Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing
Filed accounts
NACE 58190 · financial year 2025 · 205 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 35.8% | 40.4% | 39.3% | 41.8% | 45.1% | 39.8% |
| Median net result | €6,188 | €7,351 | €6,718 | €7,278 | €5,038 | €4,345 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 14-09-2026 | Game Brewer
BE 0671.586.923 |
| 19-01-2026 | THEMA MEDIA
BE 0891.510.766 |
| 14-01-2026 | 3DTECHLAB
BE 0765.734.628 |
| 02-04-2024 | Maps4industry
BE 0537.558.954 |
| 20-03-2023 | Dejaegher Graphics
BE 0628.732.620 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 337 of 706 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Brussels
- Wallonia
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 58 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 58190 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 PELCKMANS UITGEVERSKalmthout 93.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 BREPOLSTurnhout 93.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 GEZINSBONDBrussels 81.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Standaard UitgeverijAntwerp 48.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Media Services BelgiqueCharleroi 33.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 53 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 36
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 11
- 130 Printing, graphic arts and newspapers 6
- 201 Independent retail 4
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 4
- 140 Transport and logistics 1
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 1
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 1
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- 227 Audiovisual sector 1
- 303 Film industry 1
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 1
- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 1
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 58: Publishing
Related activities
3 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book publishing58110 | 1,108 | 112 | 2 | 1,392 |
| Publishing activities58130 | 374 | 11 | 5 | 1,686 |
| Publishing activities58120 | 140 | 6 | 0 | 1,954 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 58
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 30 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 13 |
| Jobs lost | 112 | 596 | 94 | 40 | 34 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 40 | 29 | 28 |
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 58
267 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €72,300 | €56,800 to €89,700 | 166 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €81,300 | €70,800 to €95,600 | 80 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
21 of the 2,235 companies in NACE division 58 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: France (7), Netherlands (6) and United States (2). Together they employ 1,009 of the division's 8,698 FTE: 12%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €51.4m awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €54.1m paid
- Federal transfers 368,421 amount as published
- EU budget €6.2m attributed share
- EU research €10.7m EU contribution
Insights on Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €4,345 is below Belgium's €16,492. 39.2% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. Return on equity of 8.9% is below Belgium's 15.9%.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Brussels holds 26.7% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. 52.3% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 9.1 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 351 of the 617 FTE: 56.9%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 35.8% in financial year 2020 to 39.8% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €6,188 in financial year 2020 to €4,345 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 10-11-2026 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 58190 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 1,276,421 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,557 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.