Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
Activities
NACE division 70 · 2 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business and other management consultancy70200 | 82,523 | 8,108 | 251 | 45,702 |
| Activities of head offices70100 | 5,749 | 935 | 14 | 8,288 |
Filed accounts
NACE division 70 · financial year 2025 · 56,688 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 52.3% | 53.8% | 54.3% | 55.3% | 56.6% | 54.7% |
| Median net result | - | - | €21,003 | €25,459 | €26,937 | €28,138 | €29,026 | €29,431 |
| Filed late | 36.6% | 41.7% | 39.3% | 37.5% | 35.6% | 33.6% | 31.9% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 70
2,959 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €69,800 | €52,300 to €92,400 | 2,163 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €82,800 | €68,500 to €105,600 | 626 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €93,600 | €78,500 to €120,700 | 143 |
| 250 FTE or more | €83,400 | €68,200 to €104,200 | 27 |
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Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 70
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 397 | 391 | 449 | 484 | 453 | 307 | 286 | 380 | 423 | 447 | 532 | 349 |
| Jobs lost | 694 | 625 | 696 | 761 | 600 | 559 | 530 | 645 | 897 | 978 | 1,034 | 569 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 03-11-2026 | van der Elst, Jeroen Alexander
BE 0832.417.574 · sole trader · Antwerp |
| 30-10-2026 | Excel Transport & Logistics
BE 0724.898.816 |
| 29-10-2026 | FINFLATE
BE 0753.796.205 |
| 29-10-2026 | SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ET GESTION
BE 0802.446.158 |
| 28-10-2026 | COMPAGNIE IMMOBILIERE INDUSTRIELLE DU LUXEMBOURG
BE 0405.619.950 |
| 28-10-2026 | UQ
BE 0669.828.154 |
| 26-10-2026 | VIANA & D ENTREPRISE
BE 0790.329.769 |
| 26-10-2026 | i-Gott
BE 0890.924.214 |
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 70Measured 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 · 77,869 of 88,109 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 70 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 RANDSTAD GROUP BELGIUMGrimbergen 1,909 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 DELAWARE CONSULTINGKortrijk 1,478 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 ACCENTUREBrussels 1,081 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Update-proWijnegem 979 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 UNITED CONSULTINGNiel 749 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 6,177 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 4,845
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 900
- 201 Independent retail 169
- 302 Hotels and catering 149
- 336 Liberal professions 113
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 105
- 124 Construction 74
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 68
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- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 64
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 47
- 313 Pharmacies and pricing offices 43
- 307 Insurance brokers and agencies 42
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 39
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 38
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 34
- 112 Garages 32
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 30
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 28
- 220 White-collar workers in the food industry 27
- 119 Food trade 25
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
238 of the 74,930 companies in NACE division 70 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (54), France (44) and Luxembourg (31). Together they employ 10,561 of the division's 53,990 FTE: 20%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €229.9m awarded
- Federal transfers 40.7m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €5.8m paid
- EU budget €1.60bn attributed share
- EU research €586.1m EU contribution
Insights on Head offices and management consultancy
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €29,732 is above Belgium's €16,539. Return on equity of 22.2% is above Belgium's 15.9%. 8.0% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 3.0 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 64% 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, 0.1% at 10 to 49 FTE, 0.1% at 50 to 249 FTE and 0.1% at 250 FTE or more.
Inflow and structure. 11.6% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 10.3 of 100 companies started, against 8.8 in Belgium. That is more than in 78% of the 86 other NACE divisions. Half of the companies are younger than 7.1 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The median staff cost per FTE of €75,109 is above Belgium's €61,416. 31.9% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 6,197 of the 53,990 FTE: 11.5%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 52.3% in financial year 2020 to 54.7% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €21,003 in financial year 2020 to €29,431 in financial year 2025. In 2025, Statbel counted 532 bankruptcies and 1,034 jobs lost, against 307 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 70 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.