Business succession index · 🇧🇪 Belgium · Hainaut
Metal fabrication in Hainaut: business succession
Metal fabrication in Hainaut: of 309 active companies, 26.5% have been registered for 30 years or more (Belgium: 23.1%). That ranks 2 of 7 regions for this trade.
Metal fabrication across Belgium
| Region | Companies | 30 yrs+ | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liège | 356 | 106 | 29.8% |
| Hainaut | 309 | 82 | 26.5% |
| Antwerp | 655 | 155 | 23.7% |
| East Flanders | 618 | 136 | 22% |
| Flemish Brabant | 274 | 59 | 21.5% |
| Limburg | 487 | 99 | 20.3% |
| West Flanders | 710 | 135 | 19% |
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.