Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events
Filed accounts
NACE 90391 · financial year 2025 · 660 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 32.6% | 33.6% | 36.1% | 35.0% | 37.5% | 38.5% |
| Median net result | €1,627 | €5,212 | €7,223 | €4,281 | €6,939 | €6,507 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 19-10-2026 | REMEMBER ME
BE 0437.103.081 |
| 29-04-2026 | LA VOLTA stage productions
BE 0732.825.595 |
| 20-04-2026 | THE BRUSSELS ART_INSTITUTE
BE 0597.749.236 |
| 15-04-2026 | Light It Up Agency
BE 0692.736.782 |
| 09-04-2026 | Kinnart, Lee
BE 0839.359.410 · sole trader · Berlaar |
| 09-04-2026 | Thys, Stina
BE 0873.252.396 · sole trader · Putte |
| 25-02-2026 | Agris Management Group
BE 0712.599.909 |
| 16-02-2026 | BASS BARBER
BE 0795.355.656 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 2,947 of 3,514 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 90 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 90391 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Service d'Information sur les Etudes et les ProfessionsLiège 67.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 MERVEILLEChièvres 52.7 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 FOCUS 5000Namur 34.3 FTEfinancial year 2024
- 4 NÄKAMA PRODUCTIONSAntwerp 26.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 DC&J CREATIONLiège 23.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 147 companies- 304 Performing arts 67
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 37
- 302 Hotels and catering 24
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 17
- 329 Socio-cultural sector 6
- 227 Audiovisual sector 5
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 4
- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 4
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- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 3
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 2
- 145 Horticulture 1
- 201 Independent retail 1
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 1
- 330 Health institutions and services 1
- 333 Tourist attractions 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
5 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services90393 | 3,381 | 249 | 8 | 1,053 |
| Other support activities for arts and performing arts90399 | 1,257 | 108 | 2 | 483 |
| Design and construction of stages and sets90392 | 663 | 88 | 9 | 94 |
| Arts creation and performing arts activities90312 | 634 | 11 | 1 | 1,363 |
| Arts creation and performing arts activities90311 | 362 | 6 | 1 | 1,519 |
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 Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events
Balance sheet and result. The median net result of €6,507 is below Belgium's €16,520. 19.5% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. 37.9% of the annual accounts close with a loss, against 26.7% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. In 12 months, 2.8 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 65% of the 88 NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.0% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. 16.1% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Brussels holds 19.6% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. In 12 months, 7.8 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 60% of the 87 NACE divisions.
Staff and filing. The 5 largest employers hold 204 of the 835 FTE: 24.5%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 32.6% in financial year 2020 to 38.5% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €1,627 in financial year 2020 to €6,507 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 90391 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.