Checked Barometer January 2024
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In January 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 866 bankruptcies, 74% more than in January 2023. In January 2024, 15,405 companies were incorporated, 18% more than in January 2023.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 February 2024). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
866
+74% year on year-11% month on month
8,821 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
34
-19% year on year-33% month on month
482 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
502
+92% year on year-23% month on month
4,785 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In January 2024, 15,405 companies were incorporated, 18% more than in January 2023.
- Compared with December 2023 (8,068), that is 91% more.
- Over the twelve months from February 2023 to January 2024 there were 109,644, 9.5% more than the twelve months before.
- That is the highest monthly figure since January 2019, the start of this series.
Bankruptcies
- In January 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 866 bankruptcies, 74% more than in January 2023.
- Compared with December 2023 (974), that is 11% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from February 2023 to January 2024 there were 8,821, 12% more than the twelve months before.
- By area: 422 in Flanders, 197 in Wallonia and 247 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In January 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 34 judicial reorganisations, 19% fewer than in January 2023.
- Compared with December 2023 (51), that is 33% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from February 2023 to January 2024 there were 482, 21% more than the twelve months before.
Judicial dissolutions
- In January 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 502 judicial dissolutions, 92% more than in January 2023.
- Compared with December 2023 (656), that is 23% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from February 2023 to January 2024 there were 4,785, 7.6% more than the twelve months before.
By region
January 2024, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 7,858+18% | 422+42% | 5-67% | 74-37% |
| Wallonia | 3,680+11% | 197+66% | 220% | 72+555% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 2,926+34% | 247+201% | 7+40% | 356+168% |
| No known area | 941+5.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 15,405+18% | 866+74% | 34-19% | 502+92% |
The Brussels courts also serve Halle-Vilvoorde, so that arrondissement counts with Brussels. Incorporations follow the registered office (for a sole trader, the first establishment).
Bankruptcies by sector
January 2024 against January 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
The sector is known for only 35% of the cases; too few to show a breakdown by sector.
Incorporations by sector
January 2024 against January 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
January 2024
January 2023
- Professional and technical services ≥ 2,232
- Construction ≥ 1,813
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 1,234
- Other services ≥ 1,091
- Administrative and support services ≥ 1,026
- Health and social work ≥ 752
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 637
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 621
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 581
- Manufacturing ≥ 525
Show all 22 sectors
- Education ≥ 451
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 354
- Transport and storage ≥ 346
- Real estate ≥ 258
- Finance and insurance ≥ 245
- Publishing and media ≥ 126
- Households ≥ 79
- Water and waste ≥ 17
- Energy ≥ 8
- Public administration ≥ 4
- Extraterritorial organisations ≥ 4
- Mining and quarrying ≥ 2
The sector is known for 81% of the cases of January 2024 (2,999 without a sector). Hence no change per sector. This edition kept no count of active companies, so no figure per 10,000.
Notable sectors
The largest shifts against January 2023, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of January 2023 are not equally well known (35% and 27%); a comparison per sector would measure our coverage, not the economy.
For incorporations, the sectors of this month and of January 2023 are not equally well known (81% and 80%); a comparison per sector would measure our coverage, not the economy.
Cite these figures
This page no longer changes: the link keeps pointing at the same figures.
Checked.be, Checked Barometer January 2024 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2024-01
How these figures are counted
- An edition appears on day 6 of the next month, so the last days of the month are processed, and is then frozen: the figures on this page no longer change. If data for the month arrives later, it is listed above under Revisions.
- Incorporations: companies per month of their start date in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises, sole traders included.
- Bankruptcies, judicial reorganisations (opening) and judicial dissolutions: by month of publication in the Belgian Official Gazette, not of the judgment.
- Sectors: the main activity (NACE 2025) the KBO gave the company. Where the sector of part of the cases is unknown, the figure carries "≥" and we compare per sector only when both months are equally well known.
- Per 10,000 active companies: the month's figure against the sector's active companies on the day the edition was frozen.