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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

View name:Number of active enterprises subject to VAT according to economic activity and administrative geography, most recent year

Last changed date: 16/10/2025 11:24 GMT +0200

			Number of ent. subject to vat
		Year	2024
		All localities	All localities					All localities
		Region Expand all Collapse all	Flanders region	Brussels-Capital region	Walloon region	Foreigner	Unknown
All economic activities	Section Expand all Collapse all	Region Expand all Collapse all	Flanders region	Brussels-Capital region	Walloon region	Foreigner	Unknown
All economic activities	A Agriculture, forestry and fishing		29,927	275	18,687	244	1	49,134
	B Mining and quarrying		68	11	119	4	.	202
	C Manufacturing		37,183	3,213	15,635	572	.	56,603
	D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		986	159	315	53	.	1,513
	E Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		1,186	96	607	20	.	1,909
	F Construction		107,496	14,938	38,446	2,584	1	163,465
	G Wholesale and retail trade/ repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles		109,499	16,955	48,686	9,381	0	184,521
	H Transportation and storage		19,456	5,014	5,190	1,509	12	31,181
	I Accommodation and food service activities		39,064	7,260	17,796	414	0	64,534
	J Information and communication		41,210	10,408	13,412	295	.	65,325
	K Financial and insurance activities		6,343	1,277	2,461	173	.	10,254
	L Real estate activities		22,596	4,666	8,677	202	.	36,141
	M Professional, scientific and technical activities		150,350	32,995	53,023	872	.	237,240
	N Administrative and support service activities		48,902	7,412	19,799	758	.	76,871
	O Public administration and defence/ compulsory social security		456	157	330	.	.	943
	P Education		17,373	2,992	8,165	84	.	28,614
	Q Human health and social work activities		34,435	4,163	15,463	127	.	54,188
	R Arts, entertainment and recreation		30,556	4,528	11,293	139	1	46,517
	S Other service activities		49,926	6,118	21,680	324	1	78,049
	T Activities of households as employers/ undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use		165	31	33	3	.	232
	U Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies		1	17	3	9	.	30
	Unkown economic activity		217	40	70	26	.	353
All economic activities			747,395	122,725	299,890	17,793	16	1,187,819

Source: Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics - Statistics Belgium)

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