Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
Activities
NACE division 82 · 7 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other business support services82990 | 24,133 | 2,511 | 114 | 14,430 |
| Office administrative and support services82100 | 11,134 | 1,342 | 34 | 11,087 |
| Organisation of conventions and trade shows82300 | 4,514 | 357 | 28 | 2,590 |
| Office administrative, office support and other business support activities82400 | 371 | 153 | 1 | 130 |
| Office administrative, office support and other business support activities82920 | 294 | 16 | 3 | 1,673 |
| Office administrative, office support and other business support activities82200 | 188 | 31 | 4 | 3,940 |
| Office administrative, office support and other business support activities82910 | 150 | 15 | 1 | 547 |
Filed accounts
NACE division 82 · financial year 2025 · 14,951 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 42.6% | 44.7% | 44.7% | 46.7% | 48.5% | 48.2% |
| Median net result | - | - | €10,591 | €14,536 | €14,385 | €15,970 | €16,687 | €17,861 |
| Filed late | 40.5% | 45.5% | 42.5% | 41.1% | 39.1% | 37.6% | 35.0% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 82
1,325 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €66,700 | €50,600 to €90,600 | 841 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €72,700 | €54,300 to €93,500 | 374 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €75,400 | €53,500 to €97,900 | 89 |
| 250 FTE or more | €76,100 | €56,900 to €89,800 | 21 |
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Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 82
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 141 | 126 | 163 | 132 | 167 | 130 | 103 | 140 | 151 | 173 | 179 | 150 |
| Jobs lost | 304 | 211 | 373 | 183 | 306 | 368 | 237 | 297 | 279 | 272 | 401 | 590 |
2026 through September. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 12-11-2026 | Ustun group
BE 0792.923.827 |
| 09-11-2026 | Sven De Smet
BE 1029.463.770 |
| 06-11-2026 | So Streamline
BE 0766.688.097 |
| 05-11-2026 | Marien, Sean
BE 1009.574.218 · sole trader · Beerse |
| 04-11-2026 | ABW CONSULTING
BE 1007.238.991 |
| 03-11-2026 | AD-SUP
BE 1002.825.887 |
| 28-10-2026 | R.M.R.P. Consultance
BE 0736.860.993 |
| 28-10-2026 | KLEOPATRA
BE 0887.208.817 |
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 82Measured 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.
Spread across the country
by region and province · 23,856 of 40,640 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 82 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Productions AssociéesSint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) 1,606 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 WEngageMachelen (Brab.) 1,057 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 EGOV SELECTSchaerbeek 999 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Mondelez Belgium Manufacturing ServicesHerentals 951 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Start People ServicesAntwerp 752 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 2,776 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 1,887
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 454
- 302 Hotels and catering 163
- 201 Independent retail 88
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 84
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 51
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 50
- 336 Liberal professions 49
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- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 48
- 124 Construction 46
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 40
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 37
- 119 Food trade 34
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 30
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 28
- 116 Chemical industry 23
- 304 Performing arts 23
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 20
- 145 Horticulture 17
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 17
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
83 of the 22,432 companies in NACE division 82 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (28), Luxembourg (13) and France (10). Together they employ 4,463 of the division's 34,403 FTE: 13%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €180.1m awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €38.6m paid
- Federal transfers 7.2m amount as published
- EU budget €618.9m attributed share
- EU research €161.7m EU contribution
Insights on Office administrative support
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 19.4% is above Belgium's 15.9%.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 4.6 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 60% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.2% is below Belgium's 0.2%. By size, the median bankruptcy probability is 0.2% at under 10 FTE, 0.1% at 10 to 49 FTE, 0.1% at 50 to 249 FTE and 0.1% at 250 FTE or more.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 5.9 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 10.9 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 81% of the 86 other NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. The median staff cost per FTE of €69,913 is above Belgium's €61,428. The 5 largest employers hold 5,364 of the 34,403 FTE: 15.6%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 42.6% in financial year 2020 to 48.2% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €10,591 in financial year 2020 to €17,861 in financial year 2025. In 2025, Statbel counted 179 bankruptcies and 401 jobs lost, against 130 bankruptcies in 2020.
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 82 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. 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.