Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

NACE 84231

Current registrations6

Starters, 12 months · division 8412

Employment (FTE) · division 848,842

Median age · division 8449.7 years

In NACE division 84, 0.5 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is lower than that of 94% of the 87 NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 84

fiscal year 2025 · median over 144 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

50.6%

higher than 78% of 79 divisions

Median equity

€585,692

higher than 94% of 79 divisions

Median net result

€34,542

higher than 86% of 79 divisions

Annual accounts in sample

144

Bankruptcies

past five years

Bankruptcies (5y)

Historical share

0.00%

Nationally, 1.41% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 90% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 84 is 0.0%, against 0.5% nationally, over 243 scored companies. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 3 of 6 enterprises with a registered office on file

Brussels 2 · 66.7%

Flanders 1 · 33.3%

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 0

East Flanders OVL 1

Antwerp ANT 0

Flemish Brabant VLB 0

Limburg LIM 0

Brussels BRU 2

Hainaut HAI 0

Walloon Brabant WBR 0

Namur NAM 0

Liège LIE 0

Luxembourg LUX 0

fewer moremax 2

Public money in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number

Flemish subsidies €16.53bn awarded 672 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Erkenning en financiering/subsidiëring van woonzorgcentra
Federal transfers 66.18bn amount as published 878 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Evenwichtsdotatie - sociale zekerheid voor werknemers
Wallonia-Brussels Federation €1.24bn paid 326 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Subventions forfaitaires dans le fondamental
EU budget €70.9m attributed share 36 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Connecting Europe Facility, Transport
EU research €52.8m eu contribution 36 recipients · 2007 to 2026 · largest: Horizon Europe

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How these figures are counted

Current enterprise registrations are counted through their registered main activities; establishment units are excluded. Counted in the KBO's NACE 2025 nomenclature, the one in which code 84231 exists.

Share of currently registered companies with a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. Registered main activities in the selected classification can overlap. This retrospective share is not a future bankruptcy probability.

The comparison with the country and with the other NACE divisions comes from a nightly overview of every division, each counted in the nomenclature in which it exists. A standing such as "higher than 80%" counts the other divisions that have the figure. The bankruptcy probability is the median of our nightly score over the division's companies that have one; the count is stated.

The key figures cover the whole NACE division 84, not NACE 84231 on its own: there are too few filed annual accounts per five-digit code to compute them separately. The middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.