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NACE 8559
Current registrations15,668
Starters, 12 months · division 85
4,034
Employment (FTE) · division 85
31,450
Median age · division 85
6.0 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 85% of the 87 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 70% of 79 divisions
Median equity
€63,244
lower than 87% of 79 divisions
Median net result
€8,819
lower than 75% of 79 divisions
Annual accounts in sample
3,180

Bankruptcies

past five years
Bankruptcies (5y)
38
Historical share
0.24%

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 82% of the 88 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 · 5,446 of 15,668 enterprises with a registered office on file
Flanders 2,924 · 53.7%
Wallonia 1,545 · 28.4%
Brussels 968 · 17.8%
Unknown 9 · 0.2%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

8
Date Company
25-09-2026 La Bellegolaise
BE 1018.379.343
09-09-2026 Sole trader
BE 0648.557.638 · Brugge
21-08-2026 DIGITAR
BE 0712.778.764
21-08-2026 Chance 2 change
BE 0748.413.594
06-08-2026 Marijke Cornelis
BE 0764.605.864
23-07-2026 MIND IMPACT
BE 0803.957.279
17-06-2026 Espace ZEN
BE 0801.173.478
07-05-2026 Sole trader
BE 1027.555.444 · Genk

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address
fewer moremax 968

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 8559 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 85, not NACE 8559 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.