Other research and development on natural sciences
Filed accounts
NACE 72109 · financial year 2025 · 709 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 53.6% | 54.1% | 54.1% | 54.6% | 55.5% | 55.5% |
| Median net result | €20,341 | €34,222 | €23,285 | €28,920 | €28,505 | €18,365 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 28-10-2026 | ANTWERP LABS
BE 0717.786.043 |
| 02-10-2026 | BAFO TEAM
BE 0734.508.051 |
| 23-09-2026 | R & O LAB
BE 0477.245.839 |
| 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 |
| 18-02-2025 | TRACTONOMY ROBOTICS
BE 0719.769.001 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 1,016 of 1,164 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 72109 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica CentrumLeuven 2,904 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Fonds voor wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - VlaanderenBrussels 2,773 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 FONDS DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-FNRSBrussels 2,181 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEKMol 970 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie - Centre d'Etude de l'Energie NucléaireAuderghem 884 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 273 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 115
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 66
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 24
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 21
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 18
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 15
- 116 Chemical industry 13
- 330.04 Health institutions and services 10
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- 330 Health institutions and services 9
- 144 Agriculture 5
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 4
- 145 Horticulture 4
- 329 Socio-cultural sector 3
- 210 White-collar workers in the steel industry 2
- 220 White-collar workers in the food industry 2
- 102.03 Quarries 1
- 118 Food industry 1
- 124 Construction 1
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 1
- 317 Security and surveillance services 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research and development on biotechnology72101 | 759 | 66 | 3 | 5,496 |
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
1,700 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 Other research and development on natural sciences
Balance sheet and result. Liquidity of 2.36 is above Belgium's 1.66. 37.4% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. Return on equity of 10.6% is below Belgium's 15.9%.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 5.2 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 65% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. 12.5% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Brussels holds 18.6% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. In 12 months, 5.0 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 69% of the 87 NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. 31.5% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 9,711 of the 18,378 FTE: 52.8%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 53.6% in financial year 2020 to 55.5% 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 72109 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.