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In NACE division 70, 10.6 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 77% of the 87 NACE divisions with this figure. Comparison: as of 19-10-2026 05:30.
Key figures for NACE division 70
financial year 2025 · median over 53,499 filed annual accountsForeign control in NACE division 70
74,710 registered companiesMain parent countries: Netherlands (54), France (46) and Luxembourg (31).Show on the map by municipality
Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 70
2,950 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €69,700 | €52,300 to €92,200 | 2,159 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €82,700 | €68,400 to €104,800 | 621 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €93,600 | €77,900 to €120,700 | 143 |
| 250 FTE or more | €83,400 | €68,200 to €104,200 | 27 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Bankruptcies
past five yearsNationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 59% of the 88 NACE divisions with this figure. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 70 is 0.1%, against 0.2% nationally, over 66,740 scored companies. Comparison: as of 19-10-2026 05:30.
Bankruptcies still running
NACE division 70Measured nationally: Of 108,104 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 28% after liquidation, 3% were withdrawn; 20% were still open after five years. Half had ended after 26 months (a quarter after 15, three quarters after 51 months).
Counts companies with this main activity in the register on 20 October 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.
Regional split
by region · 59,545 of 66,055 enterprises with a registered office on fileRecent bankruptcies in this sector
8| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 16-10-2026 | de Smit, Silas
BE 0713.846.160 · sole trader · Sint-Niklaas |
| 15-10-2026 | de VOS MANAGEMENT
BE 0791.538.311 |
| 14-10-2026 | RLT Business Center
BE 1015.664.432 |
| 14-10-2026 | BIGBALLS
BE 0861.433.541 |
| 12-10-2026 | ROCKON
BE 0477.288.894 |
| 09-10-2026 | Vervaeck F1
BE 0786.412.751 |
| 09-10-2026 | DM Financial Consult
BE 0780.659.760 |
| 09-10-2026 | CICERCON
BE 0782.437.236 |
Geographic distribution
by province · based on the registered officeWhere are this sector's balance sheets registered? By municipality, down to the address
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
How these figures are counted
Current enterprise registrations are counted through their registered main activities; establishment units are excluded. Counted in the KBO's NACE 2008 nomenclature, the one in which code 70220 exists.
Share of currently registered companies with a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. Registered main activities in the selected classification can overlap. This retrospective share is not a future bankruptcy probability.
The comparison with the country and with the other NACE divisions comes from a nightly overview of every division, each counted in the nomenclature in which it exists. A standing such as "higher than 80%" counts the other divisions that have the figure. The bankruptcy probability is the median of our nightly score over the division's companies that have one; the count is stated.
The key figures cover the whole NACE division 70, not NACE 70220 on its own: there are too few filed annual accounts per five-digit code to compute them separately. The middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.