Cultural education
No bankruptcy in the past twelve months.
Filed accounts
NACE 85520 · financial year 2025 · 122 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 45.1% | 49.7% | 47.4% | 45.0% | 48.5% | 46.8% |
| Median net result | €8,286 | €6,247 | €966 | €7,684 | €6,504 | €5,445 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 14-10-2025 | Cirk&Smile
BE 0783.992.503 |
| 09-10-2024 | DC Ritmo
BE 0715.612.253 |
| 24-01-2024 | IPA Events
BE 0767.906.042 |
| 03-06-2022 | Pole Dance Belgium
BE 0685.367.455 |
| 14-01-2022 | WAY TO STAGE COMPANY
BE 0754.817.475 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 828 of 2,031 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 85520 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 ROCK THE CITYBrussels 356 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 MOSA BALLET SCHOOLLiège 33.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 La Chôm'hier - AIDBrussels 26.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Bamm vzwLeuven 16.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 L'Ecole de Cirque de BruxellesBrussels 13.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 39 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 13
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 6
- 329 Socio-cultural sector 4
- 302 Hotels and catering 3
- 304 Performing arts 3
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 3
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 3
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 2
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- 201 Independent retail 2
- 225 White-collar workers in subsidised private schools 2
- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 2
- 152 Subsidised private schools 1
- 225.02 White-collar workers in subsidised private schools 1
- 330.04 Health institutions and services 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports and recreation education85510 | 13,564 | 1,991 | 16 | 360 |
| Other education85599 | 11,616 | 1,233 | 11 | 2,632 |
| Vocational training85592 | 3,003 | 241 | 6 | 4,874 |
| 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 |
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| 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
740 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €63,700 | €44,600 to €83,600 | 374 |
| 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 108,606 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 29% 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 5 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 11,080 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 27,946 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 €2.42bn EU contribution
Insights on Cultural education
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €5,445 is below Belgium's €16,539. Return on equity of 6.6% is below Belgium's 15.9%. Liquidity of 2.29 is above Belgium's 1.66.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.0% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Brussels holds 18.0% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. 59.2% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 6.6 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 31.9% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 446 of the 550 FTE: 81.0%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 45.1% in financial year 2020 to 46.8% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €8,286 in financial year 2020 to €5,445 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 05-11-2026 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 85520 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 1,275,887 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,448 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.