Activities of building architects
Filed accounts
NACE 71111 · financial year 2025 · 6,338 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 47.8% | 50.7% | 50.9% | 51.9% | 53.1% | 52.0% |
| Median net result | €12,574 | €15,347 | €15,082 | €15,069 | €15,508 | €16,489 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 26-10-2026 | Architecten Emmanuel Lenders en Partners
BE 0447.103.385 |
| 23-10-2026 | ORBIS ARCHITECTURE
BE 0763.333.778 |
| 30-09-2026 | Van Valckenborgh, Jürgen
BE 0864.153.895 · sole trader |
| 21-09-2026 | ARMITAGE
BE 0504.920.830 |
| 16-09-2026 | JAMES CONSULTING
BE 0741.873.123 |
| 27-08-2026 | HDN ARCHITECTURE
BE 0766.503.403 |
| 24-08-2026 | ATELIER - MARTIN et ASSOCIES
BE 0442.314.159 |
| 17-08-2026 | Nopère, Philippe
BE 0653.384.476 · sole trader |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 8,145 of 18,227 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
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Largest employers
NACE 71111 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 BURO II & ARCHI + IBrussels 75.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 VastgoedexpertsLaakdal 73.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 TECCONBeveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht 51.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 WICREATIONSHeist-op-den-Berg 40.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 ARCHIPELAGO ARCHITECTSWoluwe-Saint-Pierre 31.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 855 companies- 336 Liberal professions 614
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 201
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 46
- 124 Construction 26
- 145 Horticulture 10
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 6
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 4
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 3
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- 201 Independent retail 3
- 302 Hotels and catering 3
- 144 Agriculture 2
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 2
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 2
- 101 Mining 1
- 132 Technical farming and horticulture work 1
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 1
- 317 Security and surveillance services 1
- 330 Health institutions and services 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.
Division 71: Architecture and engineering
Related activities
5 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors71121 | 11,531 | 1,080 | 35 | 24,090 |
| Activities of interior architects71112 | 3,882 | 279 | 19 | 426 |
| Urban planning and landscape architecture71113 | 2,244 | 197 | 6 | 292 |
| Land surveying71122 | 1,740 | 59 | 3 | 706 |
| Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis71119 | 38 | 20 | 0 | - |
Bankruptcies per year in division 71
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 124 | 87 | 72 | 94 | 112 | 76 | 79 | 97 | 108 | 114 | 99 | 102 |
| Jobs lost | 219 | 137 | 116 | 183 | 170 | 149 | 128 | 211 | 180 | 181 | 209 | 184 |
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 71
1,478 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €64,600 | €50,700 to €79,300 | 946 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €77,600 | €65,400 to €90,100 | 385 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €80,200 | €72,400 to €100,700 | 123 |
| 250 FTE or more | €90,000 | €84,100 to €107,600 | 24 |
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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 71Measured 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.
95 of the 20,640 companies in NACE division 71 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: France (18), Netherlands (17) and Luxembourg (13). Together they employ 8,556 of the division's 39,215 FTE: 22%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €153.6m awarded
- Federal transfers 175.0m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €263,742 paid
- EU budget €305.8m attributed share
- EU research €325.1m EU contribution
Insights on Activities of building architects
Balance sheet and result. 7.6% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. 19.7% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. Return on equity of 19.4% is above Belgium's 15.9%.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 1.3 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 76% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. In 12 months, 5.5 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 64% of the 87 NACE divisions. 55.3% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 10.6 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 34.2% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 272 of the 2,072 FTE: 13.1%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 47.8% in financial year 2020 to 52.0% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €12,574 in financial year 2020 to €16,489 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 71111 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.