Checked Barometer December 2024
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In December 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 1,062 bankruptcies, 9% more than in December 2023. In December 2024, 9,200 companies were incorporated, 14% more than in December 2023.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 January 2025). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
1,062
+9% year on year+12% month on month
10,651 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
46
-9.8% year on year-12% month on month
497 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
453
-31% year on year+14% month on month
4,365 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In December 2024, 9,200 companies were incorporated, 14% more than in December 2023.
- Compared with November 2024 (8,339), that is 10% more.
- Over the twelve months from January 2024 to December 2024 there were 120,992, 13% more than the twelve months before.
Bankruptcies
- In December 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 1,062 bankruptcies, 9% more than in December 2023.
- Compared with November 2024 (945), that is 12% more.
- Over the twelve months from January 2024 to December 2024 there were 10,651, 26% more than the twelve months before.
- That is the highest monthly figure since January 2019, the start of this series.
- By area: 463 in Flanders, 242 in Wallonia and 357 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In December 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 46 judicial reorganisations, 9.8% fewer than in December 2023.
- Compared with November 2024 (52), that is 12% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from January 2024 to December 2024 there were 497, 1.4% more than the twelve months before.
Judicial dissolutions
- In December 2024, the Belgian Official Gazette published 453 judicial dissolutions, 31% fewer than in December 2023.
- Compared with November 2024 (396), that is 14% more.
- Over the twelve months from January 2024 to December 2024 there were 4,365, 4% fewer than the twelve months before.
By region
December 2024, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 5,065+16% | 463-5.7% | 28+75% | 48-39% |
| Wallonia | 2,151+15% | 242-3.6% | 17-19% | 164+102% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 1,670+12% | 357+54% | 1-93% | 241-51% |
| No known area | 314-5.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 9,200+14% | 1,062+9% | 46-9.8% | 453-31% |
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
December 2024 against December 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
The sector is known for only 48% of the cases; too few to show a breakdown by sector.
Incorporations by sector
December 2024 against December 2023. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
December 2024
December 2023
- Professional and technical services ≥ 1,547
- Construction ≥ 870
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 712
- Administrative and support services ≥ 561
- Health and social work ≥ 446
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 410
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 402
- Other services ≥ 366
- Finance and insurance ≥ 337
- Manufacturing ≥ 278
Show all 22 sectors
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 253
- Real estate ≥ 246
- Transport and storage ≥ 206
- Education ≥ 155
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 131
- Publishing and media ≥ 53
- Households ≥ 28
- Energy ≥ 17
- Water and waste ≥ 6
- Public administration ≥ 5
- Mining and quarrying ≥ 2
- Extraterritorial organisations ≥ 0
The sector is known for 76% of the cases of December 2024 (2,169 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 December 2023, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of December 2023 are not equally well known (48% and 36%); a comparison per sector would measure our coverage, not the economy.
For incorporations, the sectors of this month and of December 2023 are not equally well known (76% 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 December 2024 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2024-12
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.