Education
No bankruptcy in the past five years.
This view shows Belgium · 85207 · Education. Sector figures are national, so the place does not apply here.
Filed accounts
NACE 85207 · financial year 2025 · 35 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 31.2% | 33.3% | 30.4% | 35.3% | 38.2% | 40.2% |
| Median net result | €5,088 | €17,778 | €7,741 | €12,460 | €11,869 | €2,798 |
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Spread across the country
by region and province · 53 of 54 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Brussels
- Wallonia
- Flanders
The balance sheets of division 85 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 85207 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Lire et Ecrire - BruxellesMolenbeek-Saint-Jean 113 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 COLLECTIF D'ALPHABETISATIONSint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) 42.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 Lire et écrire LuxembourgLibramont-Chevigny 26.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 La BobineLiège 25.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Promotion de la Formation en AlternanceMolenbeek-Saint-Jean 21.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
Companies
54 with this main activity- Lire et Ecrire - Bruxelles Molenbeek-Saint-Jean · 113 FTE
- LIGO, CENTRUM VOOR BASISEDUCATIE ANTWERPEN Antwerp · 66.5 FTE
- COLLECTIF D'ALPHABETISATION Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · 42.3 FTE
- La Chôm'hier - AID Brussels · 26.3 FTE
- Lire et écrire Luxembourg Libramont-Chevigny · 26.2 FTE
- La Bobine Liège · 25.0 FTE
- Lire et Ecrire Liège-Huy-Waremme Liège · 24.5 FTE
- Promotion de la Formation en Alternance Molenbeek-Saint-Jean · 21.6 FTE
- Lire et Ecrire Wallonie Picarde Tournai · 21.4 FTE
- Lire et Ecrire Centre Mons Borinage La Louvière · 19.4 FTE
- Lire et Ecrire Charleroi Sud Hainaut Charleroi · 18.0 FTE
- Lire et Ecrire, Régionale de Verviers Verviers · 17.8 FTE
- LIRE ET ECRIRE NAMUR Namur · 17.0 FTE
- Joseph Swinnen Brussels · 15.4 FTE
- Alpha 5000 asbl Namur · 12.9 FTE
- Lire et Ecrire Communauté française Anderlecht · 12.8 FTE
- A L'Ovradge Ciney · 10.2 FTE
- Lire et Ecrire en Wallonie Namur · 8.2 FTE
- Le Cactus Anderlecht · 7.5 FTE
- La Voix des Femmes Saint-Josse-ten-Noode · 7.0 FTE
- LIGO, Centrum voor Basiseducatie regio Mechelen. Mechelen · 4.0 FTE
- Ligo, Centrum voor Basiseducatie Gent-Meetjesland-Leieland Ghent · 2.8 FTE
- LIGO, CENTRUM VOOR BASISEDUCATIE LIMBURG MIDDEN-NOORD Genk · 2.3 FTE
- Ligo, Centrum voor Basiseducatie Kempen Turnhout · 2.1 FTE
- Ligo, Centrum voor Basiseducatie Brugge - Oostende - Westhoek Bruges · 1.9 FTE
- Ligo, Centrum voor Basiseducatie Oost-Brabant Leuven · 0.6 FTE
- LIGO, CENTRUM VOOR BASISEDUCATIE MIDDEN-EN ZUID-WEST-VLAANDEREN Kortrijk · 0.5 FTE
- AFRICA SUB - SAHARA Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- Alphabet Formation Schaerbeek
- ASSOCIATION CULTURELLE ET SOCIALE Charleroi
- Centre Alpha Durbuy
- CENTRE ANDERLECHTOIS DE FORMATION Anderlecht
- Centre d''Acceuil, de Recherche, d'Information et d'Animation Brussels
- Centre social du Béguinage Brussels
- CENTRE TEFO Brussels
- Centrum voor basiseducatie vzw - LIGO Waas & Dender Dendermonde
- DOUBLE SENS Brussels
- FORMOSA Brussels
- Het huis aan de Schelde Dendermonde
- INSTITUT KURDE DE BRUXELLES Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- La Barricade Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- La Chambre de l'Art et de la Culture Euro-Méditérranéenne Brussels
- La Maison blanche de Glain Liège
- LA MAISON EN COULEURS Koekelberg
- Le Maître Mot Ixelles
- L'ESPERLUETE Schaerbeek
- LIGO, CENTRUM BASISEDUCATIE HALLE-VILVOORDE Machelen (Brab.)
- Ligo, Centrum voor Basiseducatie Brusselleer Brussels
- Ligo, Centrum voor Basiseducatie Limburg Zuid Hasselt
- Lire et écrire Brabant wallon Nivelles
- Mondombo, Ambusa sole trader · Ixelles
- NTI YA MANGULU - LE MANGUIER EN FLEURS Anderlecht
- Partenariat D+ de Schaerbeek & Saint - Josse Schaerbeek
- Solidarité Alternative dinantaises Dinant
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 20 companies- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 11
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 9
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 85: Education
Related activities
7 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subsidised independent mainstream primary education85204 | 598 | 2 | 0 | 1,143 |
| Education85201 | 62 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Education85209 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 496 |
| Education85206 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 212 |
| Education85205 | 27 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Education85203 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - |
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| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education85202 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
Bankruptcies per year in division 85
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 27 | 36 | 33 | 49 | 48 | 50 | 29 | 47 | 59 | 62 | 62 | 63 |
| Jobs lost | 35 | 50 | 61 | 102 | 81 | 122 | 55 | 150 | 119 | 107 | 111 | 108 |
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 85
741 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €63,500 | €44,500 to €83,400 | 375 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €64,800 | €54,000 to €78,300 | 311 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €74,400 | €55,200 to €82,700 | 49 |
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 85Measured nationally: Of 108,725 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 11 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.
8 of the 11,081 companies in NACE division 85 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Netherlands (3), France (2) and Spain (1). Together they employ 151 of the division's 27,953 FTE: 0.5%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €2.52bn awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €4.68bn paid
- Federal transfers 257.0m amount as published
- EU budget €1.21bn attributed share
- EU research €2.43bn EU contribution
Insights on Education
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 0.6% is below Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €2,798 is below Belgium's €16,490. 5.7% 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 35.1 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. Brussels holds 47.2% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. 1.9% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 5.7% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 228 of the 400 FTE: 57.1%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 31.2% in financial year 2020 to 40.2% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €5,088 in financial year 2020 to €2,798 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 11-11-2026 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 85207 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 1,276,472 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,781 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.