Food and beverage service activities
Filed accounts
NACE 56309 · financial year 2025 · 111 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 41.2% | 41.3% | 28.6% | 25.8% | 27.8% | 24.9% |
| Median net result | €1,380 | €15,123 | €7,136 | €3,595 | €6,276 | €3,551 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 12-10-2026 | IZY COFFEE
BE 0696.751.493 |
| 08-10-2026 | LE CODE BAR
BE 0823.048.265 |
| 21-09-2026 | GESSI SERVICES
BE 0844.505.358 |
| 15-07-2026 | NEW TENNIS HUY
BE 0819.622.680 |
| 08-01-2026 | READTO
BE 0845.333.917 |
| 13-11-2025 | Cocktail Crush
BE 0631.760.703 |
| 03-10-2025 | Adyas s.c.s.
BE 0553.834.267 |
| 17-07-2025 | Matthias Hanssens
BE 0799.115.197 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 440 of 611 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
The balance sheets of division 56 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 56309 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 IZY COFFEENazareth-De Pinte 31.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 CORAL MOONRiemst 27.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 JAWIAntwerp 22.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 TILIAAntwerp 21.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 CultuurcaféWaregem 17.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 42 companies- 302 Hotels and catering 35
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 2
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 1
- 119 Food trade 1
- 124 Construction 1
- 201 Independent retail 1
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 1
- 330 Health institutions and services 1
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- 341 Intermediation in banking and investment services 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 56: Food and beverage service
Related activities
2 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cafés and bars56301 | 13,685 | 1,114 | 340 | 4,336 |
| Nightclubs56302 | 322 | 14 | 7 | 331 |
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
3,225 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €43,000 | €34,400 to €51,000 | 1,737 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €43,800 | €35,600 to €50,700 | 1,417 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €47,200 | €38,100 to €52,600 | 59 |
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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 56Measured 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.
15 of the 38,997 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 59,270 FTE: 5.2%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €377.1m awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €32.0m paid
- Federal transfers 1.0m amount as published
- EU budget €5.4m attributed share
- EU research €786,528 EU contribution
Insights on Food and beverage service activities
Balance sheet and result. 24.3% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. The median net result of €3,551 is below Belgium's €16,497. Solvency of 24.9% is below Belgium's 46.1%.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 9.8 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 86% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.2% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. 28.0% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 10.3 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 77% of the 87 NACE divisions. Half of the companies are younger than 9.4 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 45.0% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 120 of the 178 FTE: 67.5%.
Direction. Median solvency fell from 41.2% in financial year 2020 to 24.9% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €1,380 in financial year 2020 to €3,551 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 56309 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.