Groothandel

NACE 46

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

63,663 enterprises with this primary NACE (establishment units not counted)

Enterprises63,663

Bankruptcies (5y)1,233

Failure rate1.94%

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).

Key figures for NACE division 46

fiscal year 2025 · median over 1376 filed annual accounts

Median solvency

37.3%

Median equity

€81k

Median net result

€17k

Annual accounts in sample

1,376

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

Regional split

by region · 51,474 of 63,663 enterprises with a registered office on file

Vlaanderen 32,686 · 63.5%

Wallonië 12,247 · 23.8%

Brussel 5,157 · 10.0%

Unknown 1,384 · 2.7%

Recent bankruptcies in this sector

Date	Company
04-08-2026	ATON SOLAR BE 0731.601.912
03-08-2026	CHIHAB BE 0542.611.367
31-07-2026	ANSTROC BE 0464.203.396
30-07-2026	UNI-BAT BE 0666.737.121
30-07-2026	Discount Depot BE 1023.295.758
29-07-2026	CLOUDWISE BELGIUM BE 0757.565.149
29-07-2026	LA FROMAGERIE BE 0737.687.176
28-07-2026	Brandhout Debruyne BE 0874.053.439

Geographic distribution

by province · based on the establishment address

West Flanders WVL 6,452

East Flanders OVL 6,551

Antwerp ANT 10,526

Flemish Brabant VLB 5,311

Limburg LIM 3,846

Brussels BRU 5,157

Hainaut HAI 3,720

Walloon Brabant WBR 2,070

Namur NAM 2,002

Liège LIE 3,692

Luxembourg LUX 763

fewer moremax 10,526