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Since the early ’90s, the number of companies having their headquarters in the province of Namur has increased an average of 350 units per year. Over 60% of them are located in the borough of  In general and especially in the southern districts, the fabric is made of Namur productive activities rather “labor intensive”, which is due to the structure of their economy heavily oriented toward non-market service industries (education, health care) and secondary (including construction), some are particularly labor intensive. For its part, the borough of Namur is highly specialized in service industries more capital intensive “(financial, real estate, renting, business services). In addition, the internationalization of the shareholding of companies in Namur also tends to guide the development of the productive activities towards higher value added.
Business investment grew strongly in 1995-2001. This new dynamism is part of a broader trend seen in Wallonia and Belgium. To underline its particularly strong in the district of Namur.
The analysis of the evolution of gross domestic product confirmed all other indicators: the district of Namur account for more than 70% of the GDP of the province, one of Dinant for a little under 19% and Philippeville “sailing “around 10%.

As we examine the geographical orientation of exports Namur (situation in 2002 – amounts in millions €), we see that our export business, primarily, to the four neighboring countries, France topping (373.7 million), followed by the Netherlands Netherlands (175 million), Germany (190.9 million) and the United Kingdom (167.3 million). Since 1998, exports to other Member States of the European Union have increased substantially (411.9 million in 2002).

The average occupancy rate of our 24 zones is about 80%: 71.3% in the district of Dinant (7 Zones), 83.4% in that of Namur (15 areas) and 75.2% in the Philippeville (3 zones ). 11 of these areas are saturated or in the process of being (+ 90% occupancy), including 9 in the district of Namur. This shows the importance for economic development in the province, the creation of new areas or expansion of existing areas. According to the Statistical Year book 2002 (2000 figures) of IWEPS (Walloon Region), the most represented sectors were on our areas, in descending order, construction, manufacturing nonmetallic mineral products, wholesale trade, the Health and social work, and the sale and repair of motor vehicles.

The same source confirms that SMEs are queens in the province of Namur in 2000, amounted in effect, 93% of the enterprises in our zones and occupied almost 50% of the workforce employed there. They accounted for 14.7% of total business parks Walloon and they held 9.3% of total employment in those same parks. According to the National Bank of Belgium, the policy pursued by Bep in particular through the creation of industrial parks, has contributed to the growth of the provincial economy. If at the end of 2001, 679 companies were established in our areas and accounted for 8.5% of firms surveyed in the province, their weight in economic activity was important as they were occupying 40% of active workers in companies in Namur.

Over the period 1994 – 2002, the overall growth of employment is higher in the provinces of Namur (22%) than in Wallonia (+ 7.9%), with more developed tertiary home (80.6% cons 76.4% in Wallonia). If the service sector has a “symbol” in our province, it is the same business small and medium sized (- 50 workers), representing over 96% of all businesses established here.

Towards self employment the service also happens in the head (65.8%), while the position primary and secondary sectors has declined over the times. From 1994 to 2002, self-employment has also increased slightly in the province (+ 2.3%) while it remained stable in Wallonia (- 0.5%).

• 100 000 tonnes of computer equipment and telecom professionals have been placed on the French market in 2006, more than 11 million units (including 37% of phones and 30% of computers).
• 7 900 tonnes of business hardware were collected in 2006. This sector represents 81% of total waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) collected.
• 39% of French companies employ a contractor to recover and recycle their used fleet to reduce costs and comply with regulatory requirements of the WEEE. Only 11% of SMEs with fewer than 100 employees have such an approach.
• 5 to 10 euro to destroy a computer screen, about 3 to 5 euros for a central unit and 12 euros for a laser printer 35 kg.

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