Other professional, scientific and technical activities
Activities
NACE 7420 · 3 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photography, excluding press photography74201 | 8,453 | 1,027 | 9 | 197 |
| Other photographic activities74209 | 973 | 79 | 1 | 190 |
| Other professional, scientific and technical activities74202 | 348 | 16 | 1 | - |
Filed accounts
NACE 7420 · financial year 2025 · 965 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 37.7% | 40.2% | 40.5% | 42.3% | 43.4% | 44.4% |
| Median net result | €2,902 | €4,517 | €5,477 | €4,426 | €5,173 | €5,058 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 14-10-2026 | Couvreur, Freek
BE 0680.747.186 · sole trader · Ostend |
| 12-10-2026 | TREEDY’S
BE 0635.598.339 |
| 30-09-2026 | IBC Concepts
BE 0673.932.541 |
| 16-09-2026 | izo.red
BE 1003.358.892 |
| 28-07-2026 | Lambrechts, Gert
BE 0637.580.802 · sole trader · Brussels |
| 15-07-2026 | SIMPLY HOME DESIGN
BE 0880.278.166 |
| 08-07-2026 | Laureyssens, Jérôme
BE 0732.654.559 · sole trader |
| 06-07-2026 | TRIPLE STAR CONCEPT & PRINT
BE 0873.823.015 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 1,655 of 9,760 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 7420 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 DBM - COLORWetteren 101 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 RCAHasselt 51.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 F.&J. VANDER EYCKENBerchem-Sainte-Agathe 37.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 LRD. ProductionsWommelgem 26.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 FOTO DEMARSINScherpenheuvel-Zichem 16.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 110 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 66
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 32
- 227 Audiovisual sector 18
- 201 Independent retail 13
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 3
- 130 Printing, graphic arts and newspapers 2
- 116 Chemical industry 1
- 124 Construction 1
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- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 1
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 1
- 149.04 Metal trade 1
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 1
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 1
- 303 Film industry 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 74: Other professional activities
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 |
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 108,621 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
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Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €5,058 is below Belgium's €16,497. 18.8% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. 34.5% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 1.1 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 77% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. 83.0% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 5.7 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 11.5 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 86% of the 87 NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 233 of the 387 FTE: 60.3%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 37.7% in financial year 2020 to 44.4% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €2,902 in financial year 2020 to €5,058 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 09-11-2026 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 7420 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 1,276,461 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,442 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.