Checked Barometer September 2024
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In September 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 1,022 bankruptcies, 23% more than in September 2023. In September 2024, 8,720 companies were incorporated, 12% more than in September 2023.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 October 2024). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
1,022
+23% year on year+119% month on month
10,362 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
19
-57% year on year-34% month on month
468 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
103
+66% year on year+930% month on month
4,892 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In September 2024, 8,720 companies were incorporated, 12% more than in September 2023.
- Compared with August 2024 (6,909), that is 26% more.
- Over the twelve months from October 2023 to September 2024 there were 117,476, 12% more than the twelve months before.
Bankruptcies
- In September 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 1,022 bankruptcies, 23% more than in September 2023.
- Compared with August 2024 (467), that is 119% more.
- Over the twelve months from October 2023 to September 2024 there were 10,362, 28% more than the twelve months before.
- By area: 484 in Flanders, 258 in Wallonia and 280 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In September 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 19 judicial reorganisations, 57% fewer than in September 2023.
- Compared with August 2024 (29), that is 34% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from October 2023 to September 2024 there were 468, 3.7% fewer than the twelve months before.
- That is the lowest monthly figure since September 2021.
Judicial dissolutions
- In September 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 103 judicial dissolutions, 66% more than in September 2023.
- Compared with August 2024 (10), that is 930% more.
- Over the twelve months from October 2023 to September 2024 there were 4,892, 12% more than the twelve months before.
By region
September 2024, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 4,599+8.4% | 484+17% | 8-67% | 33-30% |
| Wallonia | 1,862+12% | 258+31% | 9-40% | 8-47% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 1,708+19% | 280+28% | 2-60% | 62 |
| No known area | 551+18% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 8,720+12% | 1,022+23% | 19-57% | 103+66% |
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
September 2024 against September 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
September 2024 against September 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
September 2024
September 2023
- Professional and technical services ≥ 1,367
- Construction ≥ 735
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 682
- Administrative and support services ≥ 519
- Other services ≥ 458
- Health and social work ≥ 397
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 351
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 318
- Education ≥ 284
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 255
Show all 22 sectors
- Transport and storage ≥ 236
- Manufacturing ≥ 208
- Real estate ≥ 205
- Finance and insurance ≥ 191
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 83
- Publishing and media ≥ 69
- Households ≥ 48
- Public administration ≥ 20
- Energy ≥ 13
- Water and waste ≥ 7
- Extraterritorial organisations ≥ 2
- Mining and quarrying ≥ 1
The sector is known for 74% of the cases of September 2024 (2,271 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 September 2023, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of September 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 September 2023 are not equally well known (74% 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 September 2024 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2024-09
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.