Other professional, scientific and technical activities
Activities
NACE division 74 · 13 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photography, excluding press photography74201 | 8,448 | 1,020 | 9 | 197 |
| Graphic design and visual communication74120 | 6,265 | 777 | 13 | 332 |
| Other professional, scientific and technical activities74999 | 4,509 | 482 | 16 | 1,853 |
| Translation services74301 | 4,453 | 181 | 8 | 260 |
| Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items74111 | 1,994 | 234 | 7 | 272 |
| Interior design74130 | 1,442 | 202 | 6 | 118 |
| Other specialised design activities74140 | 1,219 | 124 | 4 | 479 |
| Other photographic activities74209 | 971 | 78 | 1 | 190 |
| Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures74991 | 875 | 65 | 6 | 94 |
| Other professional, scientific and technical activities74112 | 470 | 50 | 2 | 210 |
| Other professional, scientific and technical activities74202 | 348 | 16 | 1 | - |
| Other professional, scientific and technical activities74302 | 201 | 114 | 0 | - |
Show all 13 activities
| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other professional, scientific and technical activities74910 | 26 | 13 | 0 | - |
Filed accounts
NACE division 74 · financial year 2025 · 6,057 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 43.3% | 44.4% | 45.0% | 46.9% | 48.6% | 48.2% |
| Median net result | - | - | €7,372 | €9,829 | €9,631 | €9,275 | €9,703 | €9,592 |
| Filed late | 43.0% | 48.5% | 47.0% | 44.6% | 41.9% | 40.6% | 38.1% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 74
336 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €59,200 | €48,000 to €74,000 | 241 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €72,900 | €60,000 to €97,800 | 80 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 74
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 63 | 63 | 82 | 49 | 72 | 63 | 52 | 74 | 78 | 87 | 85 | 77 |
| Jobs lost | 101 | 101 | 143 | 93 | 120 | 95 | 84 | 100 | 153 | 120 | 121 | 107 |
2026 through September. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 21-10-2026 | HYGIEIA
BE 0700.711.667 |
| 14-10-2026 | Couvreur, Freek
BE 0680.747.186 · sole trader · Ostend |
| 12-10-2026 | TREEDY’S
BE 0635.598.339 |
| 12-10-2026 | CADAYA
BE 0748.934.228 |
| 12-10-2026 | THE SKIF - DIGITAL AGENCY
BE 0793.253.528 |
| 12-10-2026 | Pack & Co
BE 0837.547.092 |
| 05-10-2026 | KS Pharma
BE 0738.746.258 |
| 30-09-2026 | IBC Concepts
BE 0673.932.541 |
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 74Measured nationally: Of 108,606 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 29% 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 5 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.
Spread across the country
by region and province · 9,555 of 31,161 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
This sector's balance sheets on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE division 74 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 BIO BASE EUROPE PILOT PLANTGhent 152 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 JABIL CIRCUIT BELGIUMHasselt 146 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 Vlaams EnergiebedrijfBrussels 104 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 DBM - COLORWetteren 101 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 SPACE APPLICATIONS SERVICESZaventem 91.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 1,029 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 719
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 156
- 201 Independent retail 61
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 48
- 227 Audiovisual sector 45
- 124 Construction 36
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 21
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 19
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- 130 Printing, graphic arts and newspapers 16
- 215 White-collar workers in the clothing and garment industry 12
- 109 Clothing and garment industry 10
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 10
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 10
- 302 Hotels and catering 10
- 304 Performing arts 9
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 9
- 330 Health institutions and services 7
- 116 Chemical industry 6
- 149.04 Metal trade 6
- 330.04 Health institutions and services 5
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
19 of the 8,770 companies in NACE division 74 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: United Kingdom (6), Netherlands (6) and France (3). Together they employ 376 of the division's 4,005 FTE: 9.4%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €74.1m awarded
- Federal transfers 147.3m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1.4m paid
- EU budget €155.1m attributed share
- EU research €180.5m EU contribution
Insights on Other professional activities
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €10,108 is below Belgium's €16,539. Return on equity of 20.7% is above Belgium's 15.9%. 13.7% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 2.3 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 72% of the 87 other NACE divisions. By size, the median bankruptcy probability is 0.2% at under 10 FTE and 0.1% at 10 to 49 FTE.
Inflow and structure. 69.3% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 5.8 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 10.8 of 100 companies started, against 8.8 in Belgium. That is more than in 83% of the 86 other NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 594 of the 4,004 FTE: 14.8%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 43.3% in financial year 2020 to 48.2% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €7,372 in financial year 2020 to €9,592 in financial year 2025. In 2025, Statbel counted 85 bankruptcies and 121 jobs lost, against 63 bankruptcies in 2020.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 05-11-2026 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 74 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 1,275,887 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,448 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.