Rental and leasing activities
Activities
NACE division 77 · 23 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles77110 | 1,406 | 109 | 11 | 3,530 |
| Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods77399 | 1,177 | 101 | 5 | 2,511 |
| Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods77210 | 965 | 115 | 7 | 583 |
| Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods77229 | 868 | 53 | 0 | 1,032 |
| Rental and leasing activities77320 | 654 | 29 | 6 | 1,579 |
| Rental and leasing activities77222 | 507 | 41 | 0 | 474 |
| Rental and leasing activities77392 | 456 | 32 | 1 | 243 |
| Rental and leasing activities77400 | 411 | 27 | 1 | 569 |
| Rental and leasing activities77120 | 356 | 18 | 1 | 973 |
| Rental and leasing activities77223 | 290 | 16 | 1 | 377 |
| Rental and leasing activities77221 | 234 | 15 | 0 | 322 |
| Rental and leasing activities77310 | 222 | 3 | 1 | 79 |
Show all 23 activities
| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rental and leasing activities77224 | 175 | 23 | 1 | 35 |
| Rental and leasing activities77330 | 173 | 9 | 1 | 366 |
| Rental and leasing activities77391 | 154 | 25 | 0 | 80 |
| Rental and leasing activities77225 | 141 | 5 | 0 | 277 |
| Rental and leasing activities77394 | 119 | 9 | 0 | 279 |
| Rental and leasing activities77340 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 55 |
| Rental and leasing activities77350 | 106 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| Rental and leasing activities77226 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 101 |
| Rental and leasing activities77393 | 16 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Rental and leasing activities77510 | 12 | 7 | 0 | - |
| Rental and leasing activities77520 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - |
Filed accounts
NACE division 77 · financial year 2025 · 3,920 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 29.4% | 30.0% | 32.3% | 34.2% | 34.3% | 34.1% |
| Median net result | - | - | €6,709 | €11,525 | €15,416 | €13,137 | €9,940 | €9,217 |
| Filed late | 39.9% | 49.1% | 45.9% | 43.0% | 41.1% | 40.9% | 38.8% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 77
687 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €61,600 | €49,000 to €76,100 | 452 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €68,200 | €58,000 to €80,800 | 187 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €73,000 | €60,800 to €90,800 | 41 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 77
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 84 | 46 | 64 | 61 | 63 | 37 | 38 | 34 | 70 | 57 | 61 | 38 |
| Jobs lost | 126 | 66 | 97 | 147 | 109 | 47 | 63 | 65 | 104 | 86 | 109 | 60 |
2026 through September. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 19-10-2026 | AUTOMATIC SOLUTIONS INVEST
BE 0819.485.890 |
| 14-10-2026 | OZLOCXURY
BE 0788.270.993 |
| 14-10-2026 | Cargo Transport Solutions
BE 0804.216.607 |
| 06-10-2026 | TUZLA GROUPE
BE 0508.556.350 |
| 05-10-2026 | SCALE
BE 0844.152.495 |
| 14-09-2026 | DELRUE RENT SERVICES
BE 0824.347.372 |
| 04-09-2026 | EKORIKA
BE 0837.163.250 |
| 19-08-2026 | ZENTEC & EVENTS
BE 0722.919.224 |
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 77Measured nationally: Of 108,606 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 29% 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 5 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.
Spread across the country
by region and province · 5,547 of 8,428 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
This sector's balance sheets on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE division 77 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 H. ESSERS TRANSPORT COMPANYGenk 654 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 AXUSZaventem 521 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 TVH Parts HoldingWaregem 450 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 ARVAL BELGIUMZaventem 449 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 BOELS VERHUUROverijse 390 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 1,147 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 637
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 166
- 124 Construction 107
- 112 Garages 92
- 149.04 Metal trade 79
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 52
- 201 Independent retail 51
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 50
Show the 12 others
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 49
- 109 Clothing and garment industry 46
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 43
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 36
- 302 Hotels and catering 36
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 33
- 215 White-collar workers in the clothing and garment industry 29
- 121 Cleaning 17
- 140 Transport and logistics 16
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 16
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 12
- 145 Horticulture 10
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Foreign control in NACE division 77
5,106 registered companiesMain parent countries: Netherlands (25), France (13) and Germany (9).Show on the map by municipality
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €178.9m awarded
- Federal transfers 58.0m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €5.3m paid
- EU budget €1.2m attributed share
- EU research €1.5m EU contribution
Insights on Rental and leasing
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 9.7% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 17.2% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. The median net result of €10,279 is below Belgium's €16,539.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 4.4 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 57% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.5% is above Belgium's 0.2%. By size, the median bankruptcy probability is 0.5% at under 10 FTE, 0.2% at 10 to 49 FTE and 0.3% at 50 to 249 FTE.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 9.6 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. 34.2% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 7.7 of 100 companies started, against 8.8 in Belgium. That is more than in 58% of the 86 other NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 2,464 of the 13,492 FTE: 18.3%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 29.4% in financial year 2020 to 34.1% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €6,709 in financial year 2020 to €9,217 in financial year 2025. In 2025, Statbel counted 61 bankruptcies and 109 jobs lost, against 37 bankruptcies in 2020.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 05-11-2026 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 77 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 1,275,887 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,448 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.