Checked Barometer February 2024
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In February 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 1,036 bankruptcies, 104% more than in February 2023. In February 2024, 9,344 companies were incorporated, 21% more than in February 2023.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 March 2024). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
1,036
+104% year on year+20% month on month
9,349 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
35
+25% year on year+2.9% month on month
489 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
541
+30% year on year+7.8% month on month
4,910 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In February 2024, 9,344 companies were incorporated, 21% more than in February 2023.
- Compared with January 2024 (15,405), that is 39% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from March 2023 to February 2024 there were 111,241, 11% more than the twelve months before.
Bankruptcies
- In February 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 1,036 bankruptcies, 104% more than in February 2023.
- Compared with January 2024 (866), that is 20% more.
- Over the twelve months from March 2023 to February 2024 there were 9,349, 20% more than the twelve months before.
- That is the highest monthly figure since October 2019.
- By area: 554 in Flanders, 247 in Wallonia and 235 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In February 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 35 judicial reorganisations, 25% more than in February 2023.
- Compared with January 2024 (34), that is 2.9% more.
- Over the twelve months from March 2023 to February 2024 there were 489, 21% more than the twelve months before.
Judicial dissolutions
- In February 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 541 judicial dissolutions, 30% more than in February 2023.
- Compared with January 2024 (502), that is 7.8% more.
- Over the twelve months from March 2023 to February 2024 there were 4,910, 7.8% more than the twelve months before.
By region
February 2024, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 4,710+18% | 554+94% | 10-9.1% | 87+278% |
| Wallonia | 2,130+18% | 247+123% | 21+31% | 62-19% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 1,971+39% | 235+112% | 4+300% | 392+24% |
| No known area | 533-1.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 9,344+21% | 1,036+104% | 35+25% | 541+30% |
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
February 2024 against February 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
The sector is known for only 39% of the cases; too few to show a breakdown by sector.
Incorporations by sector
February 2024 against February 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
February 2024
February 2023
- Professional and technical services ≥ 1,311
- Construction ≥ 1,062
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 832
- Administrative and support services ≥ 578
- Other services ≥ 567
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 446
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 402
- Health and social work ≥ 392
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 371
- Manufacturing ≥ 292
Show all 22 sectors
- Transport and storage ≥ 256
- Education ≥ 241
- Real estate ≥ 212
- Finance and insurance ≥ 174
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 125
- Publishing and media ≥ 80
- Households ≥ 42
- Energy ≥ 13
- Water and waste ≥ 9
- Public administration ≥ 1
- Extraterritorial organisations ≥ 1
- Mining and quarrying ≥ 0
The sector is known for 79% of the cases of February 2024 (1,937 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 February 2023, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of February 2023 are not equally well known (39% and 25%); a comparison per sector would measure our coverage, not the economy.
For incorporations, the sectors of this month and of February 2023 are not equally well known (79% and 78%); 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 February 2024 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2024-02
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.