Checked Barometer May 2024
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In May 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 881 bankruptcies, 25% more than in May 2023. In May 2024, 7,837 companies were incorporated, 11% more than in May 2023.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 June 2024). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
881
+25% year on year+3.2% month on month
9,832 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
55
+3.8% year on year-6.8% month on month
495 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
381
-25% year on year+2.4% month on month
4,705 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In May 2024, 7,837 companies were incorporated, 11% more than in May 2023.
- Compared with April 2024 (12,695), that is 38% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from June 2023 to May 2024 there were 114,508, 12% more than the twelve months before.
Bankruptcies
- In May 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 881 bankruptcies, 25% more than in May 2023.
- Compared with April 2024 (854), that is 3.2% more.
- Over the twelve months from June 2023 to May 2024 there were 9,832, 22% more than the twelve months before.
- By area: 449 in Flanders, 178 in Wallonia and 254 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In May 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 55 judicial reorganisations, 3.8% more than in May 2023.
- Compared with April 2024 (59), that is 6.8% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from June 2023 to May 2024 there were 495, 9.5% more than the twelve months before.
Judicial dissolutions
- In May 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 381 judicial dissolutions, 25% fewer than in May 2023.
- Compared with April 2024 (372), that is 2.4% more.
- Over the twelve months from June 2023 to May 2024 there were 4,705, 6.7% fewer than the twelve months before.
By region
May 2024, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 4,132+10% | 449+15% | 13-19% | 600% |
| Wallonia | 1,747+8.4% | 178+19% | 26+13% | 133-31% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 1,492+16% | 254+54% | 16+14% | 188-27% |
| No known area | 466+5.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 7,837+11% | 881+25% | 55+3.8% | 381-25% |
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
May 2024 against May 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
The sector is known for only 36% of the cases; too few to show a breakdown by sector.
Incorporations by sector
May 2024 against May 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
May 2024
May 2023
- Professional and technical services ≥ 1,036
- Construction ≥ 895
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 756
- Administrative and support services ≥ 528
- Other services ≥ 525
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 365
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 322
- Health and social work ≥ 298
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 293
- Manufacturing ≥ 242
Show all 22 sectors
- Transport and storage ≥ 228
- Education ≥ 198
- Real estate ≥ 184
- Finance and insurance ≥ 174
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 85
- Publishing and media ≥ 52
- Households ≥ 32
- Energy ≥ 15
- Water and waste ≥ 10
- Public administration ≥ 1
- Mining and quarrying ≥ 0
- Extraterritorial organisations ≥ 0
The sector is known for 80% of the cases of May 2024 (1,598 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 May 2023, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of May 2023 are not equally well known (36% and 27%); a comparison per sector would measure our coverage, not the economy.
For incorporations, the sectors of this month and of May 2023 are not equally well known (80% 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 May 2024 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2024-05
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.