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NACE 74
Current registrations31,315
Starters, 12 months
3,519
Employment (FTE)
6,744
Median age
5.8 years

In NACE division 74, 11.2 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 84% of the 86 other NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 30-09-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 74

fiscal year 2025 · median over 4,343 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
48.6%
higher than 76% of 78 divisions
Median equity
€49,242
lower than 94% of 78 divisions
Median net result
€9,117
lower than 73% of 78 divisions
Annual accounts in sample
4,343

Foreign control in NACE division 74

8,764 registered companies

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 74

96 employers
Median
€73,500
Belgium €65,100
Middle half
€60,800 to €98,900
half of the employers lie between
Place among sectors
27 of 73
by median staff cost per FTE
By size class
SizeMedianMiddle halfEmployers
10 to 49 FTE €70,800 €59,500 to €96,800 82

Bankruptcies

past five years
Bankruptcies (5y)
184
Historical share
0.59%

Nationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 74% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 74 is 0.4%, against 0.5% nationally, over 8,644 scored companies. Comparison: as of 30-09-2026 05:30.

Bankruptcies still running

NACE division 74
Running bankruptcies
135
Half have run longer than
17 months
Belgium: 21 months
Longer than three years
27%
Belgium: 31%

Measured nationally: Of 65,692 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 46% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 32% after liquidation, 4% were withdrawn; 18% were still open after five years. Half had ended after 26 months (a quarter after 15, three quarters after 49 months).

Counts companies with this main activity in the register on 30 September 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.

Outcome by court and division

Regional split

by region · 9,649 of 31,315 enterprises with a registered office on file
Flanders 6,405 · 66.4%
Wallonia 1,957 · 20.3%
Brussels 1,264 · 13.1%
Unknown 23 · 0.2%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

8
Date Company
30-09-2026 IBC Concepts
BE 0673.932.541
28-09-2026 Engineering Project Management-JG-BE
BE 1018.879.882
25-09-2026 CONSULTING SERVICES
BE 0553.758.350
21-09-2026 STAGEPLAN
BE 0786.645.551
17-09-2026 Sole trader
BE 0744.785.497 · Aalst
16-09-2026 izo.red
BE 1003.358.892
15-09-2026 Sole trader
BE 0678.326.344 · Zwevegem
15-09-2026 ALBASIGN
BE 0758.913.944

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address
fewer moremax 2,249

Public money in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €74.0m awarded 1,203 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Onderzoeksproject
  • Federal transfers 145.8m amount as published 9 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Dotatie aan Sciensano
  • Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1.4m paid 39 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Aides pluriannuelles dans le domaine des arts plastiques
  • EU budget €155.1m attributed share 47 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Horizon Europe
  • EU research €180.5m eu contribution 46 recipients · 2008 to 2027 · largest: Horizon Europe

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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 2025 nomenclature, the one in which code 74 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 middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.