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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 size class - latest available year*

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

		Year	2021			2022			2023
		Size class number of employees	1-4 employees	5-9 employees	10 or more employees	1-4 employees	5-9 employees	10 or more employees	1-4 employees	5-9 employees	10 or more employees
	Aggregate level 1 Expand all Collapse all	Size class number of employees	1-4 employees	5-9 employees	10 or more employees	1-4 employees	5-9 employees	10 or more employees	1-4 employees	5-9 employees	10 or more employees
Nb. of active enterprises in t	B: Mining and quarrying		22	20	33	17	25	35	21	21	34
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		58	9	58	45	10	56	48	18	51
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		300	113	259	293	123	287	306	109	290
	F: Construction		20.758	4.171	4.025	20.876	4.305	4.160	22.466	4.459	4.001
	C: Manufacturing		6.750	2.574	4.887	6.566	2.845	4.929	7.093	2.772	4.896
	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)		113.515	23.859	24.646	107.785	24.597	25.653	109.278	24.787	25.867
Nb. of employees in the active enterprises in t	B: Mining and quarrying		47	155	2.006	43	173	2.008	47	172	2.020
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		98	60	20.898	85	67	21.163	110	128	21.098
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		641	800	23.220	633	792	23.963	567	749	25.909
	F: Construction		36.434	26.844	153.122	37.769	27.209	156.050	37.547	28.569	161.500
	C: Manufacturing		14.298	16.935	442.771	13.578	18.626	449.254	13.430	18.477	454.241
	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)		200.923	151.680	1.923.645	199.435	156.760	1.993.464	194.570	159.284	2.019.234
Nb. of persons employed in the active enterprises in t	B: Mining and quarrying		49	155	2.014	43	173	2.017	47	172	2.032
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		123	62	21.036	102	67	21.234	124	134	21.152
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		670	823	23.319	668	804	24.077	596	785	25.995
	F: Construction		40.911	27.012	154.223	42.531	27.629	156.982	42.945	28.983	161.849
	C: Manufacturing		15.885	17.095	444.173	15.133	19.049	450.475	15.609	18.893	455.334
	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)		237.249	154.630	1.930.436	227.235	159.518	1.998.109	226.362	162.855	2.023.171
Number of births of enterprises in t	B: Mining and quarrying		2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		6	0	1	5	2	1	4	0	0
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		10	1	2	13	0	0	14	0	2
	F: Construction		1.142	66	20	941	75	22	867	63	18
	C: Manufacturing		317	51	28	248	29	28	255	36	34
	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)		6.142	549	236	5.661	554	233	5.451	553	321
Nb of employees in the population of births in t	B: Mining and quarrying		.	0	.	0	.	0	0	0	0
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		7	0	.	.	.	.	3	0	0
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		.	.	.	.	0	0	.	0	.
	F: Construction		1.435	.	.	1.236	452	.	.	390	.
	C: Manufacturing		479	330	943	387	188	1.282	363	214	1.525
	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)		8.463	3.430	6.209	7.814	3.489	5.279	7.633	3.455	13.424
Nb. of persons employed in the population of births in t	B: Mining and quarrying		.	0	.	0	.	0	0	0	0
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		15	0	.	.	.	.	8	0	0
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		.	.	.	.	0	0	.	0	.
	F: Construction		1.686	.	.	1.448	473	.	.	396	.
	C: Manufacturing		590	335	943	472	198	1.287	452	220	1.531
	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)		11.576	3.522	6.254	10.706	3.580	5.310	10.193	3.534	13.446
Number of deaths of enterprises in t	B: Mining and quarrying		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply		1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
	F: Construction		248	17	10	246	11	1	284	14	19
	C: Manufacturing		92	16	11	103	11	5	138	19	18
	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)		1.705	154	143	1.738	83	41	2.089	192	181
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	3	0	0	.	0	0
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		.	.	0	0	0	0	.	0	74
	F: Construction		298	118	532	275	.	.	289	91	1.103
	C: Manufacturing		.	.	703	113	.	.	197	132	1.943
	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)		2.099	979	4.509	1.931	511	1.133	2.521	1.232	10.377
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	8	0	0	.	0	0
	E: Water supply/ sewerage, waste management and remediation activities		.	.	0	0	0	0	.	0	74
	F: Construction		458	122	536	430	.	.	462	96	1.103
	C: Manufacturing		180	108	705	199	.	.	275	136	1.944
	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)		3.428	1.037	4.544	3.426	553	1.149	4.075	1.283	10.410

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

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