Checked Barometer June 2025
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In June 2025, the Belgian Official Gazette published 977 bankruptcies, 17% more than in June 2024. In June 2025, 7,876 companies were incorporated, 11% more than in June 2024.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 July 2025). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
977
+17% year on year+8.3% month on month
10,431 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
37
-2.6% year on year-20% month on month
494 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
309
-8.3% year on year-32% month on month
3,948 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In June 2025, 7,876 companies were incorporated, 11% more than in June 2024.
- Compared with May 2025 (8,526), that is 7.6% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from July 2024 to June 2025 there were 125,924, 10% more than the twelve months before.
Bankruptcies
- In June 2025, the Belgian Official Gazette published 977 bankruptcies, 17% more than in June 2024.
- Compared with May 2025 (902), that is 8.3% more.
- Over the twelve months from July 2024 to June 2025 there were 10,431, 3% more than the twelve months before.
- By area: 427 in Flanders, 217 in Wallonia and 333 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In June 2025, the Belgian Official Gazette published 37 judicial reorganisations, 2.6% fewer than in June 2024.
- Compared with May 2025 (46), that is 20% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from July 2024 to June 2025 there were 494, 2% fewer than the twelve months before.
Judicial dissolutions
- In June 2025, the Belgian Official Gazette published 309 judicial dissolutions, 8.3% fewer than in June 2024.
- Compared with May 2025 (454), that is 32% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from July 2024 to June 2025 there were 3,948, 20% fewer than the twelve months before.
By region
June 2025, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 4,001+7.8% | 427-5.1% | 13-13% | 137+251% |
| Wallonia | 1,907+21% | 217-5.7% | 13-32% | 70+13% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 1,537+8.7% | 333+118% | 11+175% | 102-57% |
| No known area | 431+13% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 7,876+11% | 977+17% | 37-2.6% | 309-8.3% |
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
June 2025 against June 2024. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
The sector is known for only 60% of the cases; too few to show a breakdown by sector.
Incorporations by sector
June 2025 against June 2024. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
June 2025
June 2024
- Professional and technical services ≥ 1,219
- Construction ≥ 766
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 710
- Administrative and support services ≥ 535
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 422
- Other services ≥ 412
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 350
- Health and social work ≥ 304
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 277
- Transport and storage ≥ 247
Show all 22 sectors
- Manufacturing ≥ 228
- Real estate ≥ 209
- Education ≥ 179
- Finance and insurance ≥ 105
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 87
- Publishing and media ≥ 62
- Households ≥ 37
- Energy ≥ 15
- Water and waste ≥ 8
- Public administration ≥ 1
- Mining and quarrying ≥ 0
- Extraterritorial organisations ≥ 0
The sector is known for 78% of the cases of June 2025 (1,703 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 June 2024, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of June 2024 are not equally well known (60% and 43%); a comparison per sector would measure our coverage, not the economy.
For incorporations, the sectors of this month and of June 2024 are not equally well known (78% and 76%); 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 June 2025 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2025-06
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.