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NACE 72
Current registrations2,328
Largest regionFlanders 49%

Key figures for NACE division 72

fiscal year 2025 · median over 928 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
57.6%
higher than 96% of 78 divisions
Median equity
€243k
higher than 72% of 78 divisions
Median net result
€22k
higher than 76% of 78 divisions
Annual accounts in sample
928

Bankruptcies

past five years
Bankruptcies (5y)
27
Historical share
1.16%

Nationally, 1.41% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is higher than that of 56% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 72 is 0.3%, against 0.5% nationally, over 1,633 scored companies. Comparison: as of 25-09-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 1,952 of 2,328 enterprises with a registered office on file
Flanders 962 · 49.3%
Wallonia 618 · 31.7%
Brussels 345 · 17.7%
Unknown 27 · 1.4%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

8
Date Company
23-09-2026 R & O LAB
BE 0477.245.839
03-07-2026 TEXERE
BE 1005.576.333
23-06-2026 Airlam
BE 0739.575.411
22-06-2026 ABR PRODUCTIONS
BE 0543.594.136
24-04-2026 San'Up
BE 0693.818.729
17-04-2026 ARTIALIS
BE 0830.584.472
07-04-2026 SciMed Services & Solutions
BE 0744.556.360
09-03-2026 STRATICELL SCREENING TECHNOLOGIES
BE 0872.072.956

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address
fewer moremax 345
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 2025 nomenclature, the one in which code 72 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 middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.