Performing arts by independent artists
Filed accounts
NACE 90201 · financial year 2025 · 602 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 48.2% | 50.5% | 53.0% | 53.8% | 53.8% | 56.8% |
| Median net result | €1,954 | €5,746 | €5,976 | €7,908 | €8,587 | €7,594 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 02-10-2026 | Senave, Telly
BE 0772.521.262 · sole trader · Assenede |
| 22-06-2026 | Claeys, Jurgen
BE 0711.663.561 · sole trader · Zelzate |
| 14-04-2026 | SEA OF CLOUDS
BE 0723.952.075 |
| 08-04-2026 | Tilleman, Joey
BE 0672.972.934 · sole trader · Sint-Niklaas |
| 09-03-2026 | Seynhaeve, Marco
BE 1014.887.541 · sole trader · Izegem |
| 02-03-2026 | Floren, Jan
BE 0889.204.443 · sole trader · Lille |
| 25-02-2026 | YJWM
BE 0656.867.964 |
| 23-02-2026 | ROCK CLASSIC
BE 0457.300.659 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 2,001 of 8,349 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Brussels
- Wallonia
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 90 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 90201 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Mars, Mons Arts de la ScèneMons 70.8 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Koninklijke Vlaamse SchouwburgBrussels 58.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 BRUSSELS MAJOR EVENTSBrussels 44.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 COLPAERTDeinze 21.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 BRONS ATELIERZottegem 17.7 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 69 companies- 304 Performing arts 24
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 16
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 12
- 302 Hotels and catering 10
- 227 Audiovisual sector 4
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 3
- 209 White-collar workers in metal manufacturing 3
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 3
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- 111 Metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 2
- 124 Construction 2
- 201 Independent retail 2
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 2
- 110 Textile care 1
- 303.01 Film industry 1
- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 90: Creative and performing arts
Related activities
1 other activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performing arts by artistic ensembles90202 | 2,270 | 128 | 3 | 1,650 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 90
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 40 | 45 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 60 | 31 | 83 | 55 | 56 | 69 | 58 |
| Jobs lost | 73 | 85 | 60 | 63 | 68 | 72 | 52 | 152 | 73 | 92 | 83 | 93 |
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 90
435 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €63,100 | €49,000 to €77,700 | 258 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €67,600 | €59,400 to €75,000 | 149 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €77,000 | €70,700 to €83,600 | 26 |
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 90Measured 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.
5 of the 11,227 companies in NACE division 90 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: France (2), Germany (1) and Denmark (1). Together they employ 139 of the division's 7,589 FTE: 1.8%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €664.0m awarded
- Federal transfers 236.9m amount as published
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €644.5m paid
- EU budget €28.4m attributed share
- EU research €6.6m EU contribution
Insights on Performing arts by independent artists
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €7,594 is below Belgium's €16,520. Liquidity of 2.16 is above Belgium's 1.66. 33.6% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 1.2 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. 76.0% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 6.3 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. Flanders holds 77.0% of the seats, against 64.7% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 212 of the 351 FTE: 60.5%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 48.2% in financial year 2020 to 56.8% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €1,954 in financial year 2020 to €7,594 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 90201 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.