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NACE 741

Current registrations11,364

Starters, 12 months · division 743,350

Employment (FTE) · division 746,615

Median age · division 745.8 years

NACE division 74 had 10.8 starters per 100 companies in the past twelve months, against 7.5 for Belgium as a whole. That is higher than that of 82% of the 87 NACE divisions with this figure. The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 01-11-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 74

financial year 2025 · median over 5,365 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

48.2%

higher than 73% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Median equity

€47,625

lower than 94% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Median net result

€9,624

lower than 70% of the 79 divisions with this figure

Annual accounts in sample

5,365

Foreign control in NACE division 74

8,771 registered companies

Companies with a foreign parent

0.2%

19 of 8,771; Belgium 0.3%

Staff at those companies

9.2%

369 of 3,999 FTE; Belgium 15%

Main parent countries: Netherlands (6), United Kingdom (5) and France (3).Show on the map by municipality

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 74

336 employers

Median

€63,200

Belgium €61,400

Middle half

€51,400 to €80,800

half of the employers lie between

Place among sectors

49 of 78

sectors with a median staff cost per FTE, highest first

By size class
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

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Bankruptcies

past five years

Bankruptcies, 5 years

Historical share

0.69%

For Belgium as a whole, the historical share over the past five years is 1.61%. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 69% of the 88 NACE divisions with this figure. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 74 is 0.2%, against 0.2% for Belgium as a whole. It is computed over 8,584 scored companies. The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 01-11-2026 05:30.

Running bankruptcies in the sector

NACE division 74

Number

136

Half have run longer than

17 months

Belgium: 20 months

Longer than three years

26%

Belgium: 31%

Measured nationally: Of 108,424 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entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 28% after liquidation, 3% were withdrawn.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 1 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.

Outcome by court and division

Regional split

by region · 3,422 of 11,364 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 2,367 · 69.2%

Wallonia 598 · 17.5%

Brussels 453 · 13.2%

Unknown 4 · 0.1%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
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
17-09-2026	Cîrlan, Cristian-Constantin BE 0744.785.497 · sole trader · Aalst
15-09-2026	Vuylsteke, Peter BE 0678.326.344 · sole trader · Zwevegem
15-09-2026	ALBASIGN BE 0758.913.944
24-08-2026	Boyen, Stephane Jacques BE 0729.383.481 · sole trader · Tienen
17-07-2026	DMDSGN BE 0744.725.517

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the registered office

West Flanders WVL 420

East Flanders OVL 533

Antwerp ANT 888

Flemish Brabant VLB 292

Limburg LIM 234

Brussels BRU 453

Hainaut HAI 126

Walloon Brabant WBR 178

Namur NAM 79

Liège LIE 186

Luxembourg LUX 29

fewer moremax 888

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Subsidies in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number

Flemish subsidies €74.1m awarded 1,201 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Onderzoeksproject
Federal transfers 147.3m amount as published 11 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Dotatie aan Sciensano
Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1.4m paid 38 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Aides pluriannuelles dans le domaine des arts plastiques
EU budget €155.1m attributed share 46 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

Every company registered today counts under its main activities in the KBO. Establishment units do not count. The count follows the NACE 2025 classification, the version in which code 741 exists.

The historical share is the share of current registrations for which a bankruptcy opening was published in the past five years. A company with more than one main activity counts in each of those sectors. The historical share is not a future bankruptcy probability.

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 "higher than 80%" compares with the other divisions that have the figure. A division's bankruptcy probability is the median over its companies with a score. Their number is given with the figure.

The key figures cover the whole NACE division 74, not only NACE 741. There are too few filed annual accounts per five-digit code to compute them separately. Each key figure is the value of the middle company, computed over all filed annual accounts of the division.