Public relations and communication consultancy
Filed accounts
NACE 73300 · financial year 2025 · 6,871 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 49.7% | 50.7% | 51.8% | 53.1% | 53.9% | 51.7% |
| Median net result | €16,122 | €20,688 | €21,542 | €21,349 | €21,275 | €22,382 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 12-10-2026 | TIBERONE TECHNOLOGIES
BE 0770.488.519 |
| 21-09-2026 | ANIS INVEST
BE 1015.196.951 |
| 03-08-2026 | AddRetail
BE 0641.968.962 |
| 15-07-2026 | Maerten, Tamara
BE 0562.929.404 · sole trader · Diksmuide |
| 14-07-2026 | IFREQ
BE 0787.244.773 |
| 01-07-2026 | PHI TRADING
BE 0826.256.094 |
| 22-05-2026 | Vandevenne, Alexis
BE 0777.387.989 · sole trader · Awans |
| 20-05-2026 | HEXATEX COMPANY
BE 0773.405.249 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 9,598 of 13,243 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Brussels
- Wallonia
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 73 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 73300 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 TransformicsBeringen 7,231 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 SECO BELGIUMBrussels 203 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 VML BelgiumAntwerp 89.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 The House of MarketingMachelen (Brab.) 79.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 G4S EVENT SERVICESBrussels 74.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 770 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 636
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 82
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 21
- 302 Hotels and catering 19
- 227 Audiovisual sector 14
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 12
- 201 Independent retail 11
- 336 Liberal professions 7
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- 124 Construction 6
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 6
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 5
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 5
- 140 Transport and logistics 4
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 4
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 3
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 2
- 116 Chemical industry 2
- 130 Printing, graphic arts and newspapers 2
- 145 Horticulture 2
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 2
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 73: Advertising and market research
Related activities
3 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising agencies73110 | 9,785 | 1,187 | 40 | 6,511 |
| Market research and public opinion polling73200 | 2,581 | 82 | 6 | 7,246 |
| Media representation73120 | 798 | 66 | 6 | 732 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 73
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 117 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 115 | 86 | 74 | 94 | 89 | 80 | 95 | 58 |
| Jobs lost | 320 | 171 | 265 | 192 | 169 | 258 | 125 | 190 | 174 | 150 | 183 | 102 |
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 73
1,016 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €64,100 | €49,200 to €86,200 | 657 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €76,100 | €62,300 to €92,900 | 299 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €89,000 | €77,400 to €109,700 | 55 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 73Measured nationally: Of 108,562 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 28% after liquidation, 3% were withdrawn. After five years, 20% were still open. Half had ended after 26 months (a quarter after 15, three quarters after 51 months).
This counts companies with this main activity in the register on 6 November 2026. The outcome itself is not measured by sector. The activity of a company that leaves the register after its bankruptcy is too often not kept to compare closed cases fairly.
81 of the 16,664 companies in NACE division 73 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (27), United Kingdom (14) and France (13). Together they employ 5,234 of the division's 25,548 FTE: 20%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €560.4m awarded
- Federal transfers 25.4m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €28.5m paid
- EU budget €826.8m attributed share
- EU research €210.5m EU contribution
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Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 24.4% is above Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €22,382 is above Belgium's €16,520. 9.9% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 2.6 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 69% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.2% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Brussels holds 19.9% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. In 12 months, 5.3 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 67% of the 87 NACE divisions. 27.5% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 7,677 of the 11,059 FTE: 69.4%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 49.7% in financial year 2020 to 51.7% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €16,122 in financial year 2020 to €22,382 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 73300 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.