Publishing activities

NACE 58

Current registrations3,758

Starters, 12 months446

Employment (FTE)8,680

Median age8.7 years

In NACE division 58, 11.9 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 90% of the 86 other NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 58

fiscal year 2025 · median over 1,089 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

47.0%

higher than 63% of 78 divisions

Median equity

€69,538

lower than 81% of 78 divisions

Median net result

€7,743

lower than 81% of 78 divisions

Annual accounts in sample

1,089

Bankruptcies

past five years

Bankruptcies (5y)

Historical share

0.96%

Nationally, 1.41% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 52% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 58 is 0.4%, against 0.5% nationally, over 2,045 scored companies. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 2,382 of 3,758 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 1,180 · 49.5%

Wallonia 636 · 26.7%

Brussels 556 · 23.3%

Unknown 10 · 0.4%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
21-09-2026	GLEAN ART BE 0877.757.651
14-09-2026	Game Brewer BE 0671.586.923
31-08-2026	REGIES ET PUBLICATIONS NOUVELLES BE 0463.218.352
07-07-2026	VIVIO BE 0466.795.474
07-07-2026	Health Congress BE 0889.282.241
14-04-2026	GOVRN BE 0761.625.687
30-03-2026	CLEVER TRICKSTER STUDIO BE 0798.242.593
12-03-2026	ILLICO SOFT BE 0831.112.034

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 184

East Flanders OVL 289

Antwerp ANT 370

Flemish Brabant VLB 241

Limburg LIM 96

Brussels BRU 556

Hainaut HAI 145

Walloon Brabant WBR 208

Namur NAM 96

Liège LIE 165

Luxembourg LUX 22

fewer moremax 556

Public money in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number

Flemish subsidies €50.6m awarded 243 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Sociaal-cultureel volwassenenwerk: Werkingssubsidie voor een sociaal-culturele volwassenenorganisatie met een werking in Vlaanderen en Brussel (Decreet Sociaal-cultureel Volwassenenwerk 2017)
Federal transfers 332,421 amount as published 3 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Toelagen aan diverse organisaties in het kader van het Digital Belgium Skills Fund (art. 2.06.4 van de Algemene uitgavenbegroting)
Wallonia-Brussels Federation €54.1m paid 93 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Aide à la presse quotidienne écrite francophone
EU budget €6.2m attributed share 14 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Horizon Europe
EU research €10.4m eu contribution 15 recipients · 2010 to 2027 · largest: Horizon 2020

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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 58 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.