Cafés en bars
NACE 56301Active companies44,086
Bankruptcies (5y)871
Failure rate1.98%
Regions covered4
Provinces covered11
Bankruptcies and the failure rate are attributed by each company's current primary NACE, not the NACE at the time of bankruptcy (which the gazette does not record).
Sector key figures
fiscal year 2025 · median over 1298 filed annual accounts (NACE division 56)Median solvency
26.4%
Median equity
€28k
Median net result
€8k
Annual accounts in sample
1,298
Source: NBB annual accounts, all schema types combined. Medians computed internally.
Regional split
by regionVlaanderen
5,389 · 57.4%
Wallonië
2,339 · 24.9%
Brussel
1,666 · 17.7%
Unknown
1 · 0.0%
Recent bankruptcies in this sector
8| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 06-08-2026 | MONTY'S
BE 0770.292.242 |
| 06-08-2026 | DEN GLOAZEN BOTTERHAM
BE 0805.529.372 |
| 05-08-2026 | THE COVER 84
BE 0666.403.658 |
| 03-08-2026 | Lenaerts, Tom
BE 1024.623.866 |
| 03-08-2026 | M.G.F.F
BE 0555.820.589 |
| 03-08-2026 | POPPLAY
BE 0750.524.335 |
| 31-07-2026 | MILLENIUM 4100
BE 1004.161.222 |
| 30-07-2026 | TAVERNE LE CENTRE VERVIERS
BE 0648.887.834 |
Geographic distribution
by province · based on the establishment addressWest Flanders
WVL
991
East Flanders
OVL
1,157
Antwerp
ANT
1,785
Flemish Brabant
VLB
858
Limburg
LIM
598
Brussels
BRU
1,666
Hainaut
HAI
755
Walloon Brabant
WBR
180
Namur
NAM
317
Liège
LIE
927
Luxembourg
LUX
160
fewer
moremax 1,785