Checked Barometer October 2024
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In October 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 876 bankruptcies, 1.4% more than in October 2023. In October 2024, 15,961 companies were incorporated, 15% more than in October 2023.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 November 2024). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
876
+1.4% year on year-14% month on month
10,374 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
36
+5.9% year on year+89% month on month
470 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
322
-39% year on year+213% month on month
4,689 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In October 2024, 15,961 companies were incorporated, 15% more than in October 2023.
- Compared with September 2024 (8,720), that is 83% more.
- Over the twelve months from November 2023 to October 2024 there were 119,616, 12% more than the twelve months before.
- That is the highest monthly figure since January 2019, the start of this series.
Bankruptcies
- In October 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 876 bankruptcies, 1.4% more than in October 2023.
- Compared with September 2024 (1,022), that is 14% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from November 2023 to October 2024 there were 10,374, 28% more than the twelve months before.
- By area: 462 in Flanders, 190 in Wallonia and 224 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In October 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 36 judicial reorganisations, 5.9% more than in October 2023.
- Compared with September 2024 (19), that is 89% more.
- Over the twelve months from November 2023 to October 2024 there were 470, 5.1% fewer than the twelve months before.
Judicial dissolutions
- In October 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 322 judicial dissolutions, 39% fewer than in October 2023.
- Compared with September 2024 (103), that is 213% more.
- Over the twelve months from November 2023 to October 2024 there were 4,689, 3.6% more than the twelve months before.
By region
October 2024, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 7,567+14% | 462+17% | 16+100% | 61-21% |
| Wallonia | 4,161+11% | 190-11% | 14-30% | 113-43% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 3,236+24% | 224-13% | 60% | 148-41% |
| No known area | 997+16% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 15,961+15% | 876+1.4% | 36+5.9% | 322-39% |
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
October 2024 against October 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
The sector is known for only 49% of the cases; too few to show a breakdown by sector.
Incorporations by sector
October 2024 against October 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
October 2024
October 2023
- Professional and technical services ≥ 2,516
- Construction ≥ 1,712
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 1,207
- Other services ≥ 1,079
- Administrative and support services ≥ 1,019
- Health and social work ≥ 837
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 556
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 549
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 509
- Education ≥ 494
Show all 22 sectors
- Manufacturing ≥ 475
- Transport and storage ≥ 400
- Real estate ≥ 356
- Finance and insurance ≥ 239
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 188
- Publishing and media ≥ 132
- Households ≥ 38
- Energy ≥ 12
- Water and waste ≥ 9
- Public administration ≥ 4
- Mining and quarrying ≥ 0
- Extraterritorial organisations ≥ 0
The sector is known for 77% of the cases of October 2024 (3,630 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 October 2023, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of October 2023 are not equally well known (49% and 31%); a comparison per sector would measure our coverage, not the economy.
For incorporations, the sectors of this month and of October 2023 are not equally well known (77% and 77%); 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 October 2024 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2024-10
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.