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NACE 72109

Active companies, 5-year failure rate, regional split and recent bankruptcies for this NACE sector.

5,668 active companies with this primary NACE

Active companies5,668

Bankruptcies (5y)14

Failure rate0.25%

Regions covered4

Provinces covered11

Bankruptcies and the failure rate are attributed by each company's current primary NACE, not the NACE at the time of bankruptcy (which the gazette does not record).

Sector key figures

fiscal year 2025 · median over 81 filed annual accounts (NACE division 72)

Median solvency

49.8%

Median equity

€102k

Median net result

€17k

Annual accounts in sample

Source: NBB annual accounts, all schema types combined. Medians computed internally.

Regional split

by region

Vlaanderen 518 · 49.9%

Wallonië 322 · 31.0%

Brussel 187 · 18.0%

Unknown 12 · 1.2%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
23-06-2026	Airlam BE 0739.575.411
17-04-2026	ARTIALIS BE 0830.584.472
09-03-2026	STRATICELL SCREENING TECHNOLOGIES BE 0872.072.956
13-02-2026	CYTéVIE BE 0474.812.921
07-05-2025	Green Energy Associates BE 1002.154.411
07-04-2025	TOMALGAE BE 0537.531.636
02-04-2025	PEPRIC BE 0811.123.007
31-03-2025	Caelus Health BE 0669.652.168

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 61

East Flanders OVL 134

Antwerp ANT 127

Flemish Brabant VLB 138

Limburg LIM 58

Brussels BRU 187

Hainaut HAI 83

Walloon Brabant WBR 81

Namur NAM 54

Liège LIE 88

Luxembourg LUX 16

fewer moremax 187