Scientific research and development
No bankruptcy in the past twelve months.
Filed accounts
NACE 72200 · financial year 2025 · 134 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 59.9% | 60.5% | 59.7% | 55.7% | 51.9% | 53.8% |
| Median net result | €22,540 | €34,021 | €35,458 | €36,379 | €27,617 | €25,295 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 01-03-2024 | HEARTKINETICS
BE 0728.461.387 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 253 of 421 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Brussels
- Wallonia
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 72 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 72200 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Centre for European Policy StudiesBrussels 55.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 YITCHBornem 50.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 Breast International Group - Groupe International BreastWoluwe-Saint-Lambert 35.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Technopolis Consulting group BelgiumWoluwe-Saint-Pierre 34.0 FTEfinancial year 2026
- 5 EUROPEAN SAFETY MAINTENANCECharleroi 28.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 32 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 15
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 11
- 330 Health institutions and services 3
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 1
- 329 Socio-cultural sector 1
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 1
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 72: Research and development
Related activities
2 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other research and development on natural sciences72109 | 1,164 | 58 | 6 | 18,378 |
| 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
1,702 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 Scientific research and development
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €25,295 is above Belgium's €16,500. Liquidity of 2.21 is above Belgium's 1.66. 9.0% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Brussels holds 34.0% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. In 12 months, 12.4 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 90% of the 87 NACE divisions. This activity holds 18.2% of the registrations of Research and development.
Staff and filing. 34.1% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 204 of the 370 FTE: 54.9%.
Direction. Median solvency fell from 59.9% in financial year 2020 to 53.8% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €22,540 in financial year 2020 to €25,295 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 08-11-2026 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 72200 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 1,276,474 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,509 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.