Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities

NACE 79

Current registrations3,760

Starters, 12 months319

Employment (FTE)5,536

Median age8.7 years

In NACE division 79, 8.5 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 65% of the 86 other NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 10-10-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 79

financial year 2025 · median over 1,017 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

33.4%

lower than 90% of 78 divisions

Median equity

€126,618

higher than 51% of 78 divisions

Median net result

€13,515

lower than 58% of 78 divisions

Annual accounts in sample

1,017

Foreign control in NACE division 79

1,672 registered companies

Companies with a foreign parent

0.6%

10 of 1,672; Belgium 0.3%

Staff at those companies

23%

1,282 of 5,604 FTE; Belgium 15%

Mostly from France (3), United Kingdom (2) and Netherlands (2).Show on the map by municipality

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 79

312 employers

Median

€58,800

Belgium €61,300

Middle half

€50,100 to €68,700

half of the employers lie between

Place among sectors

61 of 78

by median staff cost per FTE

By size class
Size	Median	Middle half	Employers
fewer than 10 FTE	€56,500	€48,400 to €66,300	229
10 to 49 FTE	€60,400	€51,100 to €71,400	63

Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench

Bankruptcies

past five years

Bankruptcies (5y)

Historical share

0.82%

Nationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 63% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 79 is 0.2%, against 0.2% nationally, over 1,562 scored companies. Comparison: as of 10-10-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 1,790 of 3,760 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 992 · 55.4%

Wallonia 504 · 28.2%

Brussels 284 · 15.9%

Unknown 10 · 0.6%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
21-09-2026	AFRICA EXPRESS BELGIUM BE 0751.701.894
19-08-2026	RANIA VOYAGES SPRL BE 0899.154.366
04-08-2026	VOYAGES MONTAINE - REIZEN MONTAINE BE 0401.266.927
08-07-2026	CREATIVE STAR BE 0837.960.828
07-07-2026	DOUH TRAVEL BE 0543.414.883
03-07-2026	EXIR BE 0671.608.303
19-06-2026	JOLIE TOURS BE 0719.440.486
10-04-2026	LVO Solutions BE 1005.139.338

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 210

East Flanders OVL 208

Antwerp ANT 305

Flemish Brabant VLB 171

Limburg LIM 98

Brussels BRU 284

Hainaut HAI 149

Walloon Brabant WBR 82

Namur NAM 75

Liège LIE 137

Luxembourg LUX 61

fewer moremax 305

Where are this sector's balance sheets registered? By municipality, down to the address

Subsidies in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number

Flemish subsidies €77.8m awarded 342 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Vlaams Gemeentefonds
Federal transfers 574,009 amount as published 9 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Subsidies voor de lokale overheden in het kader van de strategische veiligheidsplannen en maatregelen gemeenschapswachten
Wallonia-Brussels Federation €2.3m paid 20 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Subventions aux organisations de jeunesse (décret du 20 juin 1980 et du 26 mars 2009)
EU budget €87.7m attributed share 7 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Mission and representation
EU research €5.9m eu contribution 1 recipient · 2015 to 2027 · largest: Horizon 2020

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How these figures are counted

Current enterprise registrations are counted through their registered main activities; establishment units are excluded. Counted in the KBO's NACE 2025 nomenclature, the one in which code 79 exists.

Share of currently registered companies with a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. Registered main activities in the selected classification can overlap. This retrospective share is not a future bankruptcy probability.

The comparison with the country and with the other NACE divisions comes from a nightly overview of every division, each counted in the nomenclature in which it exists. A standing such as "higher than 80%" counts the other divisions that have the figure. The bankruptcy probability is the median of our nightly score over the division's companies that have one; the count is stated.

The middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.