Services to buildings and landscape activities
This view shows Belgium · 812 · Services to buildings and landscape activities. Sector figures are national, so the place does not apply here.
Activities
NACE 812 · 3 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning81220 | 6,868 | 869 | 89 | 26,676 |
| General cleaning of buildings81210 | 6,685 | 1,454 | 101 | 30,676 |
| Other cleaning activities81230 | 1,703 | 318 | 13 | 2,186 |
Filed accounts
NACE 812 · financial year 2025 · 3,978 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 40.3% | 41.3% | 42.6% | 42.9% | 42.7% | 43.7% |
| Median net result | €9,848 | €11,463 | €10,872 | €10,883 | €11,851 | €11,174 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 09-11-2026 | A.D. CLEANING
BE 0892.534.810 |
| 06-11-2026 | Ibishi, Esad
BE 1000.748.505 · sole trader · Heist-op-den-Berg |
| 05-11-2026 | MISS PROPRETE
BE 0757.939.984 |
| 05-11-2026 | ASM FACILITY SERVICES
BE 0763.763.845 |
| 05-11-2026 | Poetsbureau Diana
BE 0799.357.006 |
| 05-11-2026 | Petroca, Alexe
BE 0839.771.956 · sole trader · Anderlecht |
| 03-11-2026 | CAPITAL SERVICES
BE 1021.306.070 |
| 30-10-2026 | CLEANING & Co
BE 0711.890.225 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 6,642 of 14,520 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 812 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 ISS FACILITY SERVICESBrussels 5,283 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 TRIXXO IXBilzen-Hoeselt 3,779 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 ALDRONWaregem 2,482 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 LAURENTYLiège 2,454 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 DIENSTENBEDRIJF EASY LIFEWommelgem 2,241 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 1,161 companies- 121 Cleaning 836
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 605
- 124 Construction 144
- 322.01 Approved companies for local work and services 58
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 34
- 302 Hotels and catering 23
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 17
- 116 Chemical industry 11
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- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 10
- 201 Independent retail 10
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 10
- 140 Transport and logistics 8
- 145 Horticulture 8
- 110 Textile care 7
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 7
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 6
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 6
- 322 Temporary agency work and approved local services 6
- 112 Garages 5
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 5
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 81: Building services and landscaping
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 |
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 108,810 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 15 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 12,191 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 Services to buildings and landscape activities
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €11,174 is below Belgium's €16,465. Return on equity of 20.0% is above Belgium's 15.9%. 10.1% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 1.2% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 13.3 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 93% of the 88 NACE divisions.
Inflow and structure. In 12 months, 18.0 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 97% of the 87 NACE divisions. Brussels holds 20.2% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 4.6 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 50.8% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.5% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 16,239 of the 59,538 FTE: 27.3%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 40.3% in financial year 2020 to 43.7% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €9,848 in financial year 2020 to €11,174 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 15-11-2026 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 812 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 1,276,359 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,951 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.