Checked Barometer July 2024
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In July 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 803 bankruptcies, 4% more than in July 2023. In July 2024, 11,431 companies were incorporated, 20% more than in July 2023.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 August 2024). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
803
+4% year on year-3.6% month on month
10,157 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
56
-11% year on year+47% month on month
497 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
480
-3.6% year on year+42% month on month
4,944 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In July 2024, 11,431 companies were incorporated, 20% more than in July 2023.
- Compared with June 2024 (7,078), that is 62% more.
- Over the twelve months from August 2023 to July 2024 there were 115,969, 11% more than the twelve months before.
Bankruptcies
- In July 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 803 bankruptcies, 4% more than in July 2023.
- Compared with June 2024 (833), that is 3.6% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from August 2023 to July 2024 there were 10,157, 31% more than the twelve months before.
- By area: 435 in Flanders, 200 in Wallonia and 168 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In July 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 56 judicial reorganisations, 11% fewer than in July 2023.
- Compared with June 2024 (38), that is 47% more.
- Over the twelve months from August 2023 to July 2024 there were 497, 8.3% more than the twelve months before.
Judicial dissolutions
- In July 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 480 judicial dissolutions, 3.6% fewer than in July 2023.
- Compared with June 2024 (337), that is 42% more.
- Over the twelve months from August 2023 to July 2024 there were 4,944, 9.2% more than the twelve months before.
By region
July 2024, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 5,725+19% | 435+10% | 25-11% | 39+255% |
| Wallonia | 2,833+14% | 200+15% | 28+12% | 91-52% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 2,109+36% | 168-17% | 3-70% | 350+18% |
| No known area | 764+24% | 0-100% | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 11,431+20% | 803+4% | 56-11% | 480-3.6% |
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
July 2024 against July 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
The sector is known for only 41% of the cases; too few to show a breakdown by sector.
Incorporations by sector
July 2024 against July 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
July 2024
July 2023
- Professional and technical services ≥ 1,504
- Construction ≥ 1,085
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 969
- Administrative and support services ≥ 863
- Other services ≥ 829
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 508
- Health and social work ≥ 493
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 424
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 400
- Manufacturing ≥ 370
Show all 21 sectors
- Education ≥ 317
- Transport and storage ≥ 290
- Real estate ≥ 252
- Finance and insurance ≥ 224
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 188
- Publishing and media ≥ 95
- Households ≥ 52
- Water and waste ≥ 20
- Energy ≥ 19
- Public administration ≥ 19
- Extraterritorial organisations ≥ 0
The sector is known for 78% of the cases of July 2024 (2,510 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 July 2023, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of July 2023 are not equally well known (41% and 33%); a comparison per sector would measure our coverage, not the economy.
For incorporations, the sectors of this month and of July 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 July 2024 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2024-07
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.