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Computer programming

Current registrations 16,983division 62: 48,700
Starters, 12 months 2,49514.7 per 100 · Belgium 8.9
Bankruptcies, 12 months 653.8 per 1,000 registrations · Belgium 6.2
Employment (FTE) 22,988900 employers · latest accounts
Median age 5.8 yearsBelgium 8.1 years
E-invoicing via Peppol 88.5%15,026 of 16,982 companies in the Peppol Directory · Belgium 85.0%

Filed accounts

NACE 62100 · financial year 2025 · 8,814 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
52.4%
division 55.6% · Belgium 46.1%
Median net result
€22,975
division €28,103 · Belgium €16,520
Median equity
€79,530
division €79,760 · Belgium €98,421
Loss-making
25.9%
division 20.8% · Belgium 26.7%
Negative equity
10.7%
division 8.5% · Belgium 12.4%
Median return on equity
23.9%
division 28.4% · Belgium 15.9%
Median liquidity
2.06
division 2.20 · Belgium 1.66
Filed late
34.3%
financial year 2024, 8,432 filings · division 33.3% · Belgium 38.4%
Missing or 90 days late
4.4%
of 9,344 companies with annual accounts · division 3.9% · Belgium 5.4%
Per financial year202020212022202320242025
Median solvency 50.1%51.6%51.8%52.0%53.8%52.4%
Median net result €17,058€18,973€19,590€21,148€23,281€22,975

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Bankruptcies

Bankruptcies, 5 years, still registered
136
0.80% of the registrations · Belgium 1.68%
Running bankruptcies
155
9.1 per 1,000 registrations

Recent bankruptcies

Date Company
30-10-2026 MCN Labs
BE 1007.016.881
29-10-2026 RVC Conseils et Réalisations Informatiques
BE 0421.449.162
26-10-2026 Kakadu Media
BE 0768.928.601
21-10-2026 SKALUP
BE 0633.877.380
21-10-2026 SpectralBot
BE 0790.563.262
16-10-2026 Smart Protocol Exchange Systems
BE 0763.317.051
15-10-2026 IMMOVAST
BE 0819.664.450
12-10-2026 HEXUVIUM
BE 0633.871.343

Every bankruptcy in division 62, last 90 days

Spread across the country

by region and province · 11,971 of 16,983 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat
  • Flanders 7,300 · 61.0%
  • Wallonia 2,531 · 21.1%
  • Brussels 1,953 · 16.3%
  • Abroad 187 · 1.6%
fewer moremax 2,180

Largest employers

NACE 62100 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts
  1. 1 CAPGEMINI BELGIUMMachelen (Brab.) 1,800 FTEfinancial year 2025
  2. 2 Inetum BelgiumMechelen 1,075 FTEfinancial year 2025
  3. 3 NSI IT Software & ServicesAwans 685 FTEfinancial year 2025
  4. 4 OM PARTNERSWommelgem 656 FTEfinancial year 2025
  5. 5 IRISteamSaint-Josse-ten-Noode 619 FTEfinancial year 2025

Joint committees

from the latest accounts of 2,100 companies
  • 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 1,853
  • 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 211
  • 227 Audiovisual sector 132
  • 201 Independent retail 30
  • 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 20
  • 149.04 Metal trade 12
  • 302 Hotels and catering 12
  • 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 8
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  • 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 7
  • 124 Construction 5
  • 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 4
  • 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 4
  • 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 4
  • 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 3
  • 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 3
  • 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 3
  • 119 Food trade 2
  • 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 2
  • 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 2
  • 330 Health institutions and services 2

Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.

Division 62: Computer programming and consultancy

Related activities

2 other activities
Activity Registrations Starters, 12 months Bankruptcies, 12 months FTE
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management62200 29,851 2,502 110 27,839
Other information technology and computer services62900 3,182 280 19 9,851

Bankruptcies per year in division 62

Per year201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Bankruptcies152171171201180140126176157188244187
Jobs lost393355268337314238276345254279506369

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 62

2,220 employers
Median
€80,000
Belgium €61,400
Middle half
€65,300 to €98,000
half of the employers lie between
Place among sectors
12 of 78
sectors with a median staff cost per FTE, highest first
By size class
SizeMedianMiddle halfEmployers
fewer than 10 FTE €73,800 €58,600 to €92,700 1,212
10 to 49 FTE €82,800 €71,200 to €98,400 795
50 to 249 FTE €95,000 €83,400 to €114,400 184
250 FTE or more €100,100 €83,600 to €120,500 29

Running bankruptcies in the sector

NACE division 62
Number
347
Half have run longer than
15 months
Belgium: 20 months
Longer than three years
27%
Belgium: 31%

Measured nationally: Of 108,562 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 6 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.

Outcome by court and division

218 of the 35,850 companies in NACE division 62 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (56), France (40) and United Kingdom (23). Together they employ 16,459 of the division's 60,679 FTE: 27%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.

Subsidies in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €196.0m awarded 4,173 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Ontwikkelingsproject
  • Federal transfers 22.2m amount as published 47 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Subsidies voor de verbetering van telecommunicatieconnectiviteit
  • Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1.9m paid 24 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Subventions aux associations reconnues à durée indéterminée dans le cadre du décret du 17 juillet 2003
  • EU budget €2.60bn attributed share 176 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Information and communication technology
  • EU research €195.9m EU contribution 182 recipients · 2007 to 2027 · largest: Horizon 2020

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Insights on Computer programming

Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 23.9% is above Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €22,975 is above Belgium's €16,520. Liquidity of 2.06 is above Belgium's 1.66.

Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 3.8 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 52% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%.

Inflow and structure. In 12 months, 14.7 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 93% of the 87 NACE divisions. Brussels holds 16.6% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. 29.5% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.

Staff and filing. 34.3% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 4,835 of the 22,988 FTE: 21.0%.

Direction. Median solvency rose from 50.1% in financial year 2020 to 52.4% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €17,058 in financial year 2020 to €22,975 in financial year 2025.

The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 06-11-2026 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 62100 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 1,276,581 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 698,987 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.