Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities
Filed accounts
NACE 79120 · financial year 2025 · 209 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 16.6% | 20.2% | 25.0% | 28.2% | 30.1% | 30.0% |
| Median net result | -€14,014 | €7,415 | €19,676 | €17,255 | €18,695 | €18,096 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 08-07-2026 | CREATIVE STAR
BE 0837.960.828 |
| 13-03-2026 | Lombardo, Lino
BE 0667.422.158 · sole trader · Quaregnon |
| 26-07-2022 | Degallaix, Ludivine
BE 0542.618.097 · sole trader · Tournai |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 333 of 529 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 79 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 79120 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 TUI BelgiumOstend 422 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 JOKER - JONG TOERISME, JOKER - YOUTH TOURISMMechelen 90.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 TRAVELBASEGhent 83.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 NORDIC INFOLonderzeel 81.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 DE BUCK AGENCYNazareth-De Pinte 31.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 69 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 60
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 16
- 140.01 Buses and coaches 8
- 302 Hotels and catering 4
- 333 Tourist attractions 2
- 140 Transport and logistics 1
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 1
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 1
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- 149.04 Metal trade 1
- 330 Health institutions and services 1
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 79: Travel agencies
Related activities
1 other activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel agency activities79110 | 1,429 | 92 | 10 | 4,065 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 79
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 17 | 22 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 13 |
| Jobs lost | 113 | 24 | 53 | 65 | 595 | 72 | 166 | 96 | 56 | 22 | 35 | 17 |
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 79
312 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €56,500 | €49,000 to €66,300 | 231 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €60,300 | €52,000 to €72,700 | 62 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
10 of the 1,667 companies in NACE division 79 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: France (3), United Kingdom (2) and Netherlands (2). Together they employ 1,282 of the division's 5,531 FTE: 23%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €37.7m awarded
- Federal transfers 305,679 amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €2.3m paid
- EU budget €88.0m attributed share
- EU research €5.9m EU contribution
Insights on Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities
Balance sheet and result. Solvency of 30.0% is below Belgium's 46.1%. Return on equity of 18.3% is above Belgium's 15.9%. 30.1% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. In 12 months, 13.8 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 93% of the 87 NACE divisions. Half of the companies are younger than 5.9 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. Flanders holds 76.4% of the seats, against 64.7% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 709 of the 912 FTE: 77.7%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 16.6% in financial year 2020 to 30.0% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from -€14,014 in financial year 2020 to €18,096 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 79120 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.