Other cleaning activities
Filed accounts
NACE 81230 · financial year 2025 · 432 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 39.7% | 40.9% | 40.5% | 43.4% | 39.3% | 43.6% |
| Median net result | €12,663 | €15,291 | €17,288 | €15,101 | €17,552 | €18,231 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 28-10-2026 | @2MAINS
BE 0829.865.781 |
| 02-10-2026 | YAN & CO
BE 0681.849.325 |
| 18-09-2026 | MOVA INVEST
BE 0747.724.795 |
| 28-07-2026 | SOFIA INVESTMENT
BE 0726.789.029 |
| 29-05-2026 | TARGET SERVICES
BE 0536.353.481 |
| 26-05-2026 | EVERSOR
BE 1008.006.677 |
| 08-04-2026 | Assunção Vidal, Carla
BE 1008.585.511 · sole trader · Schaerbeek |
| 20-03-2026 | MaisonNet
BE 0768.746.675 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 678 of 1,702 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 81 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 81230 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 LIEGE ZONE 2 INTERCOMMUNALE D'INCENDIE DE LIEGE ET ENVIRONS - SERVICE REGIONAL D'INCENDIELiège 574 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Van Moer Cleaning & RepairBeveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht 244 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 EPACCOWevelgem 172 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Van CauterenRanst 127 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Quality Facility SupportGenk 100 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 150 companies- 121 Cleaning 105
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 83
- 124 Construction 10
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 6
- 116 Chemical industry 6
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 5
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 4
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 4
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- 112 Garages 3
- 140 Transport and logistics 3
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 3
- 120 Textile industry 2
- 145 Horticulture 2
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 2
- 302 Hotels and catering 2
- 322.01 Approved companies for local work and services 2
- 101 Mining 1
- 109 Clothing and garment industry 1
- 110 Textile care 1
- 114 Brickworks 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 | 6,866 | 863 | 90 | 26,667 |
| General cleaning of buildings81210 | 6,679 | 1,444 | 101 | 30,676 |
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
1,075 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €51,500 | €42,900 to €61,300 | 594 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €51,400 | €43,500 to €61,700 | 324 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €46,700 | €36,600 to €62,700 | 111 |
| 250 FTE or more | €38,600 | €33,100 to €45,400 | 46 |
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 81Measured nationally: Of 108,642 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 8 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 12,183 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 70,951 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 Other cleaning activities
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 21.5% is above Belgium's 15.9%. 22.2% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium. 10.9% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.9% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 7.6 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 78% of the 88 NACE divisions.
Inflow and structure. In 12 months, 18.6 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 97% of the 87 NACE divisions. Brussels holds 18.1% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. 60.2% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 45.4% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 1,216 of the 2,186 FTE: 55.6%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 39.7% in financial year 2020 to 43.6% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €12,663 in financial year 2020 to €18,231 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 08-11-2026 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 81230 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 1,276,474 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,509 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.