Sports and recreation education
Filed accounts
NACE 85510 · financial year 2025 · 790 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 28.3% | 29.5% | 31.7% | 30.5% | 31.4% | 29.5% |
| Median net result | €3,480 | €4,474 | €3,944 | €4,028 | €5,761 | €5,137 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 30-09-2026 | De Saedeleer, Tjalina
BE 0776.856.172 · sole trader · Kruisem |
| 28-09-2026 | MALUKA FOOTBALL TRAINING SRL
BE 0770.589.378 |
| 25-08-2026 | Cornélis, Pierre
BE 0504.919.543 · sole trader · Verviers |
| 25-08-2026 | Eclat de Lune
BE 0756.949.594 |
| 22-04-2026 | PALAOUI
BE 0849.606.865 |
| 13-04-2026 | Luparello, Javier
BE 0662.354.897 · sole trader · Court-Saint-Etienne |
| 09-04-2026 | Finfe, Sharon
BE 0729.592.626 · sole trader · Andenne |
| 03-04-2026 | THE SIMBA TEAM
BE 0773.705.949 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 2,472 of 13,581 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 85 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 85510 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Sportwerk VlaanderenGhent 113 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 ASSOCIATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES DE BASKET-BALLSint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) 35.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 Centre de Formation sportiveWavre 33.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 etterbeek sportEtterbeek 31.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Basketbal VlaanderenGhent 26.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 92 companies- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 33
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 28
- 144 Agriculture 6
- 302 Hotels and catering 6
- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 6
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 3
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 2
- 330 Health institutions and services 2
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- 332 French- and German-speaking welfare and health sector 2
- 145 Horticulture 1
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 1
- 201 Independent retail 1
- 223 Sport 1
- 307 Insurance brokers and agencies 1
- 318.01 Family and elderly care services 1
- 319 Educational and residential institutions 1
- 329 Socio-cultural sector 1
- 330.04 Health institutions and services 1
- 333 Tourist attractions 1
- 335 Services and support for business and the self-employed 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other education85599 | 11,630 | 1,243 | 11 | 2,632 |
| Vocational training85592 | 3,006 | 247 | 6 | 4,874 |
| Cultural education85520 | 2,033 | 210 | 0 | 550 |
| Driving schools for cars and motorcycles85531 | 1,039 | 97 | 6 | 1,211 |
| Socio-cultural adult education85593 | 994 | 62 | 0 | 585 |
| Education85532 | 292 | 21 | 0 | 62 |
Show all 7 activities
| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education85591 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 320 |
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 108,562 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 6 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 11,076 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 27,952 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
- Federal transfers 257.0m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €4.68bn paid
- EU budget €1.21bn attributed share
- EU research €2.43bn EU contribution
Insights on Sports and recreation education
Balance sheet and result. 22.0% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. The median net result of €5,137 is below Belgium's €16,520. Return on equity of 24.6% is above Belgium's 15.9%.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 1.3 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 76% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. 81.8% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 14.8 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 93% of the 87 NACE divisions. Half of the companies are younger than 4.5 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 241 of the 360 FTE: 66.9%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 28.3% in financial year 2020 to 29.5% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €3,480 in financial year 2020 to €5,137 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 06-11-2026 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 85510 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 1,276,581 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 698,987 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.