Checked Barometer March 2024
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In March 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 1,006 bankruptcies, 37% more than in March 2023. In March 2024, 8,073 companies were incorporated, 4.6% more than in March 2023.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 April 2024). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
1,006
+37% year on year-2.9% month on month
9,621 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
38
-2.6% year on year+8.6% month on month
488 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
468
+46% year on year-13% month on month
5,058 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In March 2024, 8,073 companies were incorporated, 4.6% more than in March 2023.
- Compared with February 2024 (9,344), that is 14% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from April 2023 to March 2024 there were 111,596, 11% more than the twelve months before.
Bankruptcies
- In March 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 1,006 bankruptcies, 37% more than in March 2023.
- Compared with February 2024 (1,036), that is 2.9% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from April 2023 to March 2024 there were 9,621, 24% more than the twelve months before.
- By area: 513 in Flanders, 267 in Wallonia and 225 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In March 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 38 judicial reorganisations, 2.6% fewer than in March 2023.
- Compared with February 2024 (35), that is 8.6% more.
- Over the twelve months from April 2023 to March 2024 there were 488, 18% more than the twelve months before.
Judicial dissolutions
- In March 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 468 judicial dissolutions, 46% more than in March 2023.
- Compared with February 2024 (541), that is 13% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from April 2023 to March 2024 there were 5,058, 11% more than the twelve months before.
By region
March 2024, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 4,260+3.1% | 513+23% | 150% | 99+29% |
| Wallonia | 1,852+6.7% | 267+60% | 18+64% | 89+31% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 1,529+7.8% | 225+50% | 5-62% | 280+60% |
| No known area | 4320% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 8,073+4.6% | 1,006+37% | 38-2.6% | 468+46% |
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
March 2024 against March 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
The sector is known for only 40% of the cases; too few to show a breakdown by sector.
Incorporations by sector
March 2024 against March 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
March 2024
March 2023
- Professional and technical services ≥ 1,157
- Construction ≥ 873
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 705
- Administrative and support services ≥ 513
- Other services ≥ 404
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 392
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 350
- Health and social work ≥ 306
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 281
- Manufacturing ≥ 262
Show all 22 sectors
- Transport and storage ≥ 228
- Real estate ≥ 221
- Finance and insurance ≥ 185
- Education ≥ 152
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 137
- Publishing and media ≥ 60
- Households ≥ 49
- Water and waste ≥ 13
- Energy ≥ 7
- Mining and quarrying ≥ 2
- Public administration ≥ 1
- Extraterritorial organisations ≥ 1
The sector is known for 78% of the cases of March 2024 (1,774 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 March 2023, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of March 2023 are not equally well known (40% and 30%); a comparison per sector would measure our coverage, not the economy.
For incorporations, the sectors of this month and of March 2023 are not equally well known (78% and 79%); 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 March 2024 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2024-03
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.