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Filed accounts
NACE 82990 · financial year 2025 · 9,476 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 44.4% | 46.8% | 46.9% | 48.9% | 50.4% | 49.8% |
| Median net result | €15,167 | €18,953 | €18,137 | €20,473 | €21,261 | €22,154 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 12-11-2026 | Ustun group
BE 0792.923.827 |
| 09-11-2026 | Sven De Smet
BE 1029.463.770 |
| 05-11-2026 | Marien, Sean
BE 1009.574.218 · sole trader · Beerse |
| 04-11-2026 | ABW CONSULTING
BE 1007.238.991 |
| 28-10-2026 | R.M.R.P. Consultance
BE 0736.860.993 |
| 28-10-2026 | KLEOPATRA
BE 0887.208.817 |
| 27-10-2026 | S.N.O. Services
BE 0761.561.648 |
| 26-10-2026 | KAPSIKI
BE 0468.311.842 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 14,075 of 24,133 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 82 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 82990 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 EGOV SELECTSchaerbeek 999 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Mondelez Belgium Manufacturing ServicesHerentals 951 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 Bright Plus Outsourcing SolutionsAntwerp 439 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Alcon Laboratories BelgiumPuurs-Sint-Amands 402 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 WALLONIE BRUXELLES CONTACT CENTERAns 397 FTEfinancial year 2024
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 1,440 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 988
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 212
- 302 Hotels and catering 75
- 201 Independent retail 45
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 40
- 124 Construction 35
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 28
- 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 24
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- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 22
- 336 Liberal professions 18
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 17
- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 15
- 119 Food trade 15
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 13
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 12
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 12
- 145 Horticulture 11
- 144 Agriculture 10
- 307 Insurance brokers and agencies 10
- 121 Cleaning 9
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 82: Office administrative support
Related activities
2 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office administrative, office support and other business support activities82920 | 294 | 16 | 3 | 1,673 |
| 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 | €66,700 | €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 |
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 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.
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
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Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 21.9% is above Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €22,154 is above Belgium's €16,468. 10.3% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 4.7 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 61% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.2% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 5.4 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. Flanders holds 76.9% of the seats, against 64.7% in Belgium. In 12 months, 10.4 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 77% of the 87 NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. 32.3% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.5% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 3,186 of the 14,430 FTE: 22.1%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 44.4% in financial year 2020 to 49.8% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €15,167 in financial year 2020 to €22,154 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 82990 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.