Sports, amusement and recreation activities
Activities
NACE division 93 · 19 activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other amusement and recreation activities93299 | 6,691 | 538 | 16 | 1,860 |
| Other sports activities93199 | 3,834 | 370 | 8 | 1,216 |
| Operation of sports facilities93110 | 3,249 | 94 | 11 | 4,786 |
| Fitness centres93130 | 1,508 | 159 | 11 | 1,581 |
| Activities of other sports clubs93129 | 1,406 | 71 | 1 | 152 |
| Football clubs93121 | 1,387 | 24 | 4 | 2,273 |
| Operation of fairground attractions93291 | 966 | 48 | 1 | 20 |
| Equestrian clubs93127 | 819 | 61 | 3 | 86 |
| Activities of independent sportspeople93192 | 723 | 104 | 1 | 35 |
| Sports, amusement and recreation activities93123 | 635 | 16 | 0 | 250 |
| Sports, amusement and recreation activities93122 | 436 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| Sports, amusement and recreation activities93124 | 333 | 10 | 0 | 116 |
Show all 19 activities
| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports, amusement and recreation activities93293 | 297 | 9 | 3 | 1,238 |
| Sports, amusement and recreation activities93191 | 261 | 5 | 0 | 511 |
| Sports, amusement and recreation activities93126 | 258 | 5 | 0 | 38 |
| Sports, amusement and recreation activities93125 | 210 | 9 | 1 | - |
| Sports, amusement and recreation activities93210 | 179 | 6 | 0 | 1,647 |
| Sports, amusement and recreation activities93292 | 72 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Sports, amusement and recreation activities93128 | 67 | 0 | 0 | - |
Filed accounts
NACE division 93 · financial year 2025 · 5,162 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | - | - | 25.7% | 26.8% | 27.0% | 27.8% | 28.8% | 29.4% |
| Median net result | - | - | €1,051 | €4,316 | €5,726 | €5,527 | €5,657 | €4,997 |
| Filed late | 47.0% | 52.9% | 50.7% | 47.3% | 45.3% | 43.0% | 42.4% | - |
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Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 93
823 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €50,400 | €38,700 to €63,600 | 489 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €53,000 | €44,200 to €67,100 | 286 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €85,100 | €51,500 to €213,100 | 44 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Bankruptcies
Bankruptcies per year in division 93
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 93 | 69 | 93 | 87 | 118 | 99 | 74 | 106 | 113 | 107 | 87 | 78 |
| Jobs lost | 213 | 116 | 121 | 260 | 199 | 259 | 104 | 225 | 190 | 252 | 155 | 126 |
2026 through September. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 09-11-2026 | Harmony Stables
BE 1016.079.354 |
| 30-10-2026 | CHAPHI
BE 0769.348.966 |
| 30-10-2026 | NUIT DES CHOEURS
BE 0862.731.856 |
| 30-10-2026 | Highfly Rodeo
BE 1033.359.410 |
| 26-10-2026 | IJSBAAN DE PISTE
BE 0733.990.387 |
| 23-10-2026 | Poney Club de Besonrieux
BE 0792.897.893 |
| 21-10-2026 | van de Craats, Senne
BE 0521.877.321 · sole trader · Riemst |
| 19-10-2026 | AUTOMATIC SOLUTIONS INVEST
BE 0819.485.890 |
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 93Measured nationally: Of 108,767 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 29% 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 12 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.
Spread across the country
by region and province · 15,091 of 22,629 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
This sector's balance sheets on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE division 93 · staff from the latest accounts- 1 BELPARKWavre 701 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 BASIC-FIT BELGIUMJette 650 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 PAIRI DAIZABrugelette 552 FTEfinancial year 2026
- 4 PLOPSADe Panne 288 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 MARTIN'S HOTELSRixensart 240 FTEfinancial year 2024
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 1,550 companies- 302 Hotels and catering 469
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 394
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 282
- 144 Agriculture 177
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 174
- 333 Tourist attractions 127
- 329.01 Socio-cultural sector 66
- 223 Sport 64
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- 332 French- and German-speaking welfare and health sector 43
- 145 Horticulture 37
- 329.02 Socio-cultural sector 35
- 149.04 Metal trade 27
- 201 Independent retail 25
- 304 Performing arts 22
- 329 Socio-cultural sector 22
- 112 Garages 14
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 11
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 9
- 329.03 Socio-cultural sector 9
- 121 Cleaning 7
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
21 of the 13,997 companies in NACE division 93 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: France (7), Netherlands (5) and United Kingdom (2). Together they employ 1,945 of the division's 15,812 FTE: 12%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €347.8m awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €116.3m paid
- Federal transfers 7.2m amount as published
- EU budget €3.3m attributed share
- EU research €930,675 EU contribution
Insights on Sports and recreation
Balance sheet and result. 23.8% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. The median net result of €5,659 is below Belgium's €16,490. 37.1% 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 66% of the 87 other NACE divisions. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.1% is below Belgium's 0.2%. By size, the median bankruptcy probability is 0.3% at under 10 FTE, 0.2% at 10 to 49 FTE and 0.2% at 50 to 249 FTE.
Inflow and structure. Wallonia holds 30.0% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium. In 12 months, 6.8 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 55% of the 86 other NACE divisions. 33.3% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium.
Staff and filing. The median staff cost per FTE of €51,944 is below Belgium's €61,426. 42.4% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 2,431 of the 15,817 FTE: 15.4%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 25.7% in financial year 2020 to 29.4% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €1,051 in financial year 2020 to €4,997 in financial year 2025. In 2025, Statbel counted 87 bankruptcies and 155 jobs lost, against 99 bankruptcies in 2020.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 11-11-2026 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 93 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 1,276,472 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,781 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. 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.