General cleaning of buildings
Filed accounts
NACE 81210 · financial year 2025 · 1,918 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 40.0% | 40.3% | 41.3% | 40.3% | 40.8% | 41.3% |
| Median net result | €10,228 | €11,211 | €10,706 | €10,849 | €11,404 | €10,933 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 06-11-2026 | Ibishi, Esad
BE 1000.748.505 · sole trader · Heist-op-den-Berg |
| 05-11-2026 | ASM FACILITY SERVICES
BE 0763.763.845 |
| 05-11-2026 | Poetsbureau Diana
BE 0799.357.006 |
| 03-11-2026 | CAPITAL SERVICES
BE 1021.306.070 |
| 30-10-2026 | CLEANING & Co
BE 0711.890.225 |
| 30-10-2026 | CLEANING4YOU
BE 0725.716.881 |
| 30-10-2026 | Washing Drône
BE 1017.249.985 |
| 29-10-2026 | Ven, Robin
BE 0681.972.356 · sole trader · Aarschot |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 3,404 of 6,686 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Brussels
- Wallonia
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 81 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 81210 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 TRIXXO IXBilzen-Hoeselt 3,779 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 ALDRONWaregem 2,482 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 DIENSTENBEDRIJF EASY LIFEWommelgem 2,241 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 ATALIANAnderlecht 2,058 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 LES P'TITES FEES BLEUESWoluwe-Saint-Pierre 1,764 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 561 companies- 121 Cleaning 437
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 293
- 322.01 Approved companies for local work and services 53
- 124 Construction 29
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 22
- 302 Hotels and catering 11
- 201 Independent retail 5
- 322 Temporary agency work and approved local services 5
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- 110 Textile care 4
- 101 Mining 3
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 3
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 3
- 118 Food industry 2
- 140.05 Removals 2
- 145 Horticulture 2
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 2
- 149.04 Metal trade 2
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 2
- 327.03 Sheltered and social workshops 2
- 102 Quarries 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 81: Building services and landscaping
Related activities
2 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning81220 | 6,868 | 869 | 89 | 26,676 |
| Other cleaning activities81230 | 1,703 | 318 | 13 | 2,186 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 81
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 346 | 307 | 346 | 307 | 339 | 249 | 248 | 310 | 339 | 383 | 389 | 304 |
| Jobs lost | 2,138 | 1,695 | 1,643 | 1,088 | 2,464 | 576 | 990 | 881 | 1,168 | 1,342 | 1,317 | 1,325 |
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 81
1,076 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €51,500 | €42,900 to €61,300 | 595 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €51,600 | €43,500 to €61,800 | 323 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €46,600 | €36,600 to €62,200 | 112 |
| 250 FTE or more | €38,600 | €33,100 to €45,400 | 46 |
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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 81Measured nationally: Of 108,810 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 29% 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 14 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.
15 of the 12,181 companies in NACE division 81 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (5), France (3) and Luxembourg (3). Together they employ 2,496 of the division's 70,961 FTE: 3.5%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €1.53bn awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1.3m paid
- Federal transfers 42.7m amount as published
- EU budget €255.2m attributed share
- EU research €2.9m EU contribution
Insights on General cleaning of buildings
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 23.3% is above Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €10,933 is below Belgium's €16,468. 10.5% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 1.5% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 15.0 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 94% of the 88 NACE divisions.
Inflow and structure. In 12 months, 21.7 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 98% of the 87 NACE divisions. Brussels holds 21.5% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 3.6 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 54.5% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.5% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 12,325 of the 30,676 FTE: 40.2%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 40.0% in financial year 2020 to 41.3% in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 14-11-2026 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 81210 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 1,276,430 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 700,464 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.