Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel
Filed accounts
NACE 78200 · financial year 2025 · 659 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 32.4% | 32.7% | 34.3% | 32.9% | 31.3% | 27.5% |
| Median net result | €18,648 | €37,351 | €40,873 | €25,375 | €19,630 | €20,902 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 26-10-2026 | Inner Circle Hospitality
BE 0783.208.385 |
| 12-10-2026 | Wanted Blue Benelux
BE 0430.186.882 |
| 21-09-2026 | Alphaconsult
BE 1002.862.808 |
| 08-07-2026 | EXCEL CAREERS & MANAGEMENT
BE 0452.611.797 |
| 20-04-2026 | Fin Experts
BE 1009.835.623 |
| 26-03-2026 | APPRO
BE 0885.156.276 |
| 16-02-2026 | EXCELLENT JOBS
BE 0785.703.463 |
| 30-12-2025 | Digital Interim
BE 0699.902.312 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 887 of 989 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 78 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 78200 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Randstad BelgiumGrimbergen 20,826 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 AIBKortrijk 8,853 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 ADECCO PERSONNEL SERVICESDilbeek 8,440 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Start PeopleAntwerp 7,284 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 TEMPO-TEAMGrimbergen 6,378 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 341 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 278
- 322 Temporary agency work and approved local services 175
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 37
- 322.01 Approved companies for local work and services 24
- 124 Construction 17
- 330 Health institutions and services 6
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 5
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 5
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- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 4
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 4
- 302 Hotels and catering 4
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 3
- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 3
- 121 Cleaning 2
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 2
- 112 Garages 1
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
- 152 Subsidised private schools 1
- 201 Independent retail 1
- 220 White-collar workers in the food industry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment placement agencies78100 | 2,330 | 183 | 21 | 43,187 |
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
450 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €66,400 | €52,300 to €86,000 | 117 |
| 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 108,562 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.
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
- Federal transfers 13.6m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €2.0m paid
- EU budget €68.4m attributed share
- EU research €1.0m EU contribution
Insights on Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel
Balance sheet and result. Solvency of 27.5% is below Belgium's 46.1%. 16.5% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. Return on equity of 20.6% is above Belgium's 15.9%.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 8.1 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 80% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. 10.3% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 5.5 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 66% of the 87 NACE divisions. This activity holds 30.7% of the registrations of Employment activities.
Staff and filing. 29.9% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 51,781 of the 133,655 FTE: 38.7%.
Direction. Median solvency fell from 32.4% in financial year 2020 to 27.5% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €18,648 in financial year 2020 to €20,902 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 78200 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.