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NACE 91
Current registrations966
Starters, 12 months
35
Employment (FTE)
4,764
Median age
18.7 years

In NACE division 91, 3.6 companies per 100 started in the past twelve months, against 7.5 nationally; that is lower than that of 84% of the 86 other NACE divisions. Comparison: as of 01-10-2026 05:30.

Key figures for NACE division 91

fiscal year 2025 · median over 186 filed annual accounts
Median solvency
50.5%
higher than 81% of 78 divisions
Median equity
€357,128
higher than 82% of 78 divisions
Median net result
€18,894
higher than 62% of 78 divisions
Annual accounts in sample
186

Foreign control in NACE division 91

659 registered companies

Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 91

114 employers
Median
€66,600
Belgium €61,000
Middle half
€53,900 to €78,700
half of the employers lie between
Place among sectors
36 of 78
by median staff cost per FTE
By size class
SizeMedianMiddle halfEmployers
fewer than 10 FTE €67,200 €56,700 to €79,700 41
10 to 49 FTE €63,900 €53,100 to €74,400 64

Bankruptcies

past five years
Bankruptcies (5y)
5
Historical share
0.52%

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 77% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability in NACE division 91 is 0.0%, against 0.5% nationally, over 731 scored companies. Comparison: as of 01-10-2026 05:30.

Regional split

by region · 818 of 966 enterprises with a registered office on file
Flanders 339 · 41.4%
Wallonia 330 · 40.3%
Brussels 147 · 18.0%
Unknown 2 · 0.2%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

5
Date Company
03-06-2026 VOSDELLEN
BE 0838.589.249
03-06-2025 Sim Local (Belgium)
BE 0768.506.353
21-05-2025 ATELIER 34 ZERO MUZEUM
BE 0561.774.015
28-12-2022 IMMOBILIERE DU VAL-SAINT-LAMBERT
BE 0447.414.973
28-12-2022 Cristal Discovery
BE 0676.842.838

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address
fewer moremax 147

Subsidies in this sector

per register · legal entities with an enterprise number
  • Flemish subsidies €428.6m awarded 116 recipients · 2022 to 2025 · largest: Roerend cultureel erfgoed: Werkingssubsidie voor een collectiebeherende organisatie (Cultureelerfgoeddecreet 2021)
  • Federal transfers 170.8m amount as published 15 recipients · 2023 to 2025 · largest: Dotatie aan de Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis. (KMKG)
  • Wallonia-Brussels Federation €87.0m paid 144 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Conventions et contrats programmes indexés dans le domaine des bibliothèques
  • EU budget €27.8m attributed share 18 recipients · 2021 to 2025 · largest: Programme for Environment and Climate Action
  • EU research €11.3m eu contribution 9 recipients · 2008 to 2026 · 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 91 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.