Business succession index · 🇧🇪 Belgium · Hainaut
Machinery and equipment wholesalers in Hainaut: business succession
Machinery and equipment wholesalers in Hainaut: of 324 active companies, 27.2% have been registered for 30 years or more (Belgium: 33.3%). That ranks 7 of 8 regions for this trade.
Machinery and equipment wholesalers across Belgium
| Region | Companies | 30 yrs+ | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | 279 | 128 | 45.9% |
| Flemish Brabant | 606 | 248 | 40.9% |
| Antwerp | 1,025 | 375 | 36.6% |
| East Flanders | 687 | 246 | 35.8% |
| Liège | 455 | 140 | 30.8% |
| West Flanders | 634 | 190 | 30% |
| Hainaut | 324 | 88 | 27.2% |
| Limburg | 408 | 108 | 26.5% |
Methodology
Share of ACTIVE companies with a recorded industry code that have been registered for 30 years or more. A long unchanged registration is an indicator of an approaching handover, not a statement that any company is for sale. Divisions with fewer than 50 companies are omitted, as are divisions where fewer than 5 companies carry the signal.
A trade is a group of official industry classes (NACE); a company counts under the class it registered. Only region and trade combinations with at least 250 companies are published. Source: The KBO licence (Art (snapshot 2026-09-19), licensed under KBO/BCE open data.
Aggregates only — no individual company is ever shown publicly with a succession indicator.