Telecommunications
Activities
NACE division 61 · 3 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications61100 | 1,235 | 37 | 19 | 18,098 |
| Telecommunications resale and intermediation services61200 | 729 | 257 | 4 | 1,038 |
| Telecommunications61900 | 34 | 24 | 0 | 7 |
Filed accounts
NACE division 61 · financial year 2025 · 631 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 33.7% | 36.4% | 36.9% | 35.4% | 41.2% | 40.5% |
| Median net result | - | - | €8,960 | €9,450 | €9,631 | €8,822 | €9,308 | €8,114 |
| Filed late | 49.1% | 53.9% | 53.1% | 50.8% | 47.8% | 47.1% | 46.9% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 61
109 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €68,400 | €53,000 to €83,400 | 47 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €89,500 | €70,600 to €111,200 | 39 |
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Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 61
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 86 | 68 | 81 | 66 | 71 | 51 | 25 | 38 | 50 | 53 | 35 | 42 |
| Jobs lost | 133 | 114 | 137 | 89 | 172 | 88 | 32 | 79 | 78 | 87 | 52 | 54 |
2026 through September. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 27-10-2026 | AXIONE BELGIUM
BE 1019.401.704 |
| 02-10-2026 | NASSIM.COM
BE 0478.186.739 |
| 28-09-2026 | NELYA AND CO
BE 0787.911.105 |
| 22-09-2026 | MOBILEPOINT
BE 0787.741.057 |
| 21-09-2026 | DIGITECH ADVANCE
BE 1002.973.862 |
| 24-07-2026 | MSAADA FOUNDATION
BE 0867.724.980 |
| 14-07-2026 | F.A.M Consult
BE 0456.090.337 |
| 07-07-2026 | MEGA TRADE PLUS
BE 0779.504.866 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 966 of 1,978 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Brussels
- Wallonia
- Abroad
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Largest employers
NACE division 61 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 PROXIMUSSchaerbeek 8,312 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 TELENETMechelen 2,476 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 SOCIETY FOR WORLDWIDE INTERBANK FINANCIAL TELECOMMUNICATIONLa Hulpe 2,099 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 ORANGE BELGIUMEvere 1,953 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Proximus NXT ITSchaerbeek 502 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 198 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 149
- 201 Independent retail 23
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 22
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 14
- 227 Audiovisual sector 4
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 3
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 2
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 2
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- 118 Food industry 1
- 121 Cleaning 1
- 302 Hotels and catering 1
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 1
- 315.02 Commercial aviation 1
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 1
- 332 French- and German-speaking welfare and health sector 1
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Foreign control in NACE division 61
873 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €10.4m awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €9.1m paid
- Federal transfers 225.4m amount as published
- EU budget €143.6m attributed share
- EU research €15.2m EU contribution
Insights on Telecommunications
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €9,568 is below Belgium's €16,468. 15.6% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. 32.9% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.7% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 11.6 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 93% of the 87 other NACE divisions. By size, the median bankruptcy probability is 0.8% at under 10 FTE and 0.3% at 10 to 49 FTE.
Inflow and structure. Brussels holds 27.5% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. In 12 months, 16.1 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 95% of the 86 other NACE divisions. 51.2% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The median staff cost per FTE of €79,563 is above Belgium's €61,428. 46.9% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.5% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 15,342 of the 19,144 FTE: 80.1%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 33.7% in financial year 2020 to 40.5% in financial year 2025. In 2025, Statbel counted 35 bankruptcies and 52 jobs lost, against 51 bankruptcies in 2020.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 14-11-2026 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 61 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 1,276,430 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 700,464 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. 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.