Organisation of conventions and trade shows
Filed accounts
NACE 82300 · financial year 2025 · 1,662 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 29.3% | 34.0% | 34.8% | 35.1% | 37.2% | 35.4% |
| Median net result | €822 | €9,226 | €9,758 | €7,553 | €8,801 | €7,719 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 20-10-2026 | AXEOR
BE 0467.152.592 |
| 20-10-2026 | Mathias Corvinus Collegium Brussels
BE 0804.986.271 |
| 20-10-2026 | RETINEHOTEL
BE 0859.658.144 |
| 28-09-2026 | IT'S SO GOOD
BE 0880.969.242 |
| 17-08-2026 | BSC LOGISTICS
BE 0804.586.195 |
| 12-08-2026 | D’ARNÉE
BE 1007.898.096 |
| 05-08-2026 | FAMILIE MEIRESONNE
BE 0430.228.256 |
| 05-08-2026 | MEIRESONNE INVEST
BE 0439.579.551 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 3,504 of 4,511 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Brussels
- Wallonia
- Abroad
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Largest employers
NACE 82300 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Easyfairs BelgiumGhent 157 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Xpo GroupKortrijk 111 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 ISS Reception & Support ServicesBrussels 83.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 PANAMALokeren 82.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 FLANDERS TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONALMechelen 78.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 451 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 286
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 96
- 302 Hotels and catering 73
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 28
- 304 Performing arts 17
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 16
- 201 Independent retail 13
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 11
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- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 8
- 119 Food trade 5
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 4
- 227 Audiovisual sector 4
- 124 Construction 3
- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 3
- 330.04 Health institutions and services 2
- 109 Clothing and garment industry 1
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
- 118 Food industry 1
- 140 Transport and logistics 1
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 82: Office administrative support
Related activities
6 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other business support services82990 | 24,141 | 2,497 | 114 | 14,424 |
| Office administrative and support services82100 | 11,136 | 1,336 | 34 | 11,094 |
| Office administrative, office support and other business support activities82400 | 373 | 156 | 1 | 130 |
| Office administrative, office support and other business support activities82920 | 295 | 16 | 3 | 1,673 |
| Office administrative, office support and other business support activities82200 | 187 | 31 | 4 | 3,940 |
| Office administrative, office support and other business support activities82910 | 150 | 15 | 1 | 547 |
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.
Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 82
1,325 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €66,600 | €50,500 to €90,600 | 841 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €72,700 | €54,100 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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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 82Measured nationally: Of 108,562 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 6 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.
83 of the 22,431 companies in NACE division 82 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (28), Luxembourg (13) and France (10). Together they employ 4,469 of the division's 34,398 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
- Federal transfers 7.2m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €38.6m paid
- EU budget €618.9m attributed share
- EU research €161.7m EU contribution
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Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €7,719 is below Belgium's €16,520. 18.4% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. 34.1% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Brussels holds 24.5% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. 22.3% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 9.1 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 44.4% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 511 of the 2,590 FTE: 19.7%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 29.3% in financial year 2020 to 35.4% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €822 in financial year 2020 to €7,719 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 06-11-2026 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 82300 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 1,276,581 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 698,987 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.