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Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

NACE 84
Current registrations 2,285
Starters, 12 months 100.4 per 100 · Belgium 8.9
Bankruptcies, 12 months 20.9 per 1,000 registrations · Belgium 6.2
Employment (FTE) 9,441119 employers · latest accounts
Median age 50.1 yearsBelgium 8.1 years
E-invoicing via Peppol 86.5%1,977 of 2,285 companies in the Peppol Directory · Belgium 85.0%

54 companies file their annual accounts outside the standard format, for example in a sector format. Their figures and staff are missing from the employment, the medians and the largest employers.

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Activities

NACE division 84 · 20 activities
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Filed accounts

NACE division 84 · financial year 2025 · 235 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
53.7%
Belgium 46.1%
Median net result
€34,507
Belgium €16,516
Median equity
€1.1m
Belgium €98,395
Loss-making
26.2%
Belgium 26.7%
Negative equity
3.5%
Belgium 12.4%
Median return on equity
3.5%
Belgium 15.9%
Median liquidity
2.63
Belgium 1.66
Filed late
19.8%
financial year 2024, 243 filings · Belgium 38.4%
Missing or 90 days late
1.6%
of 252 companies with annual accounts · Belgium 5.4%
Per financial year20182019202020212022202320242025
Median solvency --54.2%57.6%52.0%51.7%52.0%52.7%
Median net result --€25,847€43,290€23,531€24,398€20,751€29,313
Filed late 21.6%33.0%21.7%23.7%23.6%23.4%19.8%-

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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 84

112 employers
Median
€82,100
Belgium €61,400
Middle half
€67,700 to €102,300
half of the employers lie between
Place among sectors
10 of 78
sectors with a median staff cost per FTE, highest first
By size class
SizeMedianMiddle halfEmployers
fewer than 10 FTE €77,500 €59,200 to €95,700 42
10 to 49 FTE €85,300 €72,100 to €106,000 35
50 to 249 FTE €85,000 €76,000 to €101,600 29

Bankruptcies

Bankruptcies, 5 years, still registered
3
0.13% of the registrations · Belgium 1.68%

Bankruptcies per year in division 84

Per year201520202024
Bankruptcies112
Jobs lost1303

2024 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
13-05-2026 ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
BE 0426.737.741
16-01-2026 XYRUS
BE 0472.824.520
15-05-2024 BIOHUB LEUVEN
BE 0758.747.955

Every bankruptcy in division 84, last 90 days

Spread across the country

by region and province · 2,070 of 2,285 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat
  • Flanders 990 · 47.8%
  • Wallonia 744 · 35.9%
  • Brussels 329 · 15.9%
  • Abroad 7 · 0.3%
fewer moremax 329

Largest employers

NACE division 84 · staff from the latest accounts
  1. 1 GasthuisZusters AntwerpenAntwerp 1,281 FTEfinancial year 2024
  2. 2 Oeuvres des Frères de la CharitéNamur 1,267 FTEfinancial year 2025
  3. 3 Agentschap Integratie en InburgeringBrussels 728 FTEfinancial year 2025
  4. 4 Enabel, Belgisch OntwikkelingsagentschapBrussels 579 FTEfinancial year 2025
  5. 5 PARKEERAGENTSCHAP VAN HET BRUSSELS HOOFDSTEDELIJK GEWESTBrussels 370 FTEfinancial year 2025

Joint committees

from the latest accounts of 68 companies
  • 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 21
  • 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 12
  • 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 12
  • 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 3
  • 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 3
  • 330 Health institutions and services 3
  • 332 French- and German-speaking welfare and health sector 3
  • 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 2
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  • 121 Cleaning 2
  • 124 Construction 2
  • 329.03 Socio-cultural sector 2
  • 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
  • 149.04 Metal trade 1
  • 201 Independent retail 1
  • 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 1
  • 226 White-collar workers in international trade, transport and logistics 1
  • 317 Security and surveillance services 1
  • 319.01 Educational and residential institutions 1
  • 326 Gas and electricity 1
  • 327.01 Sheltered and social workshops 1

Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.

None of the 2,032 companies in NACE division 84 has a parent company abroad.

Subsidies in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €30.65bn awarded 899 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Vlaams Gemeentefonds
  • Federal transfers 115.82bn amount as published 1,138 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Pensioenen overheidssector
  • Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1.99bn paid 420 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Subventions forfaitaires dans le fondamental
  • EU budget €90.0m attributed share 55 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Horizon Europe
  • EU research €72.8m EU contribution 55 recipients · 2007 to 2026 · largest: Horizon Europe

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Insights on Public administration and defence

Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €34,507 is above Belgium's €16,516. Return on equity of 3.5% is below Belgium's 15.9%. 3.5% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.

Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.0% is below Belgium's 0.2%.

Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 50.1 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. In 12 months, 0.4 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 95% of the 86 other NACE divisions. 9.4% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.

Staff and filing. 19.8% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The median staff cost per FTE of €82,058 is above Belgium's €61,419. The 5 largest employers hold 4,224 of the 9,441 FTE: 44.7%.

Direction. Median solvency fell from 54.2% in financial year 2020 to 52.7% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €25,847 in financial year 2020 to €29,313 in financial year 2025.

The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 07-11-2026 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 84 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 1,276,547 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,272 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.