Graphic design and visual communication
Filed accounts
NACE 74120 · financial year 2025 · 995 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 38.7% | 41.6% | 41.2% | 41.9% | 45.9% | 42.5% |
| Median net result | €6,986 | €8,620 | €9,028 | €8,013 | €9,100 | €7,657 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 12-10-2026 | THE SKIF - DIGITAL AGENCY
BE 0793.253.528 |
| 17-09-2026 | Cîrlan, Cristian-Constantin
BE 0744.785.497 · sole trader · Aalst |
| 15-09-2026 | ALBASIGN
BE 0758.913.944 |
| 17-07-2026 | DMDSGN
BE 0744.725.517 |
| 06-07-2026 | 4th Avenue
BE 0432.059.675 |
| 19-06-2026 | desiRED
BE 0779.850.801 |
| 17-06-2026 | D.N.A. GROUP
BE 0536.728.813 |
| 19-05-2026 | KWAC
BE 0746.486.759 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 1,651 of 6,267 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
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Largest employers
NACE 74120 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 iDoctaWaregem 61.7 FTEfinancial year 2026
- 2 SCHAWK BELGIUMAntwerp 37.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 Gunfire Games EuropeCharleroi 32.9 FTEfinancial year 2026
- 4 TOP ON WEBNivelles 16.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Creative ShelterGhent 13.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 178 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 142
- 227 Audiovisual sector 22
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 20
- 130 Printing, graphic arts and newspapers 11
- 201 Independent retail 7
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 1
- 136 Paper and cardboard processing 1
- 144 Agriculture 1
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- 149.04 Metal trade 1
- 222 White-collar workers in paper and cardboard processing 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 74: Other professional activities
Related activities
4 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items74111 | 1,997 | 236 | 7 | 272 |
| Interior design74130 | 1,442 | 203 | 6 | 118 |
| Other specialised design activities74140 | 1,219 | 124 | 4 | 479 |
| Other professional, scientific and technical activities74112 | 470 | 50 | 2 | 210 |
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.
Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 74
337 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €59,400 | €48,100 to €74,100 | 242 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €72,900 | €60,000 to €97,800 | 80 |
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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 74Measured nationally: Of 108,621 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 9 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.
19 of the 8,775 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 4,006 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
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1.4m paid
- Federal transfers 147.3m amount as published
- EU budget €155.1m attributed share
- EU research €180.7m EU contribution
Insights on Graphic design and visual communication
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €7,657 is below Belgium's €16,500. Return on equity of 21.9% is above Belgium's 15.9%. 29.6% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 2.1 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 74% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.2% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. 73.7% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 4.8 years, against 8.1 years 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.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 162 of the 332 FTE: 48.7%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 38.7% in financial year 2020 to 42.5% 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 74120 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.