Research and development on biotechnology
Filed accounts
NACE 72101 · financial year 2025 · 486 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 57.7% | 57.4% | 59.1% | 56.8% | 54.3% | 52.9% |
| Median net result | €11,954 | €19,872 | €10,629 | €12,178 | €7,064 | €8,826 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 22-06-2026 | ABR PRODUCTIONS
BE 0543.594.136 |
| 07-04-2026 | SciMed Services & Solutions
BE 0744.556.360 |
| 13-11-2025 | OP2LYSIS DEVELOPMENT
BE 0769.816.843 |
| 24-07-2025 | FLYBLAST
BE 1001.037.129 |
| 02-05-2025 | BEWISE
BE 0828.876.480 |
| 02-04-2025 | ENERGY GREEN CONCEPT
BE 0766.761.244 |
| 28-02-2025 | SYNGULON
BE 0521.816.349 |
| 29-01-2025 | FOx Biosystems
BE 0653.744.366 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 689 of 759 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 72 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 72101 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 UCB BIOPHARMAAnderlecht 1,395 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 VLAAMS INSTITUUT VOOR BIOTECHNOLOGIE - FLANDERS INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGYGhent 928 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 argenxGhent 511 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 KANEKA EUROGENTECSeraing 379 FTEfinancial year 2026
- 5 ABLYNXGhent 364 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 192 companies- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 97
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 66
- 116 Chemical industry 17
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 11
- 330 Health institutions and services 11
- 330.04 Health institutions and services 6
- 220 White-collar workers in the food industry 4
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 2
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- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 2
- 101 Mining 1
- 145 Horticulture 1
- 201 Independent retail 1
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 1
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 1
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 1
- 326 Gas and electricity 1
- 336 Liberal professions 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 72: Research and development
Related activities
1 other activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other research and development on natural sciences72109 | 1,164 | 58 | 6 | 18,378 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 72
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 11 |
| Jobs lost | 18 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 21 | 51 | 37 | 9 | 13 | 170 | 164 | 37 |
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 72
303 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €93,000 | €67,800 to €118,400 | 133 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €92,000 | €74,100 to €111,500 | 114 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €95,000 | €80,200 to €108,100 | 40 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Foreign control in NACE division 72
1,701 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €1.20bn awarded
- Federal transfers 648.3m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €203.4m paid
- EU budget €1.36bn attributed share
- EU research €2.74bn EU contribution
Insights on Research and development on biotechnology
Balance sheet and result. 44.2% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. The median net result of €8,826 is below Belgium's €16,516. Liquidity of 2.38 is above Belgium's 1.66.
Inflow and structure. 9.2% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Wallonia holds 35.9% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 7.3 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 31.4% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 3,577 of the 5,496 FTE: 65.1%.
Direction. Median solvency fell from 57.7% in financial year 2020 to 52.9% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €11,954 in financial year 2020 to €8,826 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 07-11-2026 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 72101 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 1,276,547 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,272 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.