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NACE 2025 · Belgian sectors

Compare every Belgian sector by NACE division on size, employment, starters, profitability, financial strength, structure and risk. Open a sector for the detail.

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Active companies

1,975,145

1,275,944 with a main activity in 88 NACE divisions, 699,201 without a published activity

Incorporations, 12 months

152,693

of which 147,592 still active

Employment

2,550,417

full-time equivalents at 88,590 employers, latest accounts

Median solvency

46.1%

over 562,227 annual accounts, financial year 2025

Every sector at a glance

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Starters: Companies that started in the past twelve months and are registered today, per 100 current registrations. Divisions counted in an older NACE classification get no starter figure. Starters are registered in the current one.

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Leading divisions by theme

Each leaderboard shows the five divisions leading on one aspect. Only divisions of a minimum size count, so a small division does not top a list on a handful of cases.

Largest employers

Full-time equivalents according to the latest accounts

Every division

88 NACE divisions in 22 sections, as of 05-11-2026 02:05. Search by name or code, sort by a column.

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A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 3 divisions · 49,874 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

01 Crop and animal production 47,260 4.0% 14,728 36.6% €197,976 €16,006 36.9% 1.0 0.14%

02 Forestry 2,392 4.7% 944 46.2% €201,926 €13,244 36.8% 3.8 0.12%

03 Fishing and aquaculture 222 4.1% 476 39.2% €340,489 €486 55.0% 4.5 0.53%

B Mining and quarrying 5 divisions · 293 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

08 Other mining and quarrying 229 2.2% 3,036 51.0% €975,290 €31,710 30.5% 0.0 0.17%

09 Mining support services 53 3.8% 86---- 0.0 0.10%

07 Mining of metal ores 5 0.0% 14---- 0.0-

06 Extraction of oil and gas 4 25.0% 1---- 0.0-

05 Mining of coal 2 0.0% 9.6---- 0.0-

C Manufacturing 24 divisions · 62,910 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

25 Fabricated metal products 10,816 5.0% 41,714 44.9% €223,883 €22,481 34.8% 7.1 0.44%

10 Food products 9,618 8.2% 71,061 33.3% €128,840 €18,116 38.2% 10.3 0.94%

33 Repair and installation of machinery 7,268 9.0% 9,966 42.3% €102,978 €22,521 39.1% 7.3 0.69%

32 Other manufacturing 5,407 12.5% 7,069 43.0% €114,489 €13,622 39.3% 3.3 0.31%

18 Printing 4,940 4.1% 8,140 46.6% €93,613 €8,358 38.0% 4.0 0.33%

16 Wood and cork 3,351 5.6% 9,894 43.1% €164,202 €14,260 37.4% 3.9 0.45%

23 Non-metallic mineral products 2,979 8.6% 21,863 46.9% €366,458 €19,757 34.3% 4.0 0.16%

31 Furniture 2,944 4.6% 6,747 39.7% €129,354 €9,556 36.8% 5.8 0.54%

13 Textiles 2,361 7.6% 11,559 47.5% €327,060 €17,318 31.8% 4.2 0.17%

28 Machinery and equipment 2,288 3.2% 31,209 44.5% €464,801 €34,903 32.2% 8.7 0.28%

14 Clothing 2,022 8.3% 2,498 37.5% €72,219 €5,029 35.4% 2.5 0.27%

11 Beverages 1,381 5.6% 8,717 21.9% €35,739 -€1,278 43.0% 5.1 0.58%

22 Rubber and plastics 1,325 12.3% 18,893 48.1% €751,448 €36,611 34.3% 10.6 0.29%

20 Chemicals 1,262 5.5% 43,987 47.3% €1.1m €53,164 26.5% 6.3 0.25%

27 Electrical equipment 1,060 4.2% 12,038 43.0% €239,644 €17,232 37.0% 11.3 0.41%

26 Computer and electronic products 992 4.3% 12,625 49.2% €235,170 €17,153 34.3% 5.0 0.15%

29 Motor vehicles 741 5.3% 23,077 42.2% €388,679 €28,363 35.9% 8.1 0.25%

24 Basic metals 597 3.9% 22,016 43.8% €487,439 €23,098 29.5% 6.7 0.51%

17 Paper 413 2.9% 9,529 48.8% €1.1m €60,532 34.8% 4.8 0.29%

21 Pharmaceuticals 376 2.9% 30,792 44.6% €432,439 €22,729 32.1% 5.3 0.32%

30 Other transport equipment 373 6.7% 6,270 35.4% €162,891 €3,515 30.1% 0.0 0.55%

15 Leather and related products 335 14.9% 277 42.2% €93,676 €1,945- 6.0 0.50%

19 Coke and refined petroleum 34 2.9% 4,983---- 0.0-

12 Tobacco 27 0.0% 1,222---- 0.0-

D Energy 1 division · 1,772 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

35 Electricity, gas and steam 1,772 9.5% 21,304 32.6% €450,851 €22,526 27.0% 3.4 0.22%

E Water and waste 4 divisions · 2,372 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

38 Waste collection and treatment 1,628 7.5% 16,584 38.8% €621,984 €33,836 32.4% 9.2 0.40%

37 Sewerage 360 6.4% 3,158 42.5% €320,505 €34,081 38.3% 2.8 0.21%

39 Remediation 251 6.4% 1,308 35.9% €156,925 €27,308 34.2% 19.9 0.75%

36 Water collection and supply 133 3.0% 7,587 52.6% €438,151 €42,144- 7.5 0.26%

F Construction 3 divisions · 166,576 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

43 Specialised construction 128,994 8.9% 101,568 45.2% €82,151 €13,192 42.6% 10.3 0.69%

41 Construction of buildings 31,719 9.0% 34,013 40.2% €70,176 €11,258 46.4% 15.4 1.41%

42 Civil engineering 5,863 7.4% 33,925 42.6% €128,415 €21,766 40.6% 14.7 0.67%

G Wholesale and retail trade 3 divisions · 201,373 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

47 Retail trade 115,383 8.9% 222,352 35.1% €98,754 €11,299 46.7% 8.4 0.61%

46 Wholesale trade 61,499 4.5% 202,972 42.3% €207,663 €17,248 39.2% 7.5 0.35%

45 Wholesale/retail of motor vehicles 24,491- 56,042 36.0% €135,002 €14,420- 9.7 0.54%

H Transport and storage 5 divisions · 36,569 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

49 Land transport 23,140 11.6% 92,795 37.3% €68,814 €10,060 49.0% 18.8 1.64%

52 Warehousing and transport support 6,288 9.2% 70,784 39.3% €231,786 €25,764 35.8% 9.7 0.75%

53 Postal and courier 5,380 27.8% 28,684 31.6% €39,083 €7,382 56.1% 19.5 2.68%

50 Water transport 1,244 6.1% 1,360 42.6% €342,651 €21,173 40.8% 6.4 0.20%

51 Air transport 517 7.5% 5,537 36.4% €66,430 €5,958 34.8% 0.0 0.38%

I Accommodation and food service 2 divisions · 68,408 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

56 Food and beverage service 59,876 9.0% 59,303 29.3% €36,657 €5,950 52.7% 23.3 1.63%

55 Accommodation 8,532 7.5% 18,390 24.7% €116,514 €3,676 44.9% 4.7 0.53%

J Publishing and media 3 divisions · 13,202 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

59 Film, video and music 7,976 11.2% 3,956 43.0% €53,908 €6,135 41.1% 3.4 0.28%

58 Publishing 3,790 13.2% 8,704 45.6% €77,156 €8,032 36.8% 3.4 0.11%

60 Programming and broadcasting 1,436 17.1% 4,376 47.8% €76,352 €4,497 44.4% 2.8 0.07%

K Telecoms and IT 3 divisions · 58,498 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

62 Computer programming and consultancy 48,666 10.7% 60,743 55.7% €79,768 €28,167 33.3% 3.9 0.09%

63 Computing infrastructure and information services 7,851 9.6% 10,791 51.3% €80,814 €20,041 32.2% 4.1 0.18%

61 Telecommunications 1,981 16.0% 19,144 41.0% €80,053 €9,588 46.9% 11.6 0.70%

L Finance and insurance 3 divisions · 35,763 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

64 Financial services 26,064 2.9% 30,677 52.6% €328,930 €42,573 28.2% 2.8 0.16%

66 Auxiliary financial services 9,259 4.6% 15,487 44.7% €190,563 €46,536 38.7% 1.6 0.16%

65 Insurance and pension funding 440 1.4% 705 47.6% €187,599 €46,654 27.6% 2.3-

M Real estate 1 division · 55,041 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

68 Real estate 55,041 5.1% 26,404 31.5% €168,232 €8,481 36.1% 3.8 0.22%

N Professional and technical services 7 divisions · 236,043 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

70 Head offices and management consultancy 88,110 10.3% 53,990 54.2% €113,298 €29,733 31.9% 3.0 0.10%

69 Legal and accounting 42,710 7.9% 27,720 53.5% €112,800 €43,788 32.5% 1.0 0.04%

71 Architecture and engineering 39,520 7.1% 39,333 51.0% €84,039 €18,890 33.6% 2.4 0.12%

74 Other professional activities 31,161 10.8% 4,004 46.4% €51,883 €10,108 38.1% 2.3 0.20%

73 Advertising and market research 26,141 7.7% 25,545 49.6% €76,524 €15,828 35.9% 3.3 0.23%

75 Veterinary activities 6,096 9.3% 1,284 50.6% €96,740 €33,754 35.5% 0.2 0.05%

72 Research and development 2,305 7.5% 24,245 54.3% €259,177 €16,903 32.4% 3.9 0.12%

O Administrative and support services 6 divisions · 93,946 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

82 Office administrative support 40,624 10.7% 34,475 47.1% €80,872 €18,011 34.9% 4.6 0.18%

81 Building services and landscaping 36,791 13.4% 70,913 40.2% €67,199 €12,289 43.5% 7.5 0.89%

77 Rental and leasing 8,431 7.7% 13,492 33.6% €136,892 €10,271 38.8% 4.5 0.48%

79 Travel agencies 3,746 8.8% 5,531 33.0% €128,527 €14,094 35.2% 3.2 0.20%

78 Employment activities 3,224 7.2% 176,842 38.4% €91,219 €18,750 30.2% 9.0 0.31%

80 Security and investigation 1,130 7.5% 18,941 40.0% €84,442 €13,682 42.0% 10.6 0.29%

P Public administration 1 division · 2,284 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

84 Public administration and defence 2,284 0.4% 8,209 53.7% €1.1m €34,507 19.8% 0.9 0.03%

Q Education 1 division · 35,402 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

85 Education 35,402 11.2% 27,946 46.5% €66,706 €8,940 32.0% 1.2 0.04%

R Health and social work 3 divisions · 80,308 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

86 Human health 72,744 7.1% 138,652 62.1% €144,856 €63,070 35.9% 0.5 0.04%

88 Social work without accommodation 5,538 5.9% 111,932 50.0% €265,678 €16,227 25.5% 0.9 0.03%

87 Residential care 2,026 1.2% 117,558 47.5% €1.2m €38,769 24.8% 3.5 0.03%

S Arts, sports and recreation 4 divisions · 53,177 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

90 Creative and performing arts 29,098 9.5% 7,608 46.5% €63,546 €7,924 38.2% 1.8 0.05%

93 Sports and recreation 22,622 6.7% 15,852 29.0% €60,054 €5,709 42.4% 2.8 0.06%

91 Libraries, archives and museums 961 3.6% 3,210 53.3% €479,178 €11,428 29.4% 1.0 0.03%

92 Gambling and betting 496 5.6% 2,316 62.3% €250,119 €16,323 46.8% 4.0 0.44%

T Other services 3 divisions · 100,868 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

96 Personal services 70,780 10.6% 33,082 28.2% €22,565 €3,550 48.1% 3.5 0.62%

95 Repair of computers and personal goods 20,320 10.9% 14,230 39.0% €99,860 €13,770 47.0% 6.3 0.59%

94 Membership organisations 9,768 2.2% 17,387 63.6% €579,014 €9,679 25.3% 0.7 0.03%

U Households 2 divisions · 4,974 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

97 Households as employers 4,969 12.0% 9,593 23.2% €197,206 €28,892- 0.4 0.26%

98 Household production for own use 5 20.0% 39---- 0.0-

V Extraterritorial organisations 1 division · 343 active

DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 monthsFTESolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

99 Extraterritorial organisations 343 0.0% 22---- 0.0-

The dot's colour follows the map. A figure with a better and a worse side is compared with Belgium, any other figure with the other divisions.

Method and sources

The figures per division come from an overview counted again every night, as of 05-11-2026 02:05.

Each division is counted in the version of the NACE classification in which it exists. A division's bankruptcy probability is the median of the bankruptcy probabilities Checked computes per company. The accounts medians rest on the annual accounts filed with the National Bank. A median is shown only from 30 companies.

The historical share is the share of current registrations for which a bankruptcy opening was published in the past five years. A company with more than one main activity counts in each of those sectors. The historical share is not a future bankruptcy probability.

Starters are the companies that started in the twelve complete months before the count and are still registered today. They are the same twelve months as on every market page. Bankruptcies over twelve months are current registrations for which a bankruptcy opening was published in those months. A division without a figure gets a dash.

Definitions

All figures cover the same twelve months, November 2025 to October 2026, and were counted on 4 November 2026. The same definitions apply on every Checked market page.

Incorporations in 12 months: 152,693; Enterprises with a KBO start date in those twelve months, sole traders included, even if they have stopped since.
Bankruptcies in 12 months: 12,147; Declared bankruptcies the Belgian Official Gazette published in those twelve months, including those of natural persons without an enterprise number.
Active companies: 1,975,145; Enterprises active in the KBO on 4 November 2026, sole traders included.

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Incorporations	152,693
stopped or struck off since	-5,101
Still active	147,592