median net result

€5,770

lower than 87% of 78 divisions

Annual accounts in sample

18,029

Bankruptcies

past five years

Bankruptcies (5y)

3,323

Historical share

5.47%

Nationally, 1.41% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is higher than every other NACE division. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 56 is 2.3%, against 0.5% nationally, over 34,025 scored companies. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 41,927 of 60,723 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 25,125 · 59.9%

Wallonia 10,202 · 24.3%

Brussels 6,576 · 15.7%

Unknown 24 · 0.1%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
25-09-2026	Sole trader BE 0519.981.663 · Brugge
25-09-2026	Sole trader BE 0770.995.986 · Charleroi
25-09-2026	BEST HBC BE 0802.839.504
25-09-2026	BAMA GROUP BE 1018.402.505
25-09-2026	Flotomax BE 0673.801.788
25-09-2026	Mi Ka'ntina BE 0799.469.743
25-09-2026	HAMDI SERVICE BE 0803.788.025
25-09-2026	Sole trader BE 1013.225.772 · Liège

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 4,940

East Flanders OVL 5,198

Antwerp ANT 7,911

Flemish Brabant VLB 4,141

Limburg LIM 2,935

Brussels BRU 6,576

Hainaut HAI 3,263

Walloon Brabant WBR 1,347

Namur NAM 1,479

Liège LIE 3,363

Luxembourg LUX 750

fewer moremax 7,911

Public money in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number

Flemish subsidies €1.10bn awarded 4,561 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Vlaams Gemeentefonds
Federal transfers 76.4m amount as published 25 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Toelagen OCMW's recht op maatschappelijke integratie
Wallonia-Brussels Federation €39.6m paid 207 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Subventions forfaitaires - Enseignement de plein exercice
EU budget €3.1m attributed share 16 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Horizon Europe
EU research €1.0m eu contribution 6 recipients · 2016 to 2026 · 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 56 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.