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NACE 85

Current registrations35,330

Starters, 12 months4,034

Employment (FTE)31,450

Median age6.0 years

In NACE division 85, 11.4 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 86% of the 86 other NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 85

fiscal year 2025 · median over 3,180 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

47.9%

higher than 71% of 78 divisions

Median equity

€63,244

lower than 88% of 78 divisions

Median net result

€8,819

lower than 76% of 78 divisions

Annual accounts in sample

3,180

Bankruptcies

past five years

Bankruptcies (5y)

Historical share

0.22%

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 83% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 85 is 0.0%, against 0.5% nationally, over 10,078 scored companies. Comparison: as of 26-09-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 11,703 of 35,330 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 6,143 · 52.5%

Wallonia 3,737 · 31.9%

Brussels 1,787 · 15.3%

Unknown 36 · 0.3%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
25-09-2026	La Bellegolaise BE 1018.379.343
09-09-2026	Sole trader BE 0648.557.638 · Brugge
25-08-2026	Sole trader BE 0504.919.543 · Verviers
25-08-2026	Eclat de Lune BE 0756.949.594
21-08-2026	DIGITAR BE 0712.778.764
21-08-2026	Chance 2 change BE 0748.413.594
11-08-2026	ECOLE-IT BE 0402.793.290
06-08-2026	Marijke Cornelis BE 0764.605.864

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 954

East Flanders OVL 1,352

Antwerp ANT 1,901

Flemish Brabant VLB 1,171

Limburg LIM 765

Brussels BRU 1,787

Hainaut HAI 1,095

Walloon Brabant WBR 693

Namur NAM 637

Liège LIE 1,040

Luxembourg LUX 272

fewer moremax 1,901

Public money in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number

Flemish subsidies €2.49bn awarded 1,679 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Subsidies voor de bouw en renovatie van scholen
Federal transfers 251.0m amount as published 76 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Dotatie aan het Instituut voor gerechtelijke opleiding
Wallonia-Brussels Federation €4.86bn paid 1,339 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Subventions forfaitaires - Enseignement de plein exercice
EU budget €1.21bn attributed share 88 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Horizon Europe
EU research €2.41bn eu contribution 44 recipients · 2007 to 2027 · 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 85 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 middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.