{"id":641,"date":"2026-08-05T16:58:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/?p=641"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:45:21","slug":"travailleurs-independants-hainaut-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/2026\/08\/05\/travailleurs-independants-hainaut-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Entre agriculture, commerce et professions lib\u00e9rales : le visage des ind\u00e9pendants hainuyers en 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1\" style=\"color:#d27b91\">Une majorit\u00e9 d&rsquo;ind\u00e9pendants dans les professions lib\u00e9rales et le commerce<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En 2025, le Hainaut comptait <strong>113 810 travailleurs ind\u00e9pendants<\/strong>, soit <strong>9,9 % de la population \u00e2g\u00e9e de 15 ans et plus<\/strong>. Cette proportion reste inf\u00e9rieure aux moyennes wallonne (11,5 %) et belge (13,1 %).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ils se r\u00e9partissaient principalement entre plusieurs branches d&rsquo;activit\u00e9 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Professions lib\u00e9rales : 34,4 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Commerce : 27,4 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Industrie : 20,5 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Agriculture : 8,3 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Services : 7,9 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Divers : 1,5 %<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les professions lib\u00e9rales constituent ainsi le premier secteur d&rsquo;activit\u00e9 des ind\u00e9pendants hainuyers, devant le commerce et l&rsquo;industrie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2\" style=\"color:#d27b91\">Plus d&rsquo;un ind\u00e9pendant sur deux exerce son activit\u00e9 \u00e0 titre principal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parmi les travailleurs ind\u00e9pendants du Hainaut :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>56,5 %<\/strong> exercent leur activit\u00e9 \u00e0 titre principal ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>31,9 %<\/strong> exercent une activit\u00e9 ind\u00e9pendante en compl\u00e9ment d&rsquo;une autre activit\u00e9 ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>11,5 %<\/strong> poursuivent une activit\u00e9 apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de la pension.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les situations varient fortement selon les secteurs. Les ind\u00e9pendants \u00e0 titre principal sont davantage pr\u00e9sents dans <strong>l&rsquo;industrie (64,2 %)<\/strong>, tandis que les activit\u00e9s compl\u00e9mentaires sont plus fr\u00e9quentes dans les <strong>professions lib\u00e9rales (35,7 %)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L&rsquo;agriculture se distingue par une proportion plus \u00e9lev\u00e9e d&rsquo;ind\u00e9pendants actifs apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de la pension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3\" style=\"color:#d27b91\">Le nombre d&rsquo;ind\u00e9pendants progresse de 2,9 % en 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entre 2024 et 2025, le nombre de travailleurs ind\u00e9pendants a augment\u00e9 de <strong>3 206 personnes (+2,9 %)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cette progression concerne principalement :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>les <strong>professions diverses (+18,1 %)<\/strong> ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>les <strong>services (+4,8 %)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selon le statut d&rsquo;activit\u00e9 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>les ind\u00e9pendants <strong>actifs apr\u00e8s la pension<\/strong> diminuent de <strong>2,6 %<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>les ind\u00e9pendants <strong>\u00e0 titre compl\u00e9mentaire<\/strong> progressent de <strong>5,9 %<\/strong> ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>les ind\u00e9pendants <strong>\u00e0 titre principal<\/strong> augmentent de <strong>2,4 %<\/strong> ;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4\" style=\"color:#d27b91\">Des territoires ruraux davantage tourn\u00e9s vers l&rsquo;activit\u00e9 ind\u00e9pendante<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La part d&rsquo;ind\u00e9pendants varie fortement selon les communes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les territoires ruraux, notamment le <strong>Pays des Collines<\/strong> et le <strong>nord de la Botte du Hainaut<\/strong>, affichent les proportions les plus \u00e9lev\u00e9es d&rsquo;ind\u00e9pendants dans leur population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 l&rsquo;inverse, les communes du <strong>sillon industriel<\/strong>, du Borinage et de la r\u00e9gion de Charleroi pr\u00e9sentent des proportions plus faibles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les communes affichant les parts les plus importantes sont :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ellezelles : 16,9 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Frasnes-lez-Anvaing : 16,8 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mont-de-l&rsquo;Enclus : 16,7 %<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chart-38.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chart-38.png 718w, https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chart-38-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chart-39.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chart-39.png 718w, https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chart-39-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/#c=indicator&amp;i=emp_trav_ind_part.e_ind_15_plus&amp;s=2025\" style=\"background-color:#d27b91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D\u00e9couvrez la part d&rsquo;ind\u00e9pendants dans votre commune<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5\" style=\"color:#d27b91\">Des sp\u00e9cialisations sectorielles selon les territoires<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\">L&rsquo;agriculture davantage pr\u00e9sente dans les territoires ruraux<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les activit\u00e9s agricoles sont particuli\u00e8rement repr\u00e9sent\u00e9es dans la <strong>Wallonie picarde<\/strong> et la <strong>Botte du Hainaut<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les communes avec les plus fortes proportions d&rsquo;agriculteurs parmi les ind\u00e9pendants sont :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Momignies : 26,9 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sivry-Rance : 22,7 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chimay : 21,6 %<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\">L&rsquo;industrie reste ancr\u00e9e dans les p\u00f4les historiques<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les ind\u00e9pendants actifs dans l&rsquo;industrie sont davantage pr\u00e9sents dans la r\u00e9gion de <strong>Charleroi<\/strong> et de <strong>La Louvi\u00e8re<\/strong> :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Farciennes : 29,8 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lessines : 25,6 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manage : 25,4 %<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\">Le commerce se concentre dans les zones urbaines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le commerce occupe une place importante dans les communes dens\u00e9ment peupl\u00e9es du Borinage et de la r\u00e9gion carolor\u00e9gienne :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ch\u00e2telet : 33,8 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Quaregnon : 33,2 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Charleroi : 33,0 %<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\">Les professions lib\u00e9rales dans les communes p\u00e9riurbaines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les professions lib\u00e9rales sont particuli\u00e8rement repr\u00e9sent\u00e9es dans les communes p\u00e9riurbaines de la Thudinie, de la p\u00e9riph\u00e9rie bruxelloise et dans la r\u00e9gion montoise :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Montigny-le-Tilleul : 45,1 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mons : 44,7 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes : 44,6 %<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\">Les services davantage pr\u00e9sents dans les communes urbaines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les activit\u00e9s de services se concentrent davantage dans les communes fortement urbanis\u00e9es :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Boussu : 12,8 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Quaregnon : 12,4 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Morlanwelz : 11,8 %<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6\" style=\"color:#d27b91\">Des \u00e9volutions contrast\u00e9es selon les communes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entre 2024 et 2025, la majorit\u00e9 des communes hainuy\u00e8res enregistrent une progression du nombre d&rsquo;ind\u00e9pendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les plus fortes hausses concernent :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Colfontaine : +8,9 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Farciennes : +8,4 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Flobecq : +6,8 %<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 l&rsquo;inverse, seules huit communes enregistrent une diminution du nombre d&rsquo;ind\u00e9pendants. Les baisses les plus importantes concernent :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sivry-Rance : -1,0 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Qui\u00e9vrain : -0,8 %<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Celles : -0,6 %<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chart-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chart-36.png 718w, https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chart-36-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chart-37.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chart-37.png 718w, https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chart-37-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/#c=indicator&amp;i=emp_trav_ind_evol.e_ind_evol_1\" style=\"background-color:#d27b91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D\u00e9couvrez l&rsquo;\u00e9volution annuelle des ind\u00e9pendants<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En 2025, le Hainaut comptait 113 810 travailleurs ind\u00e9pendants. Si leur nombre progresse de 2,9 %, leur r\u00e9partition varie fortement selon les territoires, entre communes rurales, p\u00f4les urbains et sp\u00e9cialisations sectorielles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":821,"href":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions\/821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hainautstat.be\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}