Scientific research and development
In NACE division 72, 7.4 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 49% of the 87 NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 07-10-2026 05:30.
Key figures for NACE division 72
fiscal year 2025 · median over 1,113 filed annual accountsForeign control in NACE division 72
1,716 registered companiesStaff cost per FTE in NACE division 72
301 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €93,400 | €67,800 to €119,200 | 133 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €91,800 | €74,000 to €109,900 | 113 |
| 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
Bankruptcies
past five yearsNationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is higher than that of 52% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 72 is 0.1%, against 0.2% nationally, over 1,638 scored companies. Comparison: as of 07-10-2026 05:30.
Regional split
by region · 916 of 1,029 enterprises with a registered office on fileRecent bankruptcies in this sector
8| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 25-07-2024 | MITHRA Recherche et Développement
BE 0534.909.666 |
Geographic distribution
by province · based on the establishment addressWhere are this sector's balance sheets registered? By municipality, down to the address
Subsidies 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 €203.7m paid
- EU budget €1.36bn attributed share
- EU research €2.73bn eu contribution
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 2008 nomenclature, the one in which code 72190 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 key figures cover the whole NACE division 72, not NACE 72190 on its own: there are too few filed annual accounts per five-digit code to compute them separately. The middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.