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Employer business demography (from 2021) : active enterprises, births, deaths per year in Belgium, economic activity (NACE-BEL), legal form, size class of the number of employees

View name:Number of active enterprises, enterprise births and deaths, number of employees and persons employed by legal form - latest available year

Last changed date: 10/12/2025 14:34 GMT +0100

		Year	2021			2022			2023
		Legal Form	Limited liability company	Partnership and other legal forms	Sole proprietor	Limited liability company	Partnership and other legal forms	Sole proprietor	Limited liability company	Partnership and other legal forms	Sole proprietor
	Aggregate level 1 Expand all Collapse all	Legal Form	Limited liability company	Partnership and other legal forms	Sole proprietor	Limited liability company	Partnership and other legal forms	Sole proprietor	Limited liability company	Partnership and other legal forms	Sole proprietor
Nb. of active enterprises in t	B: Mining and quarrying		75	0	0	76	0	1	75	0	1
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		110	6	9	96	13	2	101	15	1
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		647	24	1	632	38	33	637	36	33
	F: Construction		25.590	842	2.522	24.703	928	3.710	26.426	939	3.561
	C: Manufacturing		12.692	249	1.270	12.336	402	1.602	12.889	399	1.471
	GTSXO_S94 : Service activities (except : public administration and defense, compulsory social security / activities of membership organisations / activities of households as employers / activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies)		133.275	9.252	19.493	125.337	13.632	19.066	128.475	13.477	17.981
Nb. of employees in the active enterprises in t	B: Mining and quarrying		.	.	.	.	0	.	.	0	.
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		20.930	.	.	.	176	.	.	186	.
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		.	3.122	.	22.037	3.287	64	23.796	3.365	65
	F: Construction		210.050	2.522	3.828	212.552	2.724	5.752	219.744	2.662	5.210
	C: Manufacturing		465.800	4.816	3.388	472.534	4.729	4.195	477.486	4.984	3.679
	GTSXO_S94 : Service activities (except : public administration and defense, compulsory social security / activities of membership organisations / activities of households as employers / activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies)		2.032.111	207.487	36.650	2.138.027	172.348	39.284	2.168.782	168.175	36.132
Nb. of persons employed in the active enterprises in t	B: Mining and quarrying		.	0	.	.	0	.	.	0	.
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		21.074	134	13	.	258	.	.	258	.
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		.	3.173	.	22.037	3.399	113	.	3.469	.
	F: Construction		211.737	4.184	6.225	212.552	4.763	9.827	219.744	4.789	9.244
	C: Manufacturing		467.250	5.299	4.604	472.538	5.944	6.175	477.491	6.429	5.917
	GTSXO_S94 : Service activities (except : public administration and defense, compulsory social security / activities of membership organisations / activities of households as employers / activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies)		2.042.712	224.578	55.028	2.138.027	191.275	55.560	2.168.782	189.198	54.409
Number of births of enterprises in t	B: Mining and quarrying		3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		3	4	0	8	0	0	1	2	1
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		10	3	0	11	1	1	13	1	2
	F: Construction		1.023	69	136	870	67	101	815	44	89
	C: Manufacturing		318	37	41	238	32	35	262	38	25
	GTSXO_S94 : Service activities (except : public administration and defense, compulsory social security / activities of membership organisations / activities of households as employers / activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies)		4.862	1.150	915	4.469	1.031	948	4.557	903	865
Nb of employees in the population of births in t	B: Mining and quarrying		.	0	0	.	0	0	0	0	0
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		.	.	0	.	0	0	.	.	.
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
	F: Construction		1.793	198	151	1.732	149	.	1.755	83	91
	C: Manufacturing		1.633	50	68	1.710	.	.	.	.	30
	GTSXO_S94 : Service activities (except : public administration and defense, compulsory social security / activities of membership organisations / activities of households as employers / activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies)		14.964	1.887	1.249	13.498	1.910	1.175	21.764	1.579	1.169
Nb. of persons employed in the population of births in t	B: Mining and quarrying		.	0	0	.	0	0	0	0	0
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		.	.	0	.	0	0	.	.	.
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
	F: Construction		1.793	336	287	1.732	283	.	1.756	171	180
	C: Manufacturing		1.634	124	109	1.710	.	.	.	.	55
	GTSXO_S94 : Service activities (except : public administration and defense, compulsory social security / activities of membership organisations / activities of households as employers / activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies)		14.967	4.193	2.190	13.500	3.972	2.123	21.764	3.377	2.032
Number of deaths of enterprises in t	B: Mining and quarrying		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		4	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	F: Construction		123	16	136	116	16	126	160	21	136
	C: Manufacturing		60	8	51	45	14	60	107	14	54
	GTSXO_S94 : Service activities (except : public administration and defense, compulsory social security / activities of membership organisations / activities of households as employers / activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies)		903	321	778	672	362	828	1.218	393	851
Nb. of employees in the population of deaths in t	B: Mining and quarrying		.	0	.	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		.	0	0	0	.	.	.	0	0
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		.	.	0	0	0	0	.	0	0
	F: Construction		749	53	147	205	21	137	1.313	34	137
	C: Manufacturing		.	.	.	159	.	.	2.143	20	109
	GTSXO_S94 : Service activities (except : public administration and defense, compulsory social security / activities of membership organisations / activities of households as employers / activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies)		5.400	945	1.242	1.842	622	1.112	12.275	605	1.250
Nb. of persons employed in the population of deaths in t	B: Mining and quarrying		.	0	.	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		.	0	0	0	.	.	.	0	0
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		.	.	0	0	0	0	.	0	0
	F: Construction		749	85	283	205	53	263	1.313	76	273
	C: Manufacturing		.	.	.	160	.	.	2.144	48	163
	GTSXO_S94 : Service activities (except : public administration and defense, compulsory social security / activities of membership organisations / activities of households as employers / activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies)		5.402	1.587	2.020	1.843	1.346	1.940	12.278	1.391	2.099

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

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