Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
Filed accounts
NACE 71201 · financial year 2025 · 33 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 61.4% | 47.6% | 48.2% |
| Median net result | €36,161 | €44,971 | €18,917 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 02-10-2026 | BDMB
BE 0764.825.006 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 44 of 70 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Brussels
- Wallonia
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 71 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 71201 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 AUTOSECURITE - BUREAU D'ETUDE ET DE CONTROLE EN VUE DE LA SECURITE ROUTIEREVerviers 694 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 AutoveiligheidMechelen 530 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 A.I.B.V.Anderlecht 417 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 STUDIEBUREEL VOOR AUTOMOBIELTRANSPORTGhent 356 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Keuringsbureau MotorvoertuigenOstend 352 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 16 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 14
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 6
- 112 Garages 1
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 71: Architecture and engineering
Related activities
1 other activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other technical testing and analysis71209 | 2,144 | 182 | 7 | 8,810 |
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
1,479 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €64,700 | €50,700 to €79,300 | 947 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €77,600 | €65,400 to €90,000 | 384 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €80,300 | €72,600 to €102,800 | 124 |
| 250 FTE or more | €90,000 | €84,100 to €107,600 | 24 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 71Measured nationally: Of 108,642 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 8 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 20,655 companies in NACE division 71 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: France (18), Netherlands (17) and Luxembourg (13). Together they employ 8,572 of the division's 39,238 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
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €263,742 paid
- Federal transfers 175.0m amount as published
- EU budget €305.8m attributed share
- EU research €325.1m EU contribution
Insights on Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
Balance sheet and result. 6.1% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. Return on equity of 8.0% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 33.3% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Brussels holds 20.9% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 10.9 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 37.1% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 25.0% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 2,348 of the 2,818 FTE: 83.4%.
Direction. Median solvency fell from 61.4% in financial year 2023 to 48.2% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €36,161 in financial year 2023 to €18,917 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 08-11-2026 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 71201 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 1,276,474 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,509 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.