Other specialised design activities
Filed accounts
NACE 74140 · financial year 2025 · 348 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 32.2% | 33.7% | 37.1% | 39.4% | 39.7% | 39.3% |
| Median net result | €2,956 | €7,790 | €14,509 | €9,964 | €10,285 | €8,511 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 15-09-2026 | Vuylsteke, Peter
BE 0678.326.344 · sole trader · Zwevegem |
| 16-02-2026 | DASEIN
BE 0797.124.224 |
| 16-01-2026 | Thierens, Aaron
BE 0765.440.460 · sole trader · Sint-Niklaas |
| 31-12-2025 | Planzz
BE 1011.219.654 |
| 04-08-2025 | LASERPRINTS
BE 0597.740.625 |
| 13-06-2025 | FAKOSIGN
BE 0770.225.332 |
| 12-11-2024 | Raes, Sylvie
BE 0891.728.027 · sole trader · Roeselare |
| 23-09-2024 | Deleu, Dirk
BE 0680.329.393 · sole trader · Poperinge |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 490 of 1,219 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 74 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 74140 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 ALUVISIONKortrijk 91.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 CREAPLANNazareth-De Pinte 54.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 TAILORMATEMechelen 46.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 ALTER EXPOGhent 43.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 StandPlusRoeselare 28.7 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 99 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 48
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 40
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 12
- 201 Independent retail 9
- 124 Construction 6
- 227 Audiovisual sector 3
- 130 Printing, graphic arts and newspapers 2
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
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- 116 Chemical industry 1
- 136 Paper and cardboard processing 1
- 145 Horticulture 1
- 149.04 Metal trade 1
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 1
- 222 White-collar workers in paper and cardboard processing 1
- 322 Temporary agency work and approved local services 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphic design and visual communication74120 | 6,268 | 778 | 13 | 332 |
| Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items74111 | 1,997 | 236 | 7 | 272 |
| Interior design74130 | 1,443 | 203 | 6 | 118 |
| 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
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
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 74Measured 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.
19 of the 8,769 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 €180.7m EU contribution
Insights on Other specialised design activities
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €8,511 is below Belgium's €16,520. Solvency of 39.3% is below Belgium's 46.1%.
Inflow and structure. 59.8% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 10.2 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 77% of the 87 NACE divisions. This activity holds 3.9% of the registrations of Other professional activities.
Staff and filing. 43.0% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 264 of the 479 FTE: 55.3%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 32.2% in financial year 2020 to 39.3% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €2,956 in financial year 2020 to €8,511 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 74140 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.