Food and beverage service activities
Activities
NACE 5630 · 3 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cafés and bars56301 | 13,694 | 1,111 | 342 | 4,336 |
| Food and beverage service activities56309 | 612 | 63 | 6 | 178 |
| Nightclubs56302 | 323 | 14 | 7 | 331 |
Filed accounts
NACE 5630 · financial year 2025 · 4,790 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 24.2% | 29.6% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 27.5% | 28.3% |
| Median net result | -€584 | €7,781 | €2,239 | €2,116 | €3,973 | €3,913 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 05-11-2026 | MAGIC CORNER
BE 0748.722.511 |
| 05-11-2026 | Het Verschil
BE 0839.859.355 |
| 05-11-2026 | MYRA
BE 0841.967.126 |
| 03-11-2026 | A.M.A. Technics
BE 0782.517.014 |
| 30-10-2026 | VERIANDI
BE 0827.515.017 |
| 30-10-2026 | DAR EL KHEIR
BE 1024.358.008 |
| 28-10-2026 | FALSID
BE 0629.672.332 |
| 28-10-2026 | RETIRO DA ROSINHA
BE 0782.886.802 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 9,774 of 14,528 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 56 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 5630 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 BUNZAntwerp 108 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 WESTHOEK HOTELS - YPRES LODGESYpres 83.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 DANSE-LOISIR-CULTUREBraine-l'Alleud 56.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 MTMGhent 49.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 DE NIEUWE SMISSEDamme 47.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 1,843 companies- 302 Hotels and catering 1,780
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 29
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 16
- 201 Independent retail 16
- 119 Food trade 14
- 124 Construction 10
- 118 Food industry 9
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 8
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- 220 White-collar workers in the food industry 7
- 223 Sport 3
- 304 Performing arts 3
- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 3
- 121 Cleaning 2
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 2
- 149.04 Metal trade 2
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 2
- 333 Tourist attractions 2
- 102.02 Quarries 1
- 109 Clothing and garment industry 1
- 112 Garages 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 56: Food and beverage service
Bankruptcies per year in division 56
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 1,809 | 1,908 | 2,092 | 1,952 | 1,996 | 1,338 | 1,007 | 1,581 | 1,958 | 1,914 | 1,957 | 1,408 |
| Jobs lost | 3,728 | 4,566 | 4,072 | 4,374 | 4,104 | 2,930 | 2,346 | 3,083 | 4,307 | 4,108 | 5,415 | 3,422 |
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 56
3,223 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €43,100 | €34,500 to €51,100 | 1,734 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €43,800 | €35,600 to €50,700 | 1,418 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €47,200 | €38,100 to €52,600 | 59 |
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 56Measured nationally: Of 108,606 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 29% 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 5 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.
15 of the 39,043 companies in NACE division 56 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: France (3), United Kingdom (3) and Netherlands (3). Together they employ 3,089 of the division's 59,306 FTE: 5.2%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €377.2m awarded
- Federal transfers 1.0m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €32.0m paid
- EU budget €5.4m attributed share
- EU research €786,528 EU contribution
Insights on Food and beverage service activities
Balance sheet and result. 28.2% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. The median net result of €3,913 is below Belgium's €16,539. 37.9% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 1.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 24.4 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. No NACE division counts more.
Inflow and structure. Brussels holds 17.3% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 9.9 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 32.7% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 54.6% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 344 of the 4,845 FTE: 7.1%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 24.2% in financial year 2020 to 28.3% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from -€584 in financial year 2020 to €3,913 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 05-11-2026 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 5630 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 1,275,887 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,448 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.