Human health activities
Activities
NACE 8694 · 1 activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing and midwifery86940 | 5,947 | 535 | 8 | 4,628 |
Filed accounts
NACE 8694 · financial year 2025 · 1,737 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 49.6% | 51.5% | 50.9% | 52.7% | 55.7% | 56.9% |
| Median net result | €22,295 | €19,277 | €14,604 | €15,510 | €16,914 | €17,463 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 07-10-2026 | ANGELI
BE 0794.179.679 |
| 08-09-2026 | MAGALI VERGALLE
BE 0712.504.590 |
| 04-09-2026 | ANAM CARA
BE 0500.628.084 |
| 27-05-2026 | centre medical louvierois
BE 0447.141.492 |
| 05-05-2026 | Armando Productions
BE 0804.359.335 |
| 16-02-2026 | EASY 7
BE 0740.456.824 |
| 13-02-2026 | THUISVERPLEGING COMPERNOLLE HILDE
BE 0897.730.743 |
| 13-11-2025 | BOUCKAERT MARLEEN
BE 0773.913.015 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 3,581 of 5,947 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
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Largest employers
NACE 8694 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Wit-Gele Kruis van LimburgGenk 1,298 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Wit-Gele Kruis van Oost-VlaanderenGhent 1,188 FTEfinancial year 2023
- 3 Aide et Soins à Domicile en Province de NamurNamur 494 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Wit-Gele-Kruis Vlaams-BrabantLubbeek 474 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 CROIX JAUNE ET BLANCHE LIEGE-HUY-WAREMMEGrâce-Hollogne 149 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 222 companies- 330 Health institutions and services 161
- 330.01 Health institutions and services 38
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 6
- 202 White-collar workers in food retail 4
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 3
- 201 Independent retail 3
- 318 Family and elderly care services 3
- 121 Cleaning 2
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- 220 White-collar workers in the food industry 2
- 302 Hotels and catering 2
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 2
- 318.01 Family and elderly care services 2
- 330.04 Health institutions and services 2
- 101 Mining 1
- 124 Construction 1
- 145 Horticulture 1
- 307 Insurance brokers and agencies 1
- 319 Educational and residential institutions 1
- 329 Socio-cultural sector 1
- 331 Flemish welfare and health sector 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 86: Human health
Bankruptcies per year in division 86
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 37 | 38 | 38 | 138 | 197 | 99 | 84 | 133 | 133 | 125 | 134 | 104 |
| Jobs lost | 155 | 112 | 101 | 224 | 345 | 124 | 147 | 251 | 436 | 214 | 240 | 196 |
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 86
1,683 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €52,000 | €42,300 to €65,700 | 1,191 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €77,700 | €61,500 to €87,700 | 343 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €81,300 | €69,700 to €90,000 | 68 |
| 250 FTE or more | €78,800 | €72,300 to €83,100 | 81 |
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 86Measured 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.
20 of the 34,009 companies in NACE division 86 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: France (8), Luxembourg (3) and United States (3). Together they employ 1,838 of the division's 138,652 FTE: 1.3%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €3.07bn awarded
- Federal transfers 160.2m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €219.1m paid
- EU budget €44.4m attributed share
- EU research €32.1m EU contribution
Insights on Human health activities
Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 30.0% is above Belgium's 15.9%. 6.2% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. 15.9% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
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. Half of the companies are younger than 4.9 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. Wallonia holds 26.8% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium. This activity holds 8.2% of the registrations of Human health.
Staff and filing. 43.8% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 3,602 of the 4,628 FTE: 77.8%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 49.6% in financial year 2020 to 56.9% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €22,295 in financial year 2020 to €17,463 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 8694 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.