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NACE 17

Active companies, 5-year failure rate, regional split and recent bankruptcies for this NACE sector.

4,912 active companies with this primary NACE

Active companies4,912

Bankruptcies (5y)19

Failure rate0.39%

Regions covered4

Provinces covered11

Bankruptcies and the failure rate are attributed by each company's current primary NACE, not the NACE at the time of bankruptcy (which the gazette does not record).

Sector key figures

fiscal year 2023 · median over 32 filed annual accounts (NACE division 17)

Median solvency

33.5%

Median equity

€237k

Median net result

€22k

Annual accounts in sample

Source: NBB annual accounts, all schema types combined. Medians computed internally.

Regional split

by region

Vlaanderen 667 · 76.1%

Wallonië 149 · 17.0%

Brussel 53 · 6.0%

Unknown 8 · 0.9%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
24-04-2026	VERLIMAS BE 0877.901.468
07-04-2026	MEZ CRAFTS BELGIUM BE 0400.296.531
07-04-2026	TEB BE 0552.764.396
16-02-2026	Museumpak BE 0793.322.913
23-01-2026	AVS GROUP BE 0880.392.487
27-10-2025	DESCAR BE 0405.332.613
27-10-2025	ALLBOX BE 0417.348.339
19-03-2025	Devos-Caby BE 0451.862.919

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 283

East Flanders OVL 189

Antwerp ANT 99

Flemish Brabant VLB 55

Limburg LIM 41

Brussels BRU 53

Hainaut HAI 62

Walloon Brabant WBR 23

Namur NAM 10

Liège LIE 49

Luxembourg LUX 5

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