Employment placement agencies
This view shows Belgium · 78100 · Employment placement agencies. Sector figures are national, so the place does not apply here.
Filed accounts
NACE 78100 · financial year 2025 · 1,330 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 39.0% | 41.9% | 41.4% | 42.6% | 45.6% | 42.5% |
| Median net result | €12,220 | €24,829 | €24,547 | €17,433 | €18,817 | €18,260 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 22-10-2026 | The recruitment academy
BE 0777.331.571 |
| 06-10-2026 | Agence locale pour l'Emploi de Engis
BE 0455.042.341 |
| 23-09-2026 | tHRibe.Select
BE 0564.790.517 |
| 15-09-2026 | WO MAN Worldwide Recruitment
BE 0653.821.471 |
| 14-09-2026 | Unified Recruitment Group
BE 0678.474.121 |
| 09-09-2026 | Agence locale pour l'Emploi de Quévy
BE 0457.788.431 |
| 24-08-2026 | Intrinsiek
BE 1008.765.455 |
| 17-08-2026 | BSC LOGISTICS
BE 0804.586.195 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 1,904 of 2,329 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Brussels
- Wallonia
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 78 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 78100 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 HR RAILSint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) 27,811 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Randstad Dienstencheques / Titres-ServicesGrimbergen 2,059 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 Work TodayGhent 740 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 EG SERVICES (Belgium)Antwerp 626 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 La Belle MaisonAntwerp 430 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 454 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 385
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 53
- 322 Temporary agency work and approved local services 48
- 322.01 Approved companies for local work and services 29
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 21
- 124 Construction 8
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 6
- 201 Independent retail 6
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- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 5
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 5
- 302 Hotels and catering 5
- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 5
- 121 Cleaning 4
- 330 Health institutions and services 3
- 336 Liberal professions 3
- 313 Pharmacies and pricing offices 2
- 329 Socio-cultural sector 2
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 2
- 102.01 Quarries 1
- 112 Garages 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 78: Employment activities
Related activities
1 other activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel78200 | 989 | 54 | 8 | 133,654 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 78
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 22 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 27 | 39 | 42 |
| Jobs lost | 163 | 58 | 314 | 162 | 239 | 95 | 127 | 85 | 45 | 263 | 253 | 413 |
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 78
449 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €66,200 | €52,200 to €86,200 | 116 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €65,700 | €42,000 to €79,900 | 163 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €62,800 | €43,200 to €71,900 | 107 |
| 250 FTE or more | €58,600 | €46,700 to €71,500 | 63 |
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 78Measured 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.
Foreign control in NACE division 78
2,430 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €612.2m awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €2.0m paid
- Federal transfers 13.6m amount as published
- EU budget €68.4m attributed share
- EU research €1.0m EU contribution
Insights on Employment placement agencies
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 21.0% is above Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €18,260 is above Belgium's €16,497.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 9.0 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 83% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. 18.2% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 7.0 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 7.9 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 60% of the 87 NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. 31.0% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 31,665 of the 43,187 FTE: 73.3%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 39.0% in financial year 2020 to 42.5% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €12,220 in financial year 2020 to €18,260 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 78100 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.