Number of registrations (first time or not), deregistrations, and still subject to VAT enterprises, by economic activity, location of the head office and legal form
| | Number of ent. subject to vat |
Year |
2023 |
All localities |
All localities |
All localities |
Region |
Flanders region |
Brussels-Capital region |
Walloon region |
Foreigner |
Unknown |
All economic activities |
Section |
All economic activities |
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
30,352 |
269 |
18,800 |
253 |
2 |
49,676 |
B Mining and quarrying |
65 |
10 |
125 |
5 |
. |
205 |
C Manufacturing |
37,206 |
3,225 |
15,568 |
610 |
. |
56,609 |
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |
953 |
163 |
307 |
38 |
. |
1,461 |
E Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
1,169 |
88 |
610 |
20 |
. |
1,887 |
F Construction |
106,055 |
13,701 |
38,367 |
2,786 |
1 |
160,910 |
G Wholesale and retail trade/ repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
110,821 |
16,965 |
49,516 |
9,779 |
1 |
187,082 |
H Transportation and storage |
18,790 |
4,645 |
5,151 |
1,588 |
12 |
30,186 |
I Accommodation and food service activities |
39,066 |
7,089 |
17,638 |
424 |
1 |
64,218 |
J Information and communication |
39,761 |
10,186 |
13,212 |
305 |
. |
63,464 |
K Financial and insurance activities |
6,180 |
1,261 |
2,411 |
172 |
. |
10,024 |
L Real estate activities |
22,066 |
4,596 |
8,414 |
222 |
1 |
35,299 |
M Professional, scientific and technical activities |
146,712 |
32,603 |
51,770 |
932 |
1 |
232,018 |
N Administrative and support service activities |
47,107 |
7,119 |
19,194 |
865 |
. |
74,285 |
O Public administration and defence/ compulsory social security |
459 |
145 |
330 |
. |
. |
934 |
P Education |
16,812 |
2,827 |
7,827 |
111 |
. |
27,577 |
Q Human health and social work activities |
32,689 |
3,872 |
14,355 |
134 |
. |
51,050 |
R Arts, entertainment and recreation |
29,503 |
4,368 |
11,024 |
149 |
3 |
45,047 |
S Other service activities |
49,166 |
5,875 |
21,185 |
344 |
3 |
76,573 |
T Activities of households as employers/ undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use |
147 |
31 |
30 |
4 |
. |
212 |
U Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies |
2 |
16 |
2 |
9 |
. |
29 |
Unkown economic activity |
204 |
30 |
61 |
21 |
. |
316 |
All economic activities |
735,285 |
119,084 |
295,897 |
18,771 |
25 |
1,169,062 |
Source: Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics - Statistics Belgium)