Hairdressing and barber services
Filed accounts
NACE 96210 · financial year 2025 · 3,121 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 19.5% | 22.6% | 21.0% | 20.4% | 23.4% | 25.5% |
| Median net result | €458 | €3,328 | €554 | €1,150 | €2,490 | €2,469 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 12-11-2026 | S.O.Y.
BE 0806.794.332 |
| 12-11-2026 | CINEY COIF
BE 0892.533.028 |
| 10-11-2026 | EDENI
BE 1016.681.051 |
| 06-11-2026 | De Pauw, Christophe
BE 0834.954.521 · sole trader · Wichelen |
| 05-11-2026 | Khanoukaev, Tarlana
BE 0723.980.779 · sole trader |
| 05-11-2026 | Barbershop
BE 0842.346.218 |
| 05-11-2026 | PROPRIUS INDUSTRY
BE 1023.768.187 |
| 03-11-2026 | D.D.G. COIFFURE
BE 0567.832.357 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 5,022 of 21,702 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 96 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 96210 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 GENTSEKAPPERSSint-Niklaas 39.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 AalstsekappersNinove 35.3 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 NEW MENOupeye 34.1 FTEfinancial year 2021
- 4 AntwerpsekappersAntwerp 29.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 JUST MEN & WOMENHannut 28.2 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 935 companies- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 913
- 302 Hotels and catering 12
- 201 Independent retail 9
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 6
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 3
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 2
- 140 Transport and logistics 2
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 2
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- 112 Garages 1
- 124 Construction 1
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 1
- 149.02 Coachwork 1
- 202 White-collar workers in food retail 1
- 214 White-collar workers in the textile industry 1
- 215 White-collar workers in the clothing and garment industry 1
- 310 Banks 1
- 313 Pharmacies and pricing offices 1
- 315 Commercial aviation 1
- 330 Health institutions and services 1
- 330.04 Health institutions and services 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 96: Personal services
Related activities
2 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty care and other beauty treatments96220 | 24,994 | 3,240 | 64 | 295 |
| Day spas, saunas and steam baths96230 | 6,646 | 747 | 29 | 417 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 96
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 271 | 263 | 267 | 301 | 320 | 184 | 194 | 292 | 327 | 333 | 362 | 274 |
| Jobs lost | 585 | 631 | 475 | 646 | 517 | 377 | 469 | 564 | 614 | 635 | 599 | 491 |
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 96
860 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €44,200 | €35,400 to €56,400 | 454 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €37,700 | €33,900 to €47,100 | 261 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €36,500 | €33,100 to €40,100 | 128 |
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 96Measured nationally: Of 108,810 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 14 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.
10 of the 12,489 companies in NACE division 96 have a parent company abroad. Main parent countries: Luxembourg (3), Germany (2) and France (2). Together they employ 707 of the division's 33,171 FTE: 2.1%, against 14% for Belgium as a whole.
Subsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €1.43bn awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €430,531 paid
- Federal transfers 17.7m amount as published
- EU budget €81.1m attributed share
- EU research €24.1m EU contribution
Insights on Hairdressing and barber services
Balance sheet and result. 30.6% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. The median net result of €2,469 is below Belgium's €16,468. Solvency of 25.5% is below Belgium's 46.1%.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 0.7% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 5.5 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 66% of the 88 NACE divisions.
Inflow and structure. 76.9% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. Brussels holds 16.6% of the seats, against 12.5% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 10.7 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 49.7% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.5% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 166 of the 889 FTE: 18.7%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 19.5% in financial year 2020 to 25.5% in financial year 2025. The median net result rose from €458 in financial year 2020 to €2,469 in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 14-11-2026 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 96210 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 1,276,430 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 700,464 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.