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NACE 2025 · Belgian sectors

How large, how young, how profitable and how healthy is each Belgian sector? Compare every NACE division on size, employment, starters, profitability, financial health, structure and risk, and open a sector for the detail.

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Active companies
1,964,069
across 88 NACE divisions
Median solvency
44.3%
of the middle sector
Bankruptcies, 5 years
27,605
1.4% of active companies

Every sector at a glance

Each tile is a NACE division. Choose what the area and the colour show: size, dynamics, profitability, financial health, filing, structure or risk.

Companies: Current registrations with their main activity in the division. Over all current registrations.

N · PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES G · WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE F · CONSTRUCTION T · OTHER SERVICES O · ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT… R · HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK I · ACCOMMODATION AND… C · MANUFACTURING K · TELECOMS AND IT M · REAL ESTATE S · ARTS, SPORTS AND… A · AGRICULTURE, FO… L · FINANCE AND INSURANCE Q · EDUCATION Head offices and… 88,075 Legal and acco… 42,548 Architecture… 39,601 Other profess… 31,328 Advertising and… 26,446 Veterinary… Retail trade 117,139 Wholesale trade 62,731 Wholesale/retail of… 25,102 Specialised construction 130,053 Construction of buildings 32,299 Personal services 70,846 Repair… 20,475 Members… 9,857 Office administrative… 41,055 Building services and… 37,043 Human health 72,670 Food and beverage s… 60,707 Accommodation Fabricate… 10,961 Food pro… 9,704 Repa… 7,323 Othe… 5,430 Prin… 5,029 Computer program… 48,595 Real estate 55,306 Creative and perfo… 29,107 Sports and recre… 22,715 Crop and animal p… 47,555 Land transpo… 23,636 Ware… 6,358 Post… 5,314 Financial servic… 26,379 Auxi… 9,400 Education 35,310 Film,… 7,978 Househ… N · PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL S… G · WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TR… F · CONSTRUCTION T · OTHER SERVICES O · ADMINISTRATIVE AN… R · HEALTH AND SOCIAL… I · ACCOMMODATION AND… C · MANUFACTURING Head offices and m… 88,075 Legal a… 42,548 Architect… 39,601 Other… 31,328 Adverti… 26,446 Retail trade 117,139 Wholesale trade 62,731 Whol… 25,1… Specialised construction 130,053 Const… 32,299 Personal ser… 70,846 Office… 41,055 Building… 37,043 Human health 72,670 Food and beverag… 60,707 Computer pr… 48,595 Real estate 55,306 Creative a… 29,107 Sports an… 22,715 Crop and a… 47,555 Land t… 23,636 Financial… 26,379 Education 35,310

Click a tile to open the sector · as of 25-09-2026 05:30

Leaderboards

The five divisions leading on each aspect, with a minimum size so a small division does not top a list on a handful of cases.

Every division by section

88 NACE divisions in 22 sections. Search by name or code, sort by a column.

A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 3 divisions · 50,192 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
01 Crop and animal production 47,555 37.4% 0.28%
02 Forestry 2,414 47.3% 0.79%
03 Fishing and aquaculture 223 41.2% 3.6%
B Mining and quarrying 5 divisions · 301 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
08 Other mining and quarrying 235 44.3% 1.3%
09 Mining support services 55- 0.00%
07 Mining of metal ores 5- 0.00%
06 Extraction of oil and gas 4- 0.00%
05 Mining of coal 2- 0.00%
C Manufacturing 24 divisions · 63,543 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
25 Fabricated metal products 10,961 45.8% 2.0%
10 Food products 9,704 33.8% 2.3%
33 Repair and installation of machinery 7,323 42.9% 2.0%
32 Other manufacturing 5,430 43.1% 0.55%
18 Printing 5,029 47.9% 1.1%
16 Wood and cork 3,363 43.2% 1.3%
31 Furniture 3,011 42.2% 1.4%
23 Non-metallic mineral products 2,975 47.0% 1.3%
13 Textiles 2,379 48.9% 0.88%
28 Machinery and equipment 2,318 45.9% 1.7%
14 Clothing 2,057 38.5% 0.53%
11 Beverages 1,395 19.9% 2.0%
22 Rubber and plastics 1,315 46.3% 2.1%
20 Chemicals 1,274 47.4% 1.9%
27 Electrical equipment 1,070 43.5% 3.1%
26 Computer and electronic products 1,011 51.8% 1.3%
29 Motor vehicles 745 42.0% 1.9%
24 Basic metals 612 43.3% 1.5%
17 Paper 419 47.2% 1.9%
30 Other transport equipment 379 34.2% 2.6%
21 Pharmaceuticals 376 46.9% 2.9%
15 Leather and related products 333 33.4% 1.2%
19 Coke and refined petroleum 37- 0.00%
12 Tobacco 27- 0.00%
D Energy 1 division · 1,787 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
35 Electricity, gas and steam 1,787 33.7% 0.78%
E Water and waste 4 divisions · 2,391 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
38 Waste collection and treatment 1,645 37.0% 2.3%
37 Sewerage 361 43.1% 1.1%
39 Remediation 251 32.0% 2.8%
36 Water collection and supply 134 52.6% 0.00%
F Construction 3 divisions · 168,305 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
43 Specialised construction 130,053 46.2% 2.7%
41 Construction of buildings 32,299 41.4% 3.8%
42 Civil engineering 5,953 43.1% 3.0%
G Wholesale and retail trade 3 divisions · 204,972 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
47 Retail trade 117,139 35.5% 2.1%
46 Wholesale trade 62,731 43.8% 1.9%
45 Wholesale/retail of motor vehicles 25,102- 2.5%
H Transport and storage 5 divisions · 37,101 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
49 Land transport 23,636 39.1% 4.0%
52 Warehousing and transport support 6,358 39.3% 2.6%
53 Postal and courier 5,314 34.3% 4.8%
50 Water transport 1,267 45.0% 0.79%
51 Air transport 526 37.7% 1.1%
I Accommodation and food service 2 divisions · 69,318 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
56 Food and beverage service 60,707 30.2% 5.5%
55 Accommodation 8,611 24.4% 1.1%
J Publishing and media 3 divisions · 13,156 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
59 Film, video and music 7,978 44.4% 0.81%
58 Publishing 3,750 46.9% 0.96%
60 Programming and broadcasting 1,428 54.6% 0.70%
K Telecoms and IT 3 divisions · 58,617 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
62 Computer programming and consultancy 48,595 56.6% 0.71%
63 Computing infrastructure and information services 7,972 53.4% 0.85%
61 Telecommunications 2,050 40.8% 2.5%
L Finance and insurance 3 divisions · 36,229 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
64 Financial services 26,379 52.8% 0.77%
66 Auxiliary financial services 9,400 46.0% 0.35%
65 Insurance and pension funding 450 48.8% 0.22%
M Real estate 1 division · 55,306 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
68 Real estate 55,306 31.7% 0.95%
N Professional and technical services 7 divisions · 236,391 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
70 Head offices and management consultancy 88,075 54.9% 0.65%
69 Legal and accounting 42,548 53.5% 0.28%
71 Architecture and engineering 39,601 52.3% 0.56%
74 Other professional activities 31,328 48.9% 0.51%
73 Advertising and market research 26,446 51.2% 0.90%
75 Veterinary activities 6,069 51.1% 0.03%
72 Research and development 2,324 57.6% 1.2%
O Administrative and support services 6 divisions · 94,793 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
82 Office administrative support 41,055 48.4% 0.98%
81 Building services and landscaping 37,043 41.3% 1.9%
77 Rental and leasing 8,543 34.7% 1.1%
79 Travel agencies 3,734 33.4% 0.75%
78 Employment activities 3,269 38.7% 1.6%
80 Security and investigation 1,149 40.0% 2.4%
P Public administration 1 division · 2,298 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
84 Public administration and defence 2,298 50.6% 0.13%
Q Education 1 division · 35,310 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
85 Education 35,310 47.9% 0.22%
R Health and social work 3 divisions · 80,314 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
86 Human health 72,670 62.7% 0.16%
88 Social work without accommodation 5,602 49.3% 0.36%
87 Residential care 2,042 45.6% 0.34%
S Arts, sports and recreation 4 divisions · 53,293 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
90 Creative and performing arts 29,107 48.1% 0.42%
93 Sports and recreation 22,715 29.6% 0.70%
91 Libraries, archives and museums 967 52.3% 0.41%
92 Gambling and betting 504 61.8% 3.4%
T Other services 3 divisions · 101,178 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
96 Personal services 70,846 28.9% 0.78%
95 Repair of computers and personal goods 20,475 40.2% 1.6%
94 Membership organisations 9,857 64.7% 0.15%
U Households 2 divisions · 5,000 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
97 Households as employers 4,996 24.8% 0.08%
98 Household production for own use 4- 0.00%
V Extraterritorial organisations 1 division · 354 active
DivisionActive ↓SolvencyBankr. 5 yrs
99 Extraterritorial organisations 354- 0.00%

The dot colours the figure as on the map: against Belgium for a figure with a better and a worse side, otherwise against the other divisions.

Most-searched activities

70220Business consulting62020IT consultancy47114Supermarkets64200Holdings68203Real estate rental70100Head office activities41201General construction43221Plumbing43210Electrical installation43331Tiling41101Real estate development43320Joinery56101Full-service restaurants56102Limited-service restaurants56301Cafés56210Catering55101Hotels56302Nightclubs
Table: every division, every figureSortable

Every NACE division compared

88 divisions, as of 25-09-2026 05:30. Click a column header to sort.

Division Current registrations ↓ Starters per 100 (12 mo) Employment (FTE) Median solvency Median equity Median net result Bankruptcies, historical share Bankruptcy probability (median)
Belgium, unique registrations 1,964,069 - - - - - 1.41% 0.45%
43 Specialised construction activities 130,053 - - 46.19% €79,842 €12,294 2.68% 1.10%
47 Retail trade 117,139 - - 35.53% €93,871 €10,579 2.05% 0.84%
70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 88,075 - - 54.95% €115,532 €28,896 0.65% 0.22%
86 Human health activities 72,670 - - 62.70% €152,007 €65,372 0.16% 0.08%
96 Personal service activities 70,846 - - 28.87% €21,260 €3,283 0.78% 0.72%
46 Wholesale trade 62,731 - - 43.76% €186,760 €15,162 1.90% 0.56%
56 Food and beverage service activities 60,707 - - 30.20% €36,978 €5,795 5.46% 2.32%
68 Real estate activities 55,306 - - 31.70% €167,453 €7,863 0.95% 0.32%
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 48,595 - - 56.64% €79,719 €28,051 0.71% 0.30%
01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 47,555 - - 37.44% €193,909 €15,531 0.28% 0.12%
69 Legal and accounting activities 42,548 - - 53.55% €117,018 €45,194 0.28% 0.16%
82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 41,055 - - 48.35% €79,963 €17,854 0.98% 0.34%
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 39,601 - - 52.33% €81,369 €18,396 0.56% 0.29%
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities 37,043 - - 41.28% €65,869 €11,460 1.86% 1.12%
85 Education 35,310 - - 47.93% €63,092 €8,782 0.22% 0.04%
41 Construction of residential and non-residential buildings 32,299 - - 41.41% €66,384 €10,139 3.75% 1.40%
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities 31,328 - - 48.90% €48,881 €9,117 0.51% 0.35%
90 Arts creation and performing arts activities 29,107 - - 48.11% €60,238 €6,867 0.42% 0.04%
73 Advertising, market research and public relations activities 26,446 - - 51.22% €76,941 €14,636 0.90% 0.57%
64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding 26,379 - - 52.77% €311,950 €41,105 0.77% 0.19%
45 Wholesale/retail of motor vehicles 25,102 - - - - - 2.48% 0.65%
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines 23,636 - - 39.09% €67,644 €9,303 4.02% 1.78%
93 Sports, amusement and recreation activities 22,715 - - 29.58% €56,979 €5,123 0.70% 0.04%
95 Repair and maintenance of computers, personal and household goods, and motor vehicles and motorcycles 20,475 - - 40.15% €89,544 €12,654 1.63% 0.53%
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 10,961 - - 45.76% €187,109 €20,128 2.04% 0.67%
94 Activities of membership organisations 9,857 - - 64.69% €475,151 €7,584 0.15% 0.00%
10 Manufacture of food products 9,704 - - 33.85% €129,094 €17,114 2.28% 0.90%
66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities 9,400 - - 45.96% €194,649 €46,139 0.35% 0.30%
55 Accommodation 8,611 - - 24.42% €103,664 €3,366 1.06% 0.60%
77 Rental and leasing activities 8,543 - - 34.67% €125,063 €9,186 1.11% 0.71%
59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities 7,978 - - 44.44% €52,936 €5,753 0.81% 0.35%
63 Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities 7,972 - - 53.36% €78,562 €19,297 0.85% 0.31%
33 Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment 7,323 - - 42.91% €86,864 €19,384 1.95% 0.98%
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation 6,358 - - 39.32% €198,169 €23,035 2.60% 0.83%
75 Veterinary activities 6,069 - - 51.10% €104,854 €34,359 0.03% 0.07%
42 Civil engineering 5,953 - - 43.07% €113,393 €18,990 3.01% 0.84%
88 Social work activities without accommodation 5,602 - - 49.35% €228,233 €14,550 0.36% 0.02%
32 Other manufacturing 5,430 - - 43.15% €92,720 €11,322 0.55% 0.40%
53 Postal and courier activities 5,314 - - 34.33% €40,956 €5,440 4.84% 2.87%
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 5,029 - - 47.93% €90,980 €7,718 1.07% 0.40%
97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel 4,996 - - 24.78% €246,587 €11,669 0.08% 0.66%
58 Publishing activities 3,750 - - 46.90% €69,538 €7,743 0.96% 0.35%
79 Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities 3,734 - - 33.41% €129,454 €12,608 0.75% 0.99%
16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 3,363 - - 43.20% €136,789 €13,701 1.25% 0.52%
78 Employment activities 3,269 - - 38.68% €83,406 €16,626 1.62% 0.60%
31 Manufacture of furniture 3,011 - - 42.19% €117,492 €8,700 1.43% 0.68%
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 2,975 - - 47.00% €312,054 €18,092 1.31% 0.35%
02 Forestry and logging 2,414 - - 47.25% €183,102 €13,213 0.79% 0.22%
13 Manufacture of textiles 2,379 - - 48.85% €336,206 €14,823 0.88% 0.17%
72 Scientific research and development 2,324 - - 57.63% €243,355 €21,691 1.16% 0.34%
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified 2,318 - - 45.91% €363,100 €30,163 1.73% 0.43%
84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 2,298 - - 50.59% €585,692 €34,542 0.13% 0.01%
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 2,057 - - 38.54% €64,740 €5,767 0.53% 0.46%
61 Telecommunications 2,050 - - 40.84% €67,941 €7,905 2.54% 1.60%
87 Residential care activities 2,042 - - 45.64% €1.1m €28,677 0.34% 0.01%
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1,787 - - 33.67% €436,471 €22,502 0.78% 0.31%
38 Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities 1,645 - - 37.04% €486,887 €20,987 2.25% 0.51%
60 Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities 1,428 - - 54.57% €78,580 €5,405 0.70% 0.29%
11 Manufacture of beverages 1,395 - - 19.87% €29,124 -€1,711 2.01% 0.64%
22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 1,315 - - 46.34% €555,942 €36,657 2.13% 0.52%
20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 1,274 - - 47.36% €1.2m €39,482 1.88% 0.26%
50 Water transport 1,267 - - 44.96% €357,563 €21,118 0.79% 0.29%
80 Investigation and security activities 1,149 - - 39.96% €83,817 €11,514 2.44% 0.53%
27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1,070 - - 43.48% €177,538 €13,843 3.08% 0.90%
26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 1,011 - - 51.78% €145,682 €15,426 1.29% 0.15%
91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities 967 - - 52.29% €359,450 €18,894 0.41% 0.01%
29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 745 - - 42.04% €329,526 €20,441 1.88% 0.41%
24 Manufacture of basic metals 612 - - 43.30% €459,062 €16,356 1.47% 0.50%
51 Air transport 526 - - 37.65% €69,302 €5,373 1.14% 0.66%
92 Gambling and betting activities 504 - - 61.81% €239,437 €21,001 3.37% 0.85%
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 450 - - 48.76% €182,215 €44,691 0.22% -
17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 419 - - 47.18% €951,388 €59,183 1.91% 0.46%
30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 379 - - 34.24% €184,705 €9,526 2.64% 0.84%
21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 376 - - 46.93% €346,087 €16,296 2.93% 0.59%
37 Sewerage 361 - - 43.08% €247,252 €31,356 1.11% 0.34%
99 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 354 - - - - - 0.00% -
15 Manufacture of leather and related products 333 - - 33.37% €46,779 €645 1.20% 0.68%
39 Remediation activities and other waste management service activities 251 - - 32.02% €110,736 €20,575 2.79% 0.94%
08 Other mining and quarrying 235 - - 44.25% €759,082 €50,863 1.28% 0.35%
03 Fishing and aquaculture 223 - - 41.21% €325,590 €4,563 3.59% 0.61%
36 Water collection, treatment and supply 134 - - 52.58% €553,674 €58,143 0.00% 0.37%
09 Mining support service activities 55 - - - - - 0.00% 0.26%
19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 37 - - - - - 0.00% -
12 Manufacture of tobacco products 27 - - - - - 0.00% -
07 Mining of metal ores 5 - - - - - 0.00% -
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas 4 - - - - - 0.00% -
98 Undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of private households for own use 4 - - - - - 0.00% -
05 Mining of coal and lignite 2 - - - - - 0.00% -
How these figures are counted

Each division is counted in the NACE classification in which it exists. Bankruptcy probability is the median of the twelve-month bankruptcy probability Checked computes per company; the accounts medians come from annual accounts filed with the National Bank. A median is shown only from 30 companies.

Share of currently registered companies with a published bankruptcy opening in the past five years. Registered main activities in the selected classification can overlap. This retrospective share is not a future bankruptcy probability.

Each current enterprise registration is counted once nationally, including those without a main activity. The national row is therefore not the sum of the sectors.

New registrations are the companies registered today that started in the past twelve months. Bankruptcies over twelve months are current registrations with a bankruptcy opening published in that period. Where a division has no figure, none is shown.

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