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Veterinary services

Current registrations 6,104
Starters, 12 months 5779.5 per 100 · Belgium 8.9
Bankruptcies, 12 months 10.2 per 1,000 registrations · Belgium 6.2
Employment (FTE) 1,284183 employers · latest accounts
Median age 7.6 yearsBelgium 8.1 years
E-invoicing via Peppol 94.9%5,792 of 6,104 companies in the Peppol Directory · Belgium 85.0%

Filed accounts

NACE 75000 · financial year 2025 · 1,992 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
50.5%
division 50.5% · Belgium 46.1%
Median net result
€33,756
division €33,756 · Belgium €16,468
Median equity
€96,596
division €96,596 · Belgium €98,204
Loss-making
10.3%
division 10.3% · Belgium 26.7%
Negative equity
4.6%
division 4.6% · Belgium 12.4%
Median return on equity
29.1%
division 29.1% · Belgium 15.9%
Median liquidity
1.87
division 1.87 · Belgium 1.66
Filed late
35.6%
financial year 2024, 1,850 filings · division 35.5% · Belgium 38.5%
Missing or 90 days late
3.2%
of 2,062 companies with annual accounts · division 3.2% · Belgium 5.5%
Per financial year202020212022202320242025
Median solvency 44.6%47.5%47.4%48.7%51.7%50.5%
Median net result €26,749€30,804€25,123€28,696€32,814€33,756

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Bankruptcies

Bankruptcies, 5 years, still registered
3
0.05% of the registrations · Belgium 1.68%
Running bankruptcies
2
0.3 per 1,000 registrations

Recent bankruptcies

Date Company
02-10-2026 Gatin, Jean
BE 0690.313.366 · sole trader · Namur
20-01-2025 CABINET VETERINAIRE PIERRE COPPENS
BE 0432.875.069
11-09-2024 Gatin, Jean
BE 0690.313.366 · sole trader · Namur
30-06-2023 VT-R
BE 0673.507.622
03-03-2023 Gatin, Jean
BE 0690.313.366 · sole trader · Namur

Every bankruptcy in division 75, last 90 days

Spread across the country

by region and province · 2,836 of 6,104 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat
  • Flanders 1,835 · 64.7%
  • Wallonia 917 · 32.3%
  • Brussels 77 · 2.7%
  • Abroad 7 · 0.2%
fewer moremax 524

Largest employers

NACE 75000 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts
  1. 1 AC Clinico BelgiumZaventem 153 FTEfinancial year 2025
  2. 2 CER-GroupeMarche-en-Famenne 151 FTEfinancial year 2025
  3. 3 DIERENGEZONDHEIDSZORG VLAANDERENLier 128 FTEfinancial year 2025
  4. 4 BeVet MedicalWanze 93.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
  5. 5 ZoolyxAalst 46.0 FTEfinancial year 2025

Joint committees

from the latest accounts of 345 companies
  • 336 Liberal professions 311
  • 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 17
  • 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 12
  • 144 Agriculture 6
  • 330 Health institutions and services 4
  • 330.04 Health institutions and services 2
  • 124 Construction 1
  • 126 Furnishing and woodworking 1
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  • 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 1
  • 220 White-collar workers in the food industry 1
  • 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 1
  • 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 1
  • 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 1
  • 339 Approved social housing companies 1

Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.

Division 75: Veterinary activities

Bankruptcies per year in division 75

Per year201520182019202020212022202320242025
Bankruptcies323322431
Jobs lost323324431

2025 through January. 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 75

174 employers
Median
€38,600
Belgium €61,400
Middle half
€33,400 to €47,700
half of the employers lie between
Place among sectors
77 of 78
sectors with a median staff cost per FTE, highest first
By size class
SizeMedianMiddle halfEmployers
fewer than 10 FTE €37,300 €32,800 to €45,600 155

3 of the 2,799 companies in NACE division 75 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (2) and United States (1). Together they employ 34 of the division's 1,284 FTE: 2.7%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.

Subsidies in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €3.7m awarded 391 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Erkenning en subsidiering van opvangcentra voor vogels en wilde dieren
  • Federal transfers 500,091 amount as published 4 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Toelagen voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek betreffende de voedselveiligheid, gezondheidsbeleid en dierenwelzijn aan publiekrechtelijke instellingen, publiekrechtelijke universiteiten, universiteiten van de Gemeenschappen en hun vzw's
  • EU budget €15,000 attributed share 1 recipient · 2022 · largest: Horizon Europe
  • EU research €1.1m EU contribution 2 recipients · 2019 to 2026 · largest: Horizon Europe

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Insights on Veterinary services

Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €33,756 is above Belgium's €16,468. Return on equity of 29.1% is above Belgium's 15.9%. 4.6% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.

Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%.

Inflow and structure. Wallonia holds 32.4% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium. 53.5% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. This activity holds 100.0% of the registrations of Veterinary activities.

Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 572 of the 1,284 FTE: 44.5%.

Direction. Median solvency rose from 44.6% in financial year 2020 to 50.5% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €26,749 in financial year 2020 to €33,756 in financial year 2025.

The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 14-11-2026 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 75000 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 1,276,430 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 700,464 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.