Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities
Filed accounts
NACE 91110 · financial year 2025 · 44 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 59.7% | 58.3% | 55.7% | 56.5% | 57.3% | 54.6% |
| Median net result | €18,108 | €9,572 | €5,445 | €10,022 | €7,577 | €24,623 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 03-06-2026 | VOSDELLEN
BE 0838.589.249 |
| 03-06-2025 | Sim Local (Belgium)
BE 0768.506.353 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 128 of 153 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Flanders
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 91 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 91110 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 Médiathèque NouvelleAuderghem 53.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Bibliothèques Sans Frontières Belgique - Bibliotheken Zonder Grenzen BelgiëBrussels 28.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 BIBLIOTHEQUE PUBLIQUE DE MOUSCRONMouscron 19.5 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 Archief en Documentatiecentrum voor het Vlaams nationalismeAntwerp 18.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Intergemeentelijke Vereniging voor Bibliotheekwerking, Cultuur en Academie voor Deeltijds KunstonderwijsHemiksem 12.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 18 companies- 329 Socio-cultural sector 5
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 3
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 3
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 3
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 1
- 201 Independent retail 1
- 302 Hotels and catering 1
- 303.03 Film industry 1
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- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 1
- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 1
- 329.03 Socio-cultural sector 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 91: Libraries, archives and museums
Related activities
1 other activity| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities91120 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 91 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 91
| Per year | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Jobs lost | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
2025 through May. 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 91
115 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €67,900 | €58,800 to €83,500 | 41 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €64,300 | €51,600 to €75,300 | 65 |
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1 of the 661 companies in NACE division 91 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Ireland (1). Together they employ 29 of the division's 3,210 FTE: 0.9%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €416.7m awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €87.0m paid
- Federal transfers 172.6m amount as published
- EU budget €27.8m attributed share
- EU research €11.3m EU contribution
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Balance sheet and result. Return on equity of 6.2% is below Belgium's 15.9%. The median net result of €24,623 is above Belgium's €16,500. Liquidity of 2.44 is above Belgium's 1.66.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.0% is below Belgium's 0.2%.
Inflow and structure. Half of the companies are younger than 22.9 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. Brussels holds 33.1% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. 16.3% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 24.4% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 132 of the 202 FTE: 65.0%.
Direction. Median solvency fell from 59.7% in financial year 2020 to 54.6% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €18,108 in financial year 2020 to €24,623 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 08-11-2026 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 91110 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 1,276,474 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,509 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.