Beauty care and other beauty treatments
Filed accounts
NACE 96220 · financial year 2025 · 1,622 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 22.4% | 23.6% | 21.5% | 20.5% | 21.8% | 20.9% |
| Median net result | €3,503 | €3,728 | €1,930 | €1,609 | €2,446 | €1,699 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 04-11-2026 | NADERM-INVEST
BE 0801.993.525 |
| 03-11-2026 | Ergachova, Komila
BE 0736.407.568 · sole trader · Ghent |
| 03-11-2026 | THA
BE 0761.828.496 |
| 27-10-2026 | Vervalle, Kimberly
BE 0552.586.036 · sole trader · Ghent |
| 27-10-2026 | Bergmann, Lorenzo
BE 0674.380.721 · sole trader · Middelkerke |
| 26-10-2026 | KALISTO B&W
BE 1019.984.395 |
| 23-10-2026 | DRSN
BE 0797.504.603 |
| 19-10-2026 | Bilembo, Petronelle
BE 0802.585.324 · sole trader · Brussels |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 2,825 of 24,994 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 96220 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 ATLANTIS D'EGrimbergen 35.6 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 LASER LIFEEtterbeek 21.0 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 MediboomBoom 18.4 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 V.I.P COIFFURENivelles 13.7 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 ASAP NAILS & BEAUTYBruges 13.1 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 344 companies- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 304
- 201 Independent retail 10
- 207 White-collar workers in the chemical industry 10
- 302 Hotels and catering 10
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 9
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 5
- 330 Health institutions and services 5
- 116 Chemical industry 4
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- 124 Construction 3
- 330.04 Health institutions and services 3
- 140.03 Road transport and logistics for third parties 1
- 149 Sectors related to metal, mechanical and electrical engineering 1
- 149.01 Electricians: installation and distribution 1
- 221 White-collar workers in the paper industry 1
- 315 Commercial aviation 1
- 319.02 Educational and residential institutions 1
- 323 Building management, estate agents and domestic staff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hairdressing and barber services96210 | 21,702 | 1,625 | 120 | 889 |
| 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 Beauty care and other beauty treatments
Balance sheet and result. 32.8% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium. The median net result of €1,699 is below Belgium's €16,468. Solvency of 20.9% is below Belgium's 46.1%.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 1.1% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 2.6 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is fewer than in 69% of the 88 NACE divisions.
Inflow and structure. 88.7% of the companies are sole traders, against 41.6% in Belgium. In 12 months, 13.0 of 100 companies started, against 8.9 in Belgium. That is more than in 91% of the 87 NACE divisions. Half of the companies are younger than 6.1 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium.
Staff and filing. 49.2% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.5% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 102 of the 295 FTE: 34.5%.
Direction. Median solvency fell from 22.4% in financial year 2020 to 20.9% in financial year 2025. The median net result fell from €3,503 in financial year 2020 to €1,699 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 96220 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.