Other technical testing and analysis
Filed accounts
NACE 71209 · financial year 2025 · 1,092 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 44.9% | 46.5% | 45.6% | 47.4% | 47.9% | 48.6% |
| Median net result | €17,319 | €20,488 | €18,531 | €22,362 | €21,567 | €22,067 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 14-07-2026 | Enairko
BE 0801.310.169 |
| 06-07-2026 | JADELEC
BE 1015.993.638 |
| 03-06-2026 | Infrastructure Management Services
BE 0729.851.259 |
| 13-04-2026 | Ashanti Group
BE 0635.520.244 |
| 09-04-2026 | Advanced Chromatography Solutions
BE 0627.964.736 |
| 05-03-2026 | aircokeuring FK
BE 0750.900.358 |
| 16-02-2026 | Bureau Energie et Coordination
BE 0643.993.490 |
| 23-06-2025 | AG SYSTEMS
BE 0839.218.858 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 1,501 of 2,143 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 71 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 71209 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Daikin Europe N.V.Ostend 1,724 FTEfinancial year 2026
- 2 SGS BELGIUMAntwerp 1,395 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 VINCOTTEVilvoorde 973 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 VINÇOTTEVilvoorde 317 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 AmSpec BelgiumAntwerp 233 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 347 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 187
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 47
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 38
- 219 Technical inspection and conformity assessment 33
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 32
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 20
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 20
- 116 Chemical industry 18
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- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 7
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 7
- 124 Construction 6
- 220 White-collar workers in the food industry 5
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 2
- 201 Independent retail 2
- 317 Security and surveillance services 2
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 2
- 330 Health institutions and services 2
- 330.04 Health institutions and services 2
- 102.03 Quarries 1
- 106 Cement industry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis71201 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 2,818 |
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 |
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 108,562 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
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Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 21.8% is above Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €22,067 is above Belgium's €16,520. 23.1% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 3.3 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 62% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. 29.9% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 6.8 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. This activity holds 5.4% of the registrations of Architecture and engineering.
Staff and filing. 33.0% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 4,642 of the 8,811 FTE: 52.7%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 44.9% in financial year 2020 to 48.6% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €17,319 in financial year 2020 to €22,067 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 71209 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.