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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
1,964,325
across 88 NACE divisions
Starters, 12 months
146,978
7.5% of active companies
Employment
2,280,786
full-time equivalents at 82,540 employers, fiscal year 2024
Median solvency
46.3%
over 549,857 annual accounts, fiscal year 2024

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.

Historical share: Current registrations with a bankruptcy opening in the past five years. 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… 0.65% Legal and acco… 0.28% Architecture… 0.57% Other profess… 0.51% Advertising and… 0.90% Veterinary… Retail trade 2.1% Wholesale trade 1.9% Wholesale/retail of… 2.5% Specialised construction 2.7% Construction of buildings 3.7% Personal services 0.78% Repair… 1.6% Members… 0.15% Office administrative… 0.98% Building services and… 1.9% Human health 0.16% Food and beverage s… 5.5% Accommodation Fabricate… 2.0% Food pro… 2.3% Repa… 2.0% Othe… 0.55% Prin… 1.1% Computer program… 0.71% Real estate 0.95% Creative and perfo… 0.43% Sports and recre… 0.70% Crop and animal p… 0.28% Land transpo… 4.0% Ware… 2.6% Post… 4.8% Financial servic… 0.78% Auxi… 0.35% Education 0.22% Film,… 0.81% 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… 0.65% Legal a… 0.28% Architect… 0.57% Other… 0.51% Adverti… 0.90% Retail trade 2.1% Wholesale trade 1.9% Whol… 2.5% Specialised construction 2.7% Const… 3.7% Personal ser… 0.78% Office… 0.98% Building… 1.9% Human health 0.16% Food and beverag… 5.5% Computer pr… 0.71% Real estate 0.95% Creative a… 0.43% Sports an… 0.70% Crop and a… 0.28% Land t… 4.0% Financial… 0.78% Education 0.22%

Click a tile to open the sector · as of 26-09-2026 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 · 50,199 active
01 Crop and animal production 47,563 4.1% 16,466 35.5% 36.7% 1.0
02 Forestry 2,413 4.7% 1,147 44.1% 37.0% 3.7
03 Fishing and aquaculture 223 4.0% 489 42.7% 54.1% 9.0
B Mining and quarrying 5 divisions · 301 active
08 Other mining and quarrying 235 3.0% 3,290 50.5% 30.7% 0.0
09 Mining support services 55 3.6% 102 44.3%- 0.0
07 Mining of metal ores 5 0.00% 11-- 0.0
06 Extraction of oil and gas 4 25.0% 2-- 0.0
05 Mining of coal 2 0.00% 7-- 0.0
C Manufacturing 24 divisions · 63,557 active
25 Fabricated metal products 10,964 5.4% 58,685 45.0% 34.9% 7.4
10 Food products 9,702 8.4% 74,463 33.9% 38.0% 9.0
33 Repair and installation of machinery 7,329 9.5% 16,170 42.9% 39.0% 7.6
32 Other manufacturing 5,430 12.7% 9,434 42.0% 39.6% 2.8
18 Printing 5,030 4.4% 9,113 46.4% 37.5% 3.4
16 Wood and cork 3,367 5.9% 11,274 43.5% 36.8% 4.8
31 Furniture 3,011 4.5% 8,895 38.5% 36.7% 5.6
23 Non-metallic mineral products 2,976 8.4% 25,031 46.6% 34.0% 4.4
13 Textiles 2,383 8.2% 14,058 45.8% 31.6% 3.8
28 Machinery and equipment 2,318 3.5% 37,501 45.0% 32.3% 6.0
14 Clothing 2,053 8.3% 3,054 36.0% 35.3% 2.4
11 Beverages 1,394 5.9% 7,884 23.5% 42.7% 4.3
22 Rubber and plastics 1,315 11.6% 21,902 46.9% 33.8% 11
20 Chemicals 1,273 5.2% 44,074 45.9% 26.6% 4.7
27 Electrical equipment 1,073 4.5% 15,116 41.8% 36.6% 13
26 Computer and electronic products 1,010 5.0% 15,927 47.7% 34.5% 5.0
29 Motor vehicles 745 5.4% 22,823 41.0% 36.4% 12
24 Basic metals 612 4.4% 25,068 41.6% 29.3% 8.2
17 Paper 419 3.3% 11,002 44.4% 34.3% 9.5
30 Other transport equipment 379 7.7% 6,227 33.9% 29.7% 0.0
21 Pharmaceuticals 376 2.4% 27,644 42.6% 32.2% 13
15 Leather and related products 334 15.0% 1,057 41.4%- 6.0
19 Coke and refined petroleum 37 2.7% 5,015-- 0.0
12 Tobacco 27 0.00% 1,115-- 0.0
D Energy 1 division · 1,787 active
E Water and waste 4 divisions · 2,392 active
38 Waste collection and treatment 1,645 7.6% 18,458 40.0% 32.4% 9.7
37 Sewerage 361 6.1% 2,897 39.8% 37.8% 2.8
39 Remediation 252 6.3% 1,304 31.2% 35.6% 20
36 Water collection and supply 134 3.7% 4,264 46.3%- 0.0
F Construction 3 divisions · 168,392 active
43 Specialised construction 130,125 9.0% 118,920 44.8% 42.4% 9.8
41 Construction of buildings 32,312 9.4% 39,099 39.7% 46.3% 15
42 Civil engineering 5,955 7.5% 41,613 43.1% 40.4% 14
G Wholesale and retail trade 3 divisions · 204,952 active
47 Retail trade 117,130 9.0% 239,656 34.2% 46.5% 8.1
46 Wholesale trade 62,737 4.6% 231,787 41.2% 39.0% 7.1
45 Wholesale/retail of motor vehicles 25,085- 54,678 33.9%- 9.2
H Transport and storage 5 divisions · 37,111 active
49 Land transport 23,638 11.6% 123,285 37.2% 48.8% 18
52 Warehousing and transport support 6,356 9.2% 75,683 38.6% 35.6% 11
53 Postal and courier 5,328 25.8% 30,514 31.2% 55.5% 21
50 Water transport 1,264 6.5% 1,563 39.7% 40.9% 5.5
51 Air transport 525 6.9% 5,011 38.5% 34.3% 1.9
I Accommodation and food service 2 divisions · 69,343 active
56 Food and beverage service 60,723 9.0% 57,162 28.8% 52.4% 22
55 Accommodation 8,620 7.7% 19,189 23.9% 44.5% 4.3
J Publishing and media 3 divisions · 13,170 active
59 Film, video and music 7,986 11.0% 4,558 44.5% 40.8% 3.6
58 Publishing 3,755 11.9% 8,680 46.0% 36.6% 3.5
60 Programming and broadcasting 1,429 16.6% 4,590 46.9% 44.9% 4.2
K Telecoms and IT 3 divisions · 58,646 active
62 Computer programming and consultancy 48,626 10.5% 72,747 58.2% 33.1% 3.6
63 Computing infrastructure and information services 7,970 9.5% 13,514 53.3% 32.0% 4.1
61 Telecommunications 2,050 16.0% 9,791 41.1% 46.6% 9.3
L Finance and insurance 3 divisions · 36,230 active
64 Financial services 26,381 3.0% 33,033 54.4% 27.9% 3.0
66 Auxiliary financial services 9,399 4.6% 16,903 44.3% 38.4% 1.7
65 Insurance and pension funding 450 1.8% 877 42.0% 27.3% 2.2
M Real estate 1 division · 55,355 active
68 Real estate 55,355 5.2% 26,151 31.2% 36.0% 3.7
N Professional and technical services 7 divisions · 236,534 active
70 Head offices and management consultancy 88,166 10.4% 82,038 55.9% 31.7% 2.9
69 Legal and accounting 42,569 8.0% 25,889 55.3% 32.3% 1.0
71 Architecture and engineering 39,623 7.4% 51,433 51.2% 33.4% 2.3
74 Other professional activities 31,321 11.0% 6,705 46.6% 37.8% 2.2
73 Advertising and market research 26,445 7.8% 26,144 50.8% 35.8% 3.0
75 Veterinary activities 6,082 9.4% 1,171 51.7% 35.5% 0.0
72 Research and development 2,328 7.4% 24,974 55.1% 32.3% 4.3
O Administrative and support services 6 divisions · 94,834 active
82 Office administrative support 41,081 11.1% 41,009 47.5% 34.8% 4.3
81 Building services and landscaping 37,056 13.7% 67,381 40.1% 43.3% 7.4
77 Rental and leasing 8,545 7.7% 15,015 34.0% 38.3% 3.5
79 Travel agencies 3,731 8.2% 5,538 33.0% 35.2% 3.2
78 Employment activities 3,272 7.2% 197,366 42.0% 30.0% 8.3
80 Security and investigation 1,149 7.5% 15,396 42.8% 42.0% 14
P Public administration 1 division · 2,298 active
Q Education 1 division · 35,330 active
85 Education 35,330 11.4% 31,450 48.7% 32.0% 1.1
R Health and social work 3 divisions · 80,366 active
86 Human health 72,719 7.3% 107,687 66.2% 35.8% 0.6
88 Social work without accommodation 5,605 6.2% 121,137 49.0% 25.1% 2.5
87 Residential care 2,042 1.2% 114,707 45.9% 24.4% 2.4
S Arts, sports and recreation 4 divisions · 53,339 active
90 Creative and performing arts 29,134 9.6% 10,535 45.9% 38.2% 1.7
93 Sports and recreation 22,733 6.9% 16,076 28.6% 42.0% 2.7
91 Libraries, archives and museums 967 3.6% 4,727 51.9% 30.1% 1.0
92 Gambling and betting 505 5.0% 1,939 59.0% 45.5% 5.9
T Other services 3 divisions · 101,174 active
96 Personal services 70,839 10.8% 81,879 27.0% 48.0% 3.6
95 Repair of computers and personal goods 20,477 11.0% 18,162 37.7% 46.9% 6.7
94 Membership organisations 9,858 2.2% 24,438 61.9% 25.0% 1.0
U Households 2 divisions · 5,000 active
V Extraterritorial organisations 1 division · 354 active

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.

Table: every division, every figureSortable

Every NACE division compared

88 divisions, as of 26-09-2026 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 1,964,325 7.5 2,280,786 46.34% €101,284 €15,648 1.41% 0.45%
43 Specialised construction activities 130,125 9.0 118,920 44.79% €81,770 €12,701 2.68% 1.10%
47 Retail trade 117,130 9.0 239,656 34.22% €92,328 €10,651 2.06% 0.84%
70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities 88,166 10.4 82,038 55.91% €124,710 €29,026 0.65% 0.22%
86 Human health activities 72,719 7.3 107,687 66.19% €167,319 €62,454 0.16% 0.08%
96 Personal service activities 70,839 10.8 81,879 27.01% €21,325 €4,097 0.78% 0.72%
46 Wholesale trade 62,737 4.6 231,787 41.21% €194,784 €16,220 1.91% 0.56%
56 Food and beverage service activities 60,723 9.0 57,162 28.84% €35,201 €6,783 5.47% 2.32%
68 Real estate activities 55,355 5.2 26,151 31.18% €166,856 €6,778 0.95% 0.32%
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 48,626 10.5 72,747 58.24% €85,731 €27,560 0.71% 0.30%
01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities 47,563 4.1 16,466 35.48% €187,134 €15,123 0.28% 0.12%
69 Legal and accounting activities 42,569 8.0 25,889 55.28% €122,969 €40,861 0.28% 0.16%
82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 41,081 11.1 41,009 47.46% €85,903 €17,147 0.98% 0.34%
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis 39,623 7.4 51,433 51.20% €88,453 €17,956 0.57% 0.29%
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities 37,056 13.7 67,381 40.09% €67,294 €11,693 1.86% 1.12%
85 Education 35,330 11.4 31,450 48.74% €81,725 €9,006 0.22% 0.04%
41 Construction of residential and non-residential buildings 32,312 9.4 39,099 39.70% €67,897 €10,485 3.74% 1.39%
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities 31,321 11.0 6,705 46.64% €53,502 €10,240 0.51% 0.35%
90 Arts creation and performing arts activities 29,134 9.6 10,535 45.94% €66,292 €8,663 0.43% 0.04%
73 Advertising, market research and public relations activities 26,445 7.8 26,144 50.80% €81,548 €15,406 0.90% 0.57%
64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding 26,381 3.0 33,033 54.39% €333,484 €40,452 0.78% 0.19%
45 Wholesale/retail of motor vehicles 25,085 - 54,678 33.92% €113,950 €13,219 2.48% 0.65%
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines 23,638 11.6 123,285 37.19% €67,662 €9,959 4.02% 1.78%
93 Sports, amusement and recreation activities 22,733 6.9 16,076 28.63% €61,414 €6,140 0.70% 0.04%
95 Repair and maintenance of computers, personal and household goods, and motor vehicles and motorcycles 20,477 11.0 18,162 37.70% €93,563 €13,845 1.63% 0.53%
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 10,964 5.4 58,685 44.98% €225,261 €22,329 2.04% 0.67%
94 Activities of membership organisations 9,858 2.2 24,438 61.87% €582,783 €9,847 0.15% 0.00%
10 Manufacture of food products 9,702 8.4 74,463 33.89% €123,377 €21,101 2.30% 0.89%
66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities 9,399 4.6 16,903 44.34% €190,645 €44,485 0.35% 0.30%
55 Accommodation 8,620 7.7 19,189 23.86% €108,654 €4,383 1.06% 0.60%
77 Rental and leasing activities 8,545 7.7 15,015 34.04% €134,167 €10,737 1.11% 0.71%
59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities 7,986 11.0 4,558 44.48% €55,733 €6,740 0.81% 0.35%
63 Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities 7,970 9.5 13,514 53.26% €81,544 €19,118 0.85% 0.31%
33 Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment 7,329 9.5 16,170 42.93% €102,922 €20,949 1.95% 0.98%
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation 6,356 9.2 75,683 38.58% €223,078 €25,390 2.61% 0.83%
75 Veterinary activities 6,082 9.4 1,171 51.70% €103,787 €32,387 0.03% 0.07%
42 Civil engineering 5,955 7.5 41,613 43.13% €127,574 €23,383 3.01% 0.85%
88 Social work activities without accommodation 5,605 6.2 121,137 49.04% €259,144 €20,511 0.36% 0.02%
32 Other manufacturing 5,430 12.7 9,434 42.01% €112,187 €11,443 0.55% 0.40%
53 Postal and courier activities 5,328 25.8 30,514 31.18% €38,434 €7,850 4.84% 2.86%
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 5,030 4.4 9,113 46.36% €96,619 €9,194 1.07% 0.40%
97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel 4,996 11.9 7,557 31.12% €192,404 €48,682 0.08% 0.66%
58 Publishing activities 3,755 11.9 8,680 46.02% €83,983 €7,691 0.96% 0.35%
79 Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities 3,731 8.2 5,538 32.98% €123,533 €15,748 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 3,367 5.9 11,274 43.49% €151,777 €13,524 1.25% 0.52%
78 Employment activities 3,272 7.2 197,366 41.98% €97,932 €18,891 1.62% 0.60%
31 Manufacture of furniture 3,011 4.5 8,895 38.45% €127,589 €10,143 1.43% 0.68%
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 2,976 8.4 25,031 46.58% €337,172 €25,103 1.34% 0.35%
02 Forestry and logging 2,413 4.7 1,147 44.06% €209,218 €8,490 0.79% 0.22%
13 Manufacture of textiles 2,383 8.2 14,058 45.79% €300,676 €16,961 0.88% 0.17%
72 Scientific research and development 2,328 7.4 24,974 55.06% €266,884 €23,227 1.16% 0.34%
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified 2,318 3.5 37,501 45.04% €454,842 €35,556 1.77% 0.43%
84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 2,298 0.5 8,842 51.78% €855,227 €20,181 0.13% 0.01%
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 2,053 8.3 3,054 36.03% €84,117 €4,618 0.54% 0.46%
61 Telecommunications 2,050 16.0 9,791 41.09% €73,542 €10,559 2.54% 1.60%
87 Residential care activities 2,042 1.2 114,707 45.94% €1.1m €46,490 0.34% 0.01%
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1,787 10.0 19,311 34.05% €453,307 €15,758 0.78% 0.31%
38 Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities 1,645 7.6 18,458 39.97% €570,765 €44,064 2.19% 0.51%
60 Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities 1,429 16.6 4,590 46.92% €64,920 €4,786 0.70% 0.29%
11 Manufacture of beverages 1,394 5.9 7,884 23.51% €38,407 -€1,538 2.01% 0.64%
22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 1,315 11.6 21,902 46.91% €730,061 €39,959 2.13% 0.52%
20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 1,273 5.2 44,074 45.87% €971,188 €47,952 1.89% 0.26%
50 Water transport 1,264 6.5 1,563 39.73% €317,928 €27,383 0.79% 0.29%
80 Investigation and security activities 1,149 7.5 15,396 42.78% €85,692 €14,532 2.44% 0.54%
27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 1,073 4.5 15,116 41.84% €225,595 €16,541 3.08% 0.90%
26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 1,010 5.0 15,927 47.74% €244,632 €20,380 1.29% 0.15%
91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities 967 3.6 4,727 51.90% €418,794 €10,358 0.41% 0.01%
29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 745 5.4 22,823 40.99% €392,537 €33,640 1.88% 0.41%
24 Manufacture of basic metals 612 4.4 25,068 41.56% €469,180 €20,878 1.47% 0.50%
51 Air transport 525 6.9 5,011 38.49% €75,999 €10,905 1.14% 0.67%
92 Gambling and betting activities 505 5.0 1,939 59.01% €225,903 €19,852 3.37% 0.85%
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 450 1.8 877 42.02% €166,190 €43,685 0.22% -
17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 419 3.3 11,002 44.38% €1.0m €59,860 1.91% 0.46%
30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 379 7.7 6,227 33.89% €136,884 €9,278 2.64% 0.83%
21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 376 2.4 27,644 42.64% €420,351 €24,018 2.93% 0.58%
37 Sewerage 361 6.1 2,897 39.81% €297,383 €32,124 1.11% 0.34%
99 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies 354 0.3 24 - - - 0.00% -
15 Manufacture of leather and related products 334 15.0 1,057 41.42% €65,891 €1,745 1.20% 0.68%
39 Remediation activities and other waste management service activities 252 6.3 1,304 31.18% €152,250 €18,351 2.78% 0.94%
08 Other mining and quarrying 235 3.0 3,290 50.49% €901,051 €28,830 1.28% 0.35%
03 Fishing and aquaculture 223 4.0 489 42.67% €444,925 €13,530 3.59% 0.61%
36 Water collection, treatment and supply 134 3.7 4,264 46.25% €210,692 €12,542 0.00% 0.37%
09 Mining support service activities 55 3.6 102 44.30% €741,015 €36,132 0.00% 0.26%
19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 37 2.7 5,015 - - - 0.00% -
12 Manufacture of tobacco products 27 0.0 1,115 - - - 0.00% -
07 Mining of metal ores 5 0.0 11 - - - 0.00% -
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas 4 25.0 2 - - - 0.00% -
98 Undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of private households for own use 4 25.0 39 - - - 0.00% -
05 Mining of coal and lignite 2 0.0 7 - - - 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.