Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
Activities
NACE division 62 · 3 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer consultancy and computer facilities management62200 | 29,833 | 2,479 | 110 | 27,879 |
| Computer programming62100 | 16,968 | 2,478 | 65 | 23,012 |
| Other information technology and computer services62900 | 3,180 | 277 | 19 | 9,851 |
Filed accounts
NACE division 62 · financial year 2025 · 27,819 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 56.2% | 57.1% | 57.2% | 57.7% | 59.6% | 56.8% |
| Median net result | - | - | €20,696 | €23,157 | €22,885 | €24,928 | €27,751 | €28,269 |
| Filed late | 38.7% | 43.9% | 41.1% | 39.8% | 38.5% | 35.3% | 33.3% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 62
2,221 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €73,800 | €58,700 to €92,500 | 1,213 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €82,900 | €71,200 to €98,300 | 795 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €95,000 | €83,400 to €114,400 | 184 |
| 250 FTE or more | €100,100 | €83,600 to €120,500 | 29 |
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Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 62
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 152 | 171 | 171 | 201 | 180 | 140 | 126 | 176 | 157 | 188 | 244 | 187 |
| Jobs lost | 393 | 355 | 268 | 337 | 314 | 238 | 276 | 345 | 254 | 279 | 506 | 369 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 30-10-2026 | DC MEDIA
BE 0738.589.375 |
| 30-10-2026 | TECHNIPRO SERVICES
BE 0848.067.139 |
| 30-10-2026 | MCN Labs
BE 1007.016.881 |
| 29-10-2026 | RVC Conseils et Réalisations Informatiques
BE 0421.449.162 |
| 26-10-2026 | PROTONISE
BE 0721.909.533 |
| 26-10-2026 | Kakadu Media
BE 0768.928.601 |
| 26-10-2026 | ASCEND GROUP
BE 1015.450.834 |
| 21-10-2026 | SKALUP
BE 0633.877.380 |
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 62Measured nationally: Of 108,606 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 29% 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 5 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.
Spread across the country
by region and province · 37,630 of 48,665 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
This sector's balance sheets on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE division 62 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Mastercard EuropeWaterloo 2,359 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 CAPGEMINI BELGIUMMachelen (Brab.) 1,800 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 Sopra Steria BelgiumIxelles 1,710 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Inetum BelgiumMechelen 1,075 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 NETWORK RESEARCH BELGIUMHerstal 915 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 4,363 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 3,926
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 448
- 227 Audiovisual sector 173
- 201 Independent retail 77
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 49
- 302 Hotels and catering 28
- 149.04 Metal trade 21
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 20
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- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 15
- 124 Construction 13
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 10
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 9
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 8
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 8
- 119 Food trade 7
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 6
- 330 Health institutions and services 4
- 109 Clothing and garment industry 3
- 118 Food industry 3
- 130 Printing, graphic arts and newspapers 3
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
218 of the 35,853 companies in NACE division 62 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (56), France (40) and United Kingdom (23). Together they employ 16,499 of the division's 60,743 FTE: 27%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €196.3m awarded
- Federal transfers 23.0m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1.9m paid
- EU budget €2.60bn attributed share
- EU research €194.7m EU contribution
Insights on Computer programming and consultancy
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 28.4% is above Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €28,169 is above Belgium's €16,539. Liquidity of 2.20 is above Belgium's 1.66.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 3.9 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 51% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%. By size, the median bankruptcy probability is 0.1% at under 10 FTE, 0.2% at 10 to 49 FTE, 0.1% at 50 to 249 FTE and 0.2% at 250 FTE or more.
Inflow and structure. 22.7% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Brussels holds 15.5% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. In 12 months, 10.7 of 100 companies started, against 8.8 in Belgium. That is more than in 80% of the 86 other NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. The median staff cost per FTE of €79,982 is above Belgium's €61,416. 33.3% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 7,858 of the 60,743 FTE: 12.9%.
Direction. The median net result rose from €20,696 in financial year 2020 to €28,269 in financial year 2025. In 2025, Statbel counted 244 bankruptcies and 506 jobs lost, against 140 bankruptcies in 2020.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 05-11-2026 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 62 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 1,275,887 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,448 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.