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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.

Active companies
1,973,855
across 88 NACE divisions
Incorporations, 12 months
153,471
of which 147,119 still active (7.5% of active companies)
Employment
2,383,599
full-time equivalents at 80,703 employers, financial year 2025
Median solvency
46.2%
over 559,938 annual accounts, financial year 2025

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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… 88,094 Legal and acco… 42,700 Architecture… 39,516 Other profess… 31,154 Advertising and… 26,138 Veterinary… Retail trade 115,347 Wholesale trade 61,506 Wholesale/retail of… 24,495 Specialised construction 128,988 Construction of buildings 31,717 Personal services 70,749 Repair… 20,309 Member… 9,759 Office administrative… 40,616 Building services and… 36,780 Human health 72,718 Food and beverage s… 59,863 Accommodation Fabricate… 10,817 Food pro… 9,609 Repa… 7,264 Othe… 5,406 Prin… 4,938 Computer program… 48,652 Real estate 55,029 Creative and perfo… 29,089 Sports and recre… 22,603 Crop and animal p… 47,257 Land transp… 23,143 Ware… 6,286 Post… 5,367 Financial servic… 26,069 Auxi… 9,245 Education 35,389 Film,… 7,977 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 an… 88,094 Legal and accou… 42,700 Architectur… 39,516 Other profe… 31,154 Advertis… 26,138 Retail trade 115,347 Wholesale trade 61,506 Whol… 24,4… Specialised construction 128,988 Const… 31,717 Personal ser… 70,749 Office… 40,616 Building… 36,780 Human health 72,718 Food and beverag… 59,863 Computer pro… 48,652 Real estate 55,029 Creative a… 29,089 Sports an… 22,603 Crop and a… 47,257 Land t… 23,143 Financial… 26,069 Education 35,389

Click a tile to open the sector · as of 31-10-2026 05:30

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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 · 49,871 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
01 Crop and animal production 47,257 4.2% 16,650 36.6% 36.9% 1.0
02 Forestry 2,392 4.8% 1,061 46.2% 36.8% 3.3
03 Fishing and aquaculture 222 4.5% 438 39.3% 54.6% 9.0
B Mining and quarrying 5 divisions · 293 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
08 Other mining and quarrying 229 2.6% 3,132 51.0% 30.5% 0.0
09 Mining support services 53 3.8% 102-- 0.0
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 · 62,889 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
25 Fabricated metal products 10,817 5.4% 57,809 44.9% 34.8% 7.0
10 Food products 9,609 8.5% 76,652 33.5% 38.2% 10.2
33 Repair and installation of machinery 7,264 9.5% 16,814 42.3% 39.1% 7.0
32 Other manufacturing 5,406 12.9% 9,639 43.1% 39.3% 3.0
18 Printing 4,938 4.4% 9,167 46.9% 38.0% 3.8
16 Wood and cork 3,350 6.0% 11,471 43.2% 37.4% 4.2
23 Non-metallic mineral products 2,980 8.6% 25,852 47.0% 34.4% 4.4
31 Furniture 2,946 4.7% 8,365 39.8% 36.8% 5.4
13 Textiles 2,361 8.3% 14,634 47.5% 31.7% 3.8
28 Machinery and equipment 2,287 3.5% 36,876 44.5% 32.2% 7.0
14 Clothing 2,022 8.5% 2,973 37.5% 35.4% 2.5
11 Beverages 1,381 5.9% 10,973 21.9% 43.0% 5.1
22 Rubber and plastics 1,323 11.6% 21,357 48.1% 34.3% 9.8
20 Chemicals 1,260 5.6% 44,750 47.4% 26.5% 4.8
27 Electrical equipment 1,060 4.2% 15,162 43.0% 37.0% 14.2
26 Computer and electronic products 992 5.1% 15,759 49.5% 34.3% 5.0
29 Motor vehicles 739 5.3% 23,007 42.0% 35.9% 9.5
24 Basic metals 597 4.4% 25,047 43.8% 29.5% 6.7
17 Paper 413 3.6% 10,809 48.8% 34.8% 9.7
21 Pharmaceuticals 377 2.9% 34,794 44.6% 32.1% 13.3
30 Other transport equipment 372 7.8% 6,601 35.5% 30.1% 0.0
15 Leather and related products 334 15.3% 1,044 42.2%- 6.0
19 Coke and refined petroleum 34 2.9% 4,982-- 0.0
12 Tobacco 27 0.0% 1,275-- 0.0
D Energy 1 division · 1,772 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
35 Electricity, gas and steam 1,772 10.2% 22,260 32.6% 27.0% 4.0
E Water and waste 4 divisions · 2,369 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
38 Waste collection and treatment 1,626 7.7% 20,522 38.7% 32.4% 9.8
37 Sewerage 360 6.7% 3,710 42.3% 38.3% 2.8
39 Remediation 250 7.2% 1,408 35.9% 34.2% 20.0
36 Water collection and supply 133 3.8% 6,277 52.6%- 7.5
F Construction 3 divisions · 166,566 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
43 Specialised construction 128,988 9.3% 118,303 45.3% 42.6% 10.2
41 Construction of buildings 31,717 9.8% 39,885 40.2% 46.4% 14.5
42 Civil engineering 5,861 7.8% 43,036 42.5% 40.6% 14.5
G Wholesale and retail trade 3 divisions · 201,348 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
47 Retail trade 115,347 9.2% 239,527 35.1% 46.7% 8.3
46 Wholesale trade 61,506 4.7% 236,017 42.3% 39.1% 7.7
45 Wholesale/retail of motor vehicles 24,495- 55,977 36.0%- 9.7
H Transport and storage 5 divisions · 36,557 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
49 Land transport 23,143 12.0% 122,653 37.4% 49.0% 18.2
52 Warehousing and transport support 6,286 9.7% 80,270 39.3% 35.8% 9.9
53 Postal and courier 5,367 25.7% 29,868 31.6% 56.1% 19.8
50 Water transport 1,243 6.6% 1,503 42.7% 40.8% 5.6
51 Air transport 518 6.9% 5,225 36.4% 35.0% 0.0
I Accommodation and food service 2 divisions · 68,393 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
56 Food and beverage service 59,863 9.4% 58,050 29.3% 52.7% 23.0
55 Accommodation 8,530 7.9% 19,415 24.6% 44.9% 4.6
J Publishing and media 3 divisions · 13,200 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
59 Film, video and music 7,977 11.4% 4,582 43.0% 41.1% 3.6
58 Publishing 3,787 12.2% 9,646 45.6% 36.8% 3.4
60 Programming and broadcasting 1,436 16.7% 4,778 47.6% 44.6% 2.1
K Telecoms and IT 3 divisions · 58,490 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
62 Computer programming and consultancy 48,652 10.7% 77,811 55.7% 33.3% 3.8
63 Computing infrastructure and information services 7,856 9.7% 15,255 51.4% 32.1% 4.5
61 Telecommunications 1,982 16.4% 17,699 41.4% 46.9% 11.1
L Finance and insurance 3 divisions · 35,754 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
64 Financial services 26,069 3.2% 35,466 52.7% 28.2% 2.9
66 Auxiliary financial services 9,245 4.8% 19,572 44.7% 38.7% 1.4
65 Insurance and pension funding 440 1.4% 920 46.9% 27.6% 2.3
M Real estate 1 division · 55,029 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
68 Real estate 55,029 5.5% 27,946 31.5% 36.1% 3.8
N Professional and technical services 7 divisions · 236,002 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
70 Head offices and management consultancy 88,094 10.7% 75,512 54.2% 31.9% 3.0
69 Legal and accounting 42,700 8.2% 27,338 53.5% 32.5% 1.0
71 Architecture and engineering 39,516 7.6% 53,875 51.0% 33.6% 2.3
74 Other professional activities 31,154 11.1% 6,615 46.4% 38.1% 2.2
73 Advertising and market research 26,138 7.9% 29,495 49.7% 35.9% 3.3
75 Veterinary activities 6,096 9.5% 1,471 50.6% 35.5% 0.0
72 Research and development 2,304 7.9% 26,631 54.6% 32.4% 3.0
O Administrative and support services 6 divisions · 93,925 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
82 Office administrative support 40,616 11.3% 40,787 47.2% 34.9% 4.6
81 Building services and landscaping 36,780 13.8% 71,570 40.2% 43.5% 7.3
77 Rental and leasing 8,426 8.0% 15,473 33.6% 38.8% 4.2
79 Travel agencies 3,746 8.5% 5,574 33.0% 35.3% 3.5
78 Employment activities 3,227 7.4% 189,752 38.6% 30.2% 8.7
80 Security and investigation 1,130 7.9% 18,194 40.1% 42.0% 12.4
P Public administration 1 division · 2,284 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
84 Public administration and defence 2,284 0.5% 10,806 53.7% 19.8% 0.9
Q Education 1 division · 35,389 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
85 Education 35,389 11.6% 29,782 46.6% 32.0% 1.2
R Health and social work 3 divisions · 80,281 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
86 Human health 72,718 7.6% 150,231 62.1% 35.9% 0.4
88 Social work without accommodation 5,539 6.2% 125,503 49.9% 25.4% 0.7
87 Residential care 2,024 1.3% 122,306 47.5% 24.8% 3.5
S Arts, sports and recreation 4 divisions · 53,147 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
90 Creative and performing arts 29,089 9.9% 10,858 46.7% 38.2% 1.7
93 Sports and recreation 22,603 7.2% 16,681 29.0% 42.3% 2.7
91 Libraries, archives and museums 961 3.7% 4,770 53.3% 29.4% 1.0
92 Gambling and betting 494 5.3% 2,264 61.9% 46.8% 4.0
T Other services 3 divisions · 100,817 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
96 Personal services 70,749 10.9% 88,429 28.3% 48.1% 3.3
95 Repair of computers and personal goods 20,309 11.2% 18,053 39.0% 47.0% 6.2
94 Membership organisations 9,759 2.6% 24,454 63.7% 25.2% 0.6
U Households 2 divisions · 4,970 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
97 Households as employers 4,965 12.0% 8,497 23.2%- 0.0
98 Household production for own use 5 20.0%--- 0.0
V Extraterritorial organisations 1 division · 343 active
DivisionActive ↓Starters 12 moFTESolvencyLateBankr. /1,000
99 Extraterritorial organisations 343 0.3% 17-- 0.0

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
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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 1,973,855 7.5 2,383,599 46.18% €98,624 €16,579 1.61% 0.21%
43 Specialised construction activities 128,988 9.3 118,303 45.28% €82,257 €13,205 2.95% 0.69%
47 Retail trade 115,347 9.2 239,527 35.15% €98,951 €11,341 2.24% 0.61%
70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 88,094 10.7 75,512 54.20% €113,288 €29,812 0.73% 0.10%
86 Human health activities 72,718 7.6 150,231 62.12% €144,802 €63,080 0.17% 0.04%
96 Personal service activities 70,749 10.9 88,429 28.30% €22,623 €3,566 0.81% 0.62%
46 Wholesale trade 61,506 4.7 236,017 42.29% €208,685 €17,288 2.17% 0.35%
56 Food and beverage service activities 59,863 9.4 58,050 29.32% €36,705 €5,963 6.06% 1.64%
68 Real estate activities 55,029 5.5 27,946 31.48% €168,301 €8,503 1.09% 0.22%
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 48,652 10.7 77,811 55.70% €79,926 €28,218 0.80% 0.09%
01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 47,257 4.2 16,650 36.64% €198,058 €16,025 0.32% 0.14%
69 Legal and accounting activities 42,700 8.2 27,338 53.55% €112,689 €43,879 0.32% 0.04%
82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 40,616 11.3 40,787 47.18% €80,879 €18,023 1.09% 0.18%
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 39,516 7.6 53,875 50.97% €84,024 €18,896 0.64% 0.12%
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities 36,780 13.8 71,570 40.23% €67,246 €12,292 2.03% 0.90%
85 Education 35,389 11.6 29,782 46.57% €66,706 €9,002 0.24% 0.04%
41 Construction of residential and non-residential buildings 31,717 9.8 39,885 40.20% €70,198 €11,273 4.16% 1.40%
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities 31,154 11.1 6,615 46.42% €51,926 €10,156 0.56% 0.20%
90 Arts creation and performing arts activities 29,089 9.9 10,858 46.75% €63,741 €7,943 0.45% 0.05%
73 Advertising, market research and public relations activities 26,138 7.9 29,495 49.72% €76,830 €15,888 1.01% 0.23%
64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding 26,069 3.2 35,466 52.69% €329,875 €42,590 0.80% 0.16%
45 Wholesale/retail of motor vehicles 24,495 - 55,977 36.04% €135,681 €14,492 2.70% 0.54%
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines 23,143 12.0 122,653 37.40% €69,363 €10,062 4.48% 1.64%
93 Sports, amusement and recreation activities 22,603 7.2 16,681 29.00% €59,953 €5,659 0.80% 0.06%
95 Repair and maintenance of computers, personal and household goods, and motor vehicles and motorcycles 20,309 11.2 18,053 39.02% €100,001 €13,859 1.68% 0.59%
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 10,817 5.4 57,809 44.92% €225,101 €22,764 2.27% 0.44%
94 Activities of membership organisations 9,759 2.6 24,454 63.68% €581,431 €9,836 0.13% 0.03%
10 Manufacture of food products 9,609 8.5 76,652 33.48% €129,256 €18,275 2.67% 0.95%
66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities 9,245 4.8 19,572 44.72% €190,563 €46,592 0.36% 0.16%
55 Accommodation 8,530 7.9 19,415 24.62% €116,425 €3,694 1.21% 0.53%
77 Rental and leasing activities 8,426 8.0 15,473 33.59% €137,241 €10,253 1.22% 0.48%
59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities 7,977 11.4 4,582 43.00% €53,485 €6,131 0.84% 0.29%
63 Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities 7,856 9.7 15,255 51.38% €80,813 €20,140 0.97% 0.18%
33 Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment 7,264 9.5 16,814 42.29% €102,857 €22,564 2.02% 0.69%
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation 6,286 9.7 80,270 39.34% €232,074 €25,643 2.72% 0.75%
75 Veterinary activities 6,096 9.5 1,471 50.62% €96,889 €33,754 0.05% 0.05%
42 Civil engineering 5,861 7.8 43,036 42.52% €128,415 €21,759 3.48% 0.67%
88 Social work activities without accommodation 5,539 6.2 125,503 49.92% €265,675 €16,107 0.22% 0.03%
32 Other manufacturing 5,406 12.9 9,639 43.09% €114,710 €13,957 0.68% 0.31%
53 Postal and courier activities 5,367 25.7 29,868 31.59% €39,933 €7,369 4.84% 2.72%
97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel 4,965 12.0 8,497 23.23% €197,206 €28,892 0.06% 0.26%
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 4,938 4.4 9,167 46.85% €93,988 €8,345 1.24% 0.33%
58 Publishing activities 3,787 12.2 9,646 45.60% €77,060 €8,008 0.95% 0.11%
79 Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities 3,746 8.5 5,574 33.04% €127,638 €14,063 0.80% 0.20%
16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 3,350 6.0 11,471 43.18% €164,759 €14,319 1.37% 0.45%
78 Employment activities 3,227 7.4 189,752 38.56% €92,163 €18,879 1.95% 0.31%
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 2,980 8.6 25,852 46.99% €366,458 €19,792 1.34% 0.16%
31 Manufacture of furniture 2,946 4.7 8,365 39.76% €129,771 €9,653 1.49% 0.55%
02 Forestry and logging 2,392 4.8 1,061 46.24% €201,926 €13,244 0.79% 0.12%
13 Manufacture of textiles 2,361 8.3 14,634 47.51% €324,268 €16,959 1.06% 0.16%
72 Scientific research and development 2,304 7.9 26,631 54.56% €259,506 €16,903 1.09% 0.12%
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified 2,287 3.5 36,876 44.53% €463,512 €34,715 2.19% 0.28%
84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 2,284 0.5 10,806 53.74% €1.1m €34,507 0.13% 0.03%
87 Residential care activities 2,024 1.3 122,306 47.49% €1.2m €38,732 0.44% 0.03%
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 2,022 8.5 2,973 37.54% €69,975 €5,029 0.54% 0.27%
61 Telecommunications 1,982 16.4 17,699 41.38% €80,053 €9,548 2.88% 0.70%
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1,772 10.2 22,260 32.59% €448,873 €22,615 1.07% 0.22%
38 Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities 1,626 7.7 20,522 38.73% €622,238 €34,116 2.64% 0.40%
60 Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities 1,436 16.7 4,778 47.57% €74,732 €4,408 0.49% 0.08%
11 Manufacture of beverages 1,381 5.9 10,973 21.91% €35,739 -€1,278 2.03% 0.59%
22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 1,323 11.6 21,357 48.06% €751,307 €36,929 2.42% 0.29%
20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 1,260 5.6 44,750 47.36% €1.1m €53,950 2.14% 0.25%
50 Water transport 1,243 6.6 1,503 42.68% €347,039 €21,230 0.97% 0.20%
80 Investigation and security activities 1,130 7.9 18,194 40.06% €85,231 €13,682 2.57% 0.29%
27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1,060 4.2 15,162 43.04% €238,576 €17,232 3.30% 0.41%
26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 992 5.1 15,759 49.45% €236,997 €16,946 1.31% 0.15%
91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities 961 3.7 4,770 53.33% €479,178 €11,428 0.52% 0.03%
29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 739 5.3 23,007 42.04% €390,893 €29,696 1.76% 0.25%
24 Manufacture of basic metals 597 4.4 25,047 43.80% €487,439 €23,098 1.68% 0.50%
51 Air transport 518 6.9 5,225 36.39% €66,131 €5,954 0.97% 0.39%
92 Gambling and betting activities 494 5.3 2,264 61.93% €250,119 €16,669 3.24% 0.44%
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 440 1.4 920 46.94% €188,113 €46,466 0.23% -
17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 413 3.6 10,809 48.77% €1.1m €60,532 2.18% 0.29%
21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 377 2.9 34,794 44.61% €444,407 €22,729 3.18% 0.32%
30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 372 7.8 6,601 35.50% €169,688 €4,049 2.69% 0.56%
37 Sewerage 360 6.7 3,710 42.27% €324,063 €35,103 1.11% 0.21%
99 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 343 0.3 17 - - - 0.00% -
15 Manufacture of leather and related products 334 15.3 1,044 42.21% €93,676 €1,945 1.20% 0.50%
39 Remediation activities and other waste management service activities 250 7.2 1,408 35.87% €156,925 €22,502 2.80% 0.74%
08 Other mining and quarrying 229 2.6 3,132 51.00% €975,290 €31,710 1.31% 0.17%
03 Fishing and aquaculture 222 4.5 438 39.26% €346,825 €841 4.05% 0.53%
36 Water collection, treatment and supply 133 3.8 6,277 52.58% €438,151 €42,144 0.75% 0.26%
09 Mining support service activities 53 3.8 102 - - - 0.00% 0.10%
19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 34 2.9 4,982 - - - 0.00% -
12 Manufacture of tobacco products 27 0.0 1,275 - - - 0.00% -
07 Mining of metal ores 5 0.0 14 - - - 0.00% -
98 Undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of private households for own use 5 20.0 - - - - 0.00% -
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas 4 25.0 1 - - - 0.00% -
05 Mining of coal and lignite 2 0.0 10 - - - 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.

Starters are the companies still registered today that started in the twelve complete months before the count, the same twelve months as on every market page (see How we count, below). Bankruptcies over twelve months are current registrations with a bankruptcy opening published in those months. Where a division has no figure, none is shown.

How we count

Every Checked market page counts the same twelve months, October 2025 to September 2026, from the same nightly count of 31 October 2026. The same question gets the same answer everywhere.

Incorporations in 12 months
153,471
Enterprises with a KBO start date in those twelve months, sole traders included, even if they have stopped since.
Bankruptcies in 12 months
12,264
Declared bankruptcies the Belgian Official Gazette published in those twelve months, including those of natural persons without an enterprise number.
Active companies
1,973,855
Enterprises active in the KBO on 31 October 2026, sole traders included.

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A sector counts the companies still registered today, in the NACE classification in which the division exists; those that stopped since no longer count in the sector table.

Starters in the sector table
Incorporations153,471
stopped or struck off since-6,352
Still active147,119

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