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NACE 2025 · Belgian sectors

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Active companies

1,976,253

1,276,472 with a main activity in 88 NACE divisions, 699,781 without a published activity

Incorporations, 12 months

153,290

of which 148,068 still active

Employment

2,549,675

full-time equivalents at 88,551 employers, latest accounts

Median solvency

46.1%

over 564,048 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 11-11-2026 05:30. Search by name or code, sort by a column.

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

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

01 Crop and animal production 47,259 4.0% 14,721 36.6% €197,788 €15,936 36.9% 1.0 0.14%

02 Forestry 2,393 4.8% 865 46.2% €201,926 €13,244 36.8% 3.8 0.12%

03 Fishing and aquaculture 222 4.1% 475 39.3% €334,154 €131 55.0% 4.5 0.50%

B Mining and quarrying 5 divisions · 293 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet 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 0.11%

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

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

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

C Manufacturing 24 divisions · 62,913 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

10 Food products 9,627 8.3% 71,085 33.3% €128,599 €18,012 38.2% 10.3 0.94%

20 Chemicals 1,262 5.5% 43,988 47.3% €1.1m €51,480 26.5% 6.3 0.25%

25 Fabricated metal products 10,815 5.0% 41,730 44.8% €223,444 €22,525 34.9% 7.1 0.44%

28 Machinery and equipment 2,290 3.3% 31,234 44.4% €464,801 €34,717 32.2% 8.7 0.28%

21 Pharmaceuticals 375 2.9% 30,793 44.2% €450,490 €23,782 32.2% 5.3 0.32%

29 Motor vehicles 742 5.4% 23,078 42.2% €386,446 €28,363 35.9% 8.1 0.25%

24 Basic metals 597 3.9% 22,016 44.0% €489,104 €23,119 29.5% 6.7 0.50%

23 Non-metallic mineral products 2,977 8.7% 21,861 46.9% €366,114 €19,571 34.2% 3.7 0.16%

22 Rubber and plastics 1,324 12.3% 18,913 47.7% €751,448 €35,917 34.2% 10.6 0.29%

26 Computer and electronic products 995 4.5% 12,621 49.5% €239,831 €17,441 34.4% 5.0 0.15%

27 Electrical equipment 1,060 4.2% 12,038 42.9% €238,659 €17,226 37.0% 11.3 0.41%

13 Textiles 2,360 7.6% 11,559 47.5% €327,117 €17,250 31.8% 4.2 0.17%

33 Repair and installation of machinery 7,276 9.1% 9,967 42.3% €102,251 €22,497 39.1% 7.1 0.69%

16 Wood and cork 3,349 5.7% 9,893 43.0% €163,847 €14,170 37.4% 3.9 0.45%

17 Paper 413 2.9% 9,529 48.8% €1.1m €60,532 34.8% 4.8 0.28%

11 Beverages 1,376 5.7% 8,697 21.9% €35,739 -€1,278 43.1% 5.1 0.57%

18 Printing 4,938 4.1% 8,140 46.4% €93,308 €8,307 38.0% 4.1 0.32%

32 Other manufacturing 5,407 12.6% 7,065 43.0% €113,906 €13,521 39.4% 3.3 0.31%

31 Furniture 2,941 4.6% 6,747 39.7% €129,354 €9,556 36.9% 5.8 0.54%

30 Other transport equipment 373 6.7% 6,270 35.3% €158,739 €2,981 30.1% 0.0 0.58%

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

14 Clothing 2,020 8.3% 2,495 37.0% €69,799 €4,996 35.4% 2.5 0.27%

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

15 Leather and related products 335 14.9% 278 42.2% €85,465 €1,862- 6.0 0.44%

D Energy 1 division · 1,767 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

35 Electricity, gas and steam 1,767 9.5% 21,304 32.5% €447,197 €22,514 26.7% 3.4 0.22%

E Water and waste 4 divisions · 2,372 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

38 Waste collection and treatment 1,627 7.5% 16,588 38.8% €621,984 €33,112 32.3% 9.2 0.40%

36 Water collection and supply 134 3.0% 7,587 52.6% €438,151 €42,144- 7.5 0.26%

37 Sewerage 360 6.4% 3,158 42.3% €316,120 €35,103 38.3% 2.8 0.22%

39 Remediation 251 6.8% 1,308 35.9% €156,925 €27,308 34.2% 19.9 0.74%

F Construction 3 divisions · 166,640 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

43 Specialised construction 129,047 8.9% 101,515 45.2% €82,095 €13,159 42.6% 10.3 0.69%

41 Construction of buildings 31,728 9.1% 34,004 40.1% €69,953 €11,256 46.4% 15.3 1.40%

42 Civil engineering 5,865 7.5% 33,791 42.5% €128,358 €21,759 40.6% 14.7 0.67%

G Wholesale and retail trade 3 divisions · 201,410 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

47 Retail trade 115,449 9.0% 222,367 35.1% €98,312 €11,241 46.7% 8.3 0.61%

46 Wholesale trade 61,487 4.6% 202,585 42.2% €206,897 €17,193 39.2% 7.5 0.34%

45 Wholesale/retail of motor vehicles 24,474- 55,986 36.0% €134,385 €14,325- 9.7 0.54%

H Transport and storage 5 divisions · 36,589 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

49 Land transport 23,149 11.7% 92,759 37.2% €68,028 €10,048 49.0% 18.7 1.63%

52 Warehousing and transport support 6,288 9.3% 70,806 39.3% €229,450 €25,885 35.8% 9.5 0.75%

53 Postal and courier 5,390 28.1% 28,686 31.5% €39,654 €7,396 56.1% 18.9 2.68%

51 Air transport 516 7.6% 5,536 36.4% €68,016 €5,958 34.8% 0.0 0.38%

50 Water transport 1,246 6.3% 1,360 42.7% €351,427 €21,145 40.8% 6.4 0.20%

I Accommodation and food service 2 divisions · 68,423 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

56 Food and beverage service 59,887 9.1% 59,268 29.2% €36,488 €5,941 52.7% 23.2 1.63%

55 Accommodation 8,536 7.6% 18,381 24.6% €116,619 €3,638 44.9% 4.7 0.53%

J Publishing and media 3 divisions · 13,216 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

58 Publishing 3,791 13.3% 8,698 45.6% €77,450 €8,032 36.8% 3.4 0.11%

60 Programming and broadcasting 1,439 17.3% 4,376 48.1% €77,971 €4,585 44.4% 2.8 0.07%

59 Film, video and music 7,986 11.4% 3,956 43.0% €53,962 €6,131 41.1% 3.4 0.28%

K Telecoms and IT 3 divisions · 58,534 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

62 Computer programming and consultancy 48,699 10.8% 60,646 55.7% €79,758 €28,090 33.3% 3.9 0.09%

61 Telecommunications 1,984 16.1% 19,144 41.2% €80,087 €9,622 46.9% 11.6 0.69%

63 Computing infrastructure and information services 7,851 9.6% 10,790 51.3% €80,814 €20,005 32.1% 4.1 0.18%

L Finance and insurance 3 divisions · 35,761 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

64 Financial services 26,067 3.0% 30,646 52.6% €329,062 €42,423 28.2% 2.8 0.16%

66 Auxiliary financial services 9,254 4.7% 15,473 44.7% €190,629 €46,616 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 · 55,048 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

68 Real estate 55,048 5.2% 26,052 31.4% €167,533 €8,431 36.1% 3.7 0.22%

N Professional and technical services 7 divisions · 236,149 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

70 Head offices and management consultancy 88,167 10.3% 53,967 54.2% €113,217 €29,699 31.9% 3.0 0.10%

71 Architecture and engineering 39,535 7.2% 39,239 51.0% €83,891 €18,839 33.6% 2.4 0.12%

69 Legal and accounting 42,723 8.0% 27,616 53.5% €112,789 €43,752 32.5% 1.0 0.04%

73 Advertising and market research 26,148 7.8% 25,544 49.6% €76,402 €15,745 35.9% 3.3 0.23%

72 Research and development 2,308 7.6% 24,245 54.4% €258,987 €16,994 32.4% 3.9 0.12%

74 Other professional activities 31,170 10.8% 4,006 46.4% €51,726 €10,064 38.1% 2.3 0.20%

75 Veterinary activities 6,098 9.4% 1,284 50.5% €96,448 €33,752 35.5% 0.2 0.05%

O Administrative and support services 6 divisions · 93,982 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

78 Employment activities 3,220 7.3% 176,839 38.4% €91,219 €18,862 30.1% 9.0 0.31%

81 Building services and landscaping 36,813 13.5% 70,951 40.2% €67,216 €12,279 43.5% 7.5 0.89%

82 Office administrative support 40,645 10.8% 34,404 47.1% €80,806 €17,959 35.0% 4.6 0.18%

80 Security and investigation 1,126 7.5% 18,944 40.0% €85,544 €13,753 42.0% 10.7 0.29%

77 Rental and leasing 8,431 7.8% 13,483 33.6% €136,592 €10,261 38.8% 4.4 0.47%

79 Travel agencies 3,747 8.9% 5,514 33.1% €128,123 €14,063 35.1% 3.2 0.20%

P Public administration 1 division · 2,285 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

84 Public administration and defence 2,285 0.4% 9,441 53.7% €1.1m €34,507 19.8% 0.9 0.03%

Q Education 1 division · 35,443 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

85 Education 35,443 11.3% 27,952 46.5% €66,785 €8,935 32.0% 1.2 0.04%

R Health and social work 3 divisions · 80,361 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

86 Human health 72,798 7.2% 138,608 62.1% €144,888 €63,079 35.9% 0.5 0.04%

87 Residential care 2,026 1.2% 117,591 47.5% €1.2m €38,432 24.9% 3.5 0.03%

88 Social work without accommodation 5,537 5.9% 111,839 50.0% €263,843 €16,224 25.4% 0.7 0.03%

S Arts, sports and recreation 4 divisions · 53,206 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

93 Sports and recreation 22,629 6.8% 15,817 29.0% €60,002 €5,659 42.4% 2.8 0.06%

90 Creative and performing arts 29,116 9.6% 7,592 46.4% €63,341 €7,928 38.2% 1.8 0.05%

91 Libraries, archives and museums 963 3.8% 3,210 53.5% €479,301 €11,254 29.1% 1.0 0.03%

92 Gambling and betting 498 5.6% 2,316 62.3% €241,259 €15,088 46.8% 4.0 0.44%

T Other services 3 divisions · 100,926 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

96 Personal services 70,824 10.7% 33,164 28.2% €22,399 €3,547 48.2% 3.5 0.62%

94 Membership organisations 9,773 2.2% 17,289 63.6% €579,256 €9,679 25.3% 0.7 0.03%

95 Repair of computers and personal goods 20,329 11.0% 14,232 39.0% €98,774 €13,656 47.0% 6.2 0.58%

U Households 2 divisions · 4,979 active

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet resultLateBankruptcies per 1,000Bankruptcy probability

97 Households as employers 4,974 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

DivisionActiveStarters 12 monthsFTE ↓SolvencyEquityNet 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 11-11-2026 05:30.

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 11 November 2026. The same definitions apply on every Checked market page.

Incorporations in 12 months: 153,290; 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: 1,976,253; Enterprises active in the KBO on 11 November 2026, sole traders included.

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Incorporations	153,290
stopped or struck off since	-5,222
Still active	148,068