Checked Barometer April 2024
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In April 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 854 bankruptcies, 4.3% more than in April 2023. In April 2024, 12,695 companies were incorporated, 21% more than in April 2023.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 May 2024). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
854
+4.3% year on year-15% month on month
9,656 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
59
+9.3% year on year+55% month on month
493 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
372
-37% year on year-21% month on month
4,835 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In April 2024, 12,695 companies were incorporated, 21% more than in April 2023.
- Compared with March 2024 (8,073), that is 57% more.
- Over the twelve months from May 2023 to April 2024 there were 113,762, 12% more than the twelve months before.
Bankruptcies
- In April 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 854 bankruptcies, 4.3% more than in April 2023.
- Compared with March 2024 (1,006), that is 15% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from May 2023 to April 2024 there were 9,656, 19% more than the twelve months before.
- By area: 450 in Flanders, 254 in Wallonia and 149 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In April 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 59 judicial reorganisations, 9.3% more than in April 2023.
- Compared with March 2024 (38), that is 55% more.
- Over the twelve months from May 2023 to April 2024 there were 493, 13% more than the twelve months before.
Judicial dissolutions
- In April 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 372 judicial dissolutions, 37% fewer than in April 2023.
- Compared with March 2024 (468), that is 21% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from May 2023 to April 2024 there were 4,835, 1.1% fewer than the twelve months before.
By region
April 2024, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 6,043+19% | 450-3.8% | 16-16% | 590% |
| Wallonia | 3,367+16% | 254+19% | 36+33% | 56-76% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 2,485+35% | 149+8.8% | 7-13% | 256-16% |
| No known area | 800+17% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | 12,695+21% | 854+4.3% | 59+9.3% | 372-37% |
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
April 2024 against April 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
April 2024 against April 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
April 2024
April 2023
- Professional and technical services ≥ 1,666 +13%
- Construction ≥ 1,451 +13%
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 1,157 +34%
- Other services ≥ 1,025 +31%
- Administrative and support services ≥ 955 +20%
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 539 +16%
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 535 +32%
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 502 +33%
- Health and social work ≥ 488 +21%
- Manufacturing ≥ 463 +14%
Show all 22 sectors
- Education ≥ 369 +28%
- Transport and storage ≥ 280 +27%
- Real estate ≥ 260 +20%
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 249 -8.8%
- Finance and insurance ≥ 175 -1.1%
- Publishing and media ≥ 98 +36%
- Households ≥ 35 +13%
- Energy ≥ 19 +111%
- Water and waste ≥ 16 +167%
- Mining and quarrying ≥ 2 0%
- Public administration ≥ 1 -50%
- Extraterritorial organisations ≥ 1
The sector is known for 81% of the cases of April 2024 (2,409 without a sector). This edition kept no count of active companies, so no figure per 10,000.
Notable sectors
The largest shifts against April 2023, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
- Wholesale and retail trade: at least 1,157 incorporations, 34% more than in April 2023 (865).
- Other services: at least 1,025 incorporations, 31% more than in April 2023 (784).
- Administrative and support services: at least 955 incorporations, 20% more than in April 2023 (793).
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of April 2023 are not equally well known (40% and 29%); 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 April 2024 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2024-04
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.