Other support activities for arts and performing arts
Filed accounts
NACE 90399 · financial year 2025 · 194 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 39.4% | 44.8% | 45.2% | 48.5% | 51.5% | 52.2% |
| Median net result | €3,362 | €9,962 | €15,446 | €15,890 | €12,733 | €14,977 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 28-08-2026 | Brussels Global Review
BE 0772.641.721 |
| 01-04-2026 | MYTHIC
BE 0749.798.419 |
| 07-07-2025 | Big Trouble in Little Belgium
BE 0732.976.342 |
| 04-10-2024 | GALERIE BERKO
BE 0417.079.412 |
| 28-12-2022 | IETS
BE 0475.244.273 |
| 15-06-2022 | Teatro Cinque
BE 0719.383.672 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 643 of 1,256 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 90399 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 PAYCOOPUccle 205 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Paypro ServicesBrussels 73.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 PerpodiumAntwerp 65.9 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 GREENHOUSE TALENTGhent 28.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Talentatelier voor jongerenGhent 21.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 33 companies- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 14
- 304 Performing arts 10
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 4
- 227 Audiovisual sector 4
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 3
- 126 Furnishing and woodworking 2
- 302 Hotels and catering 2
- 109 Clothing and garment industry 1
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- 201 Independent retail 1
- 215 White-collar workers in the clothing and garment 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
5 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events90391 | 3,515 | 276 | 10 | 835 |
| Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services90393 | 3,381 | 249 | 8 | 1,053 |
| Design and construction of stages and sets90392 | 663 | 88 | 9 | 94 |
| Arts creation and performing arts activities90312 | 634 | 11 | 1 | 1,366 |
| 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
436 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €63,100 | €49,000 to €77,700 | 258 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €67,600 | €59,800 to €75,200 | 150 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €77,000 | €70,700 to €83,600 | 26 |
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Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 90Measured nationally: Of 108,651 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 10 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 11,233 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 7,592 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
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €644.5m paid
- Federal transfers 236.9m amount as published
- EU budget €28.4m attributed share
- EU research €6.6m EU contribution
Insights on Other support activities for arts and performing arts
Balance sheet and result. Liquidity of 2.31 is above Belgium's 1.66. 7.7% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. Solvency of 52.2% is above Belgium's 46.1%.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.0% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Brussels holds 22.2% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. 48.8% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 7.3 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 33.8% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 394 of the 483 FTE: 81.6%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 39.4% in financial year 2020 to 52.2% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €3,362 in financial year 2020 to €14,977 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 10-11-2026 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 90399 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 1,276,421 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,557 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.