Arts creation and performing arts activities

NACE 90

Current registrations29,135

Starters, 12 months2,873

Employment (FTE)10,800

Median age7.0 years

In NACE division 90, 9.9 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is higher than that of 76% of the 86 other NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 29-09-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 90

fiscal year 2025 · median over 2,805 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

47.8%

higher than 69% of 78 divisions

Median equity

€59,748

lower than 90% of 78 divisions

Median net result

€6,883

lower than 85% of 78 divisions

Annual accounts in sample

2,805

Foreign control in NACE division 90

11,210 registered companies

Companies with a foreign parent

0.0%

5 of 11,210; Belgium 0.3%

Staff at those companies

2.0%

153 of 7,659 FTE; Belgium 15%

Mostly from France (2), Germany (1) and Denmark (1).Show on the map by municipality

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 90

178 employers of at least 10 FTE

Median

€69,200

Belgium €65,100

Middle half

€60,600 to €76,700

half of the employers lie between

Place among sectors

40 of 73

by median staff cost per FTE

By size class
Size	Median	Middle half	Employers
10 to 49 FTE	€67,600	€60,100 to €75,000	151
50 to 249 FTE	€77,800	€70,600 to €80,900	25

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Bankruptcies

past five years

Bankruptcies (5y)

145

Historical share

0.50%

Nationally, 1.61% of current registrations have a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. This sector's historical share is lower than that of 78% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 90 is 0.0%, against 0.5% nationally, over 10,805 scored companies. Comparison: as of 29-09-2026 05:30.

Bankruptcies still running

NACE division 90

Running bankruptcies

Half have run longer than

18 months

Belgium: 20 months

Longer than three years

23%

Belgium: 31%

Measured nationally: Of 64,419 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 46% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 32% after liquidation, 4% were withdrawn; 18% were still open after five years. Half had ended after 26 months (a quarter after 15, three quarters after 49 months).

Counts companies with this main activity in the register on 29 September 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.

Outcome by court and division

Regional split

by region · 11,836 of 29,135 enterprises with a registered office on file

Flanders 7,129 · 60.2%

Wallonia 2,374 · 20.1%

Brussels 2,328 · 19.7%

Unknown 5 · 0.0%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
17-09-2026	FLANDERS FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA BE 0470.135.442
28-08-2026	Brussels Global Review BE 0772.641.721
25-08-2026	NEXT EVENT TECHNOLOGY Group BE 0767.524.871
19-08-2026	FUN PROD BE 0501.576.112
03-08-2026	MEMNON RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT BE 0876.814.573
22-07-2026	Sole trader BE 0712.894.867 · Koksijde
07-07-2026	The House of Film BE 1003.660.186
02-07-2026	Staraoké BE 1010.720.204

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 918

East Flanders OVL 1,875

Antwerp ANT 2,594

Flemish Brabant VLB 1,071

Limburg LIM 671

Brussels BRU 2,328

Hainaut HAI 595

Walloon Brabant WBR 477

Namur NAM 362

Liège LIE 780

Luxembourg LUX 160

fewer moremax 2,594

Where does this sector's wealth sit? By municipality, down to the street

Public money in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number

Flemish subsidies €721.4m awarded 1,420 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Professionele kunsten: Werkingssubsidie voor een kunstenorganisatie voor een periode van 5 jaar (Kunstendecreet 2021)
Federal transfers 51.8m amount as published 21 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Toelage aan het Nationaal Orkest van België.
Wallonia-Brussels Federation €646.8m paid 1,220 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Conventions et contrats programmes indexés dans le domaine des arts vivants
EU budget €28.4m attributed share 55 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Creative Europe
EU research €6.6m eu contribution 17 recipients · 2008 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 90 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 middle company of the sector, based on all filed annual accounts.