Investigation and security activities
Activities
NACE division 80 · 2 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigation and private security services80010 | 688 | 24 | 5 | 18,061 |
| Investigation and security activities80090 | 453 | 61 | 7 | 881 |
Filed accounts
NACE division 80 · financial year 2025 · 573 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 36.1% | 39.9% | 39.6% | 38.8% | 42.6% | 39.7% |
| Median net result | - | - | €9,822 | €8,668 | €13,251 | €11,509 | €13,126 | €13,176 |
| Filed late | 40.2% | 49.1% | 47.2% | 43.9% | 42.4% | 41.9% | 42.0% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 80
130 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €69,000 | €58,200 to €89,800 | 52 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €72,500 | €63,500 to €82,100 | 51 |
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 80
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 24 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 15 |
| Jobs lost | 75 | 49 | 67 | 92 | 156 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 138 | 14 | 77 | 22 |
2026 through August. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 30-09-2026 | Elseidy, Samir
BE 0761.439.112 · sole trader · Genk |
| 21-08-2026 | INVICTUS GLOBAL SECURITY
BE 0533.775.855 |
| 07-08-2026 | HUMAN SECURITY
BE 0649.592.172 |
| 03-08-2026 | SORHEA
BE 0683.447.746 |
| 28-07-2026 | FIPRON
BE 0783.710.708 |
| 23-07-2026 | Bicici, Serhat
BE 1029.438.729 · sole trader · Genk |
| 16-07-2026 | Mercom Health
BE 0438.293.708 |
| 17-06-2026 | GENERAL SECURITY AND SAFETY CONSULTING
BE 0750.584.911 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 842 of 1,130 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 80 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 SECURITASMachelen (Brab.) 4,595 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 G4S SECURE SOLUTIONSBrussels 3,160 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 PROTECTION UNITSaint-Georges-sur-Meuse 2,197 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 G4S AVIATION SECURITYBrussels 1,665 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 SERIS SecurityMachelen (Brab.) 1,275 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 193 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 86
- 317 Security and surveillance services 76
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 34
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 14
- 201 Independent retail 6
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 5
- 124 Construction 4
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 3
Show the 11 others
- 149.04 Metal trade 3
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 3
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
- 121 Cleaning 1
- 140.01 Buses and coaches 1
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 1
- 219 Technical inspection and conformity assessment 1
- 307 Insurance brokers and agencies 1
- 322 Temporary agency work and approved local services 1
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 1
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Foreign control in NACE division 80
798 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €16.1m awarded
- Federal transfers 360.8m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €774,386 paid
- EU budget €228.1m attributed share
- EU research €16.9m EU contribution
Insights on Security and investigation
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €13,682 is below Belgium's €16,539. 30.6% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. Solvency of 40.0% is below Belgium's 46.1%.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 10.6 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 91% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.3% is above Belgium's 0.2%. By size, the median bankruptcy probability is 0.3% at under 10 FTE and 0.2% at 10 to 49 FTE.
Inflow and structure. 25.5% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 10.1 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 7.5 of 100 companies started, against 8.8 in Belgium. That is more than in 55% of the 86 other NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. The median staff cost per FTE of €68,916 is above Belgium's €61,416. The 5 largest employers hold 12,891 of the 18,941 FTE: 68.1%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 36.1% in financial year 2020 to 39.7% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €9,822 in financial year 2020 to €13,176 in financial year 2025. In 2025, Statbel counted 25 bankruptcies and 77 jobs lost, against 17 bankruptcies in 2019.
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 80 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.