Checked Barometer February 2026
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In February 2026, the Belgian Official Gazette published 887 bankruptcies, 35% more than in February 2025. In February 2026, 11,588 companies were incorporated, 18% more than in February 2025.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 March 2026). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
887
+35% year on year+4.1% month on month
10,934 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
53
+231% year on year+8.2% month on month
559 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
208
-17% year on year-36% month on month
3,360 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In February 2026, 11,588 companies were incorporated, 18% more than in February 2025.
- Compared with January 2026 (18,872), that is 39% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from March 2025 to February 2026 there were 142,762, 17% more than the twelve months before.
Bankruptcies
- In February 2026, the Belgian Official Gazette published 887 bankruptcies, 35% more than in February 2025.
- Compared with January 2026 (852), that is 4.1% more.
- Over the twelve months from March 2025 to February 2026 there were 10,934, 6.3% more than the twelve months before.
- By area: 471 in Flanders, 172 in Wallonia and 244 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In February 2026, the Belgian Official Gazette published 53 judicial reorganisations, 231% more than in February 2025.
- Compared with January 2026 (49), that is 8.2% more.
- Over the twelve months from March 2025 to February 2026 there were 559, 14% more than the twelve months before.
Judicial dissolutions
- In February 2026, the Belgian Official Gazette published 208 judicial dissolutions, 17% fewer than in February 2025.
- Compared with January 2026 (327), that is 36% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from March 2025 to February 2026 there were 3,360, 18% fewer than the twelve months before.
By region
February 2026, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 5,632+13% | 471+33% | 15+88% | 40-69% |
| Wallonia | 3,056+27% | 172+18% | 13+225% | 68+9.7% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 2,284+21% | 244+55% | 25+525% | 100+64% |
| No known area | 616+11% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 11,588+18% | 887+35% | 53+231% | 208-17% |
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
February 2026 against February 2025. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
February 2026
February 2025
- Construction ≥ 150
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 111
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 90
- Transport and storage ≥ 50
- Professional and technical services ≥ 42
- Administrative and support services ≥ 35
- Manufacturing ≥ 32
- Other services ≥ 27
- Real estate ≥ 22
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 18
Show all 18 sectors
The sector is known for 69% of the cases of February 2026 (277 without a sector). Hence no change per sector. This edition kept no count of active companies, so no figure per 10,000.
Incorporations by sector
February 2026 against February 2025. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
February 2026
February 2025
- Professional and technical services ≥ 1,712
- Construction ≥ 1,355
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 1,137
- Administrative and support services ≥ 855
- Other services ≥ 800
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 534
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 500
- Health and social work ≥ 414
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 391
- Transport and storage ≥ 373
Show all 21 sectors
- Manufacturing ≥ 371
- Education ≥ 326
- Real estate ≥ 168
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 160
- Publishing and media ≥ 115
- Finance and insurance ≥ 83
- Households ≥ 50
- Energy ≥ 10
- Water and waste ≥ 9
- Mining and quarrying ≥ 1
- Public administration ≥ 0
The sector is known for 81% of the cases of February 2026 (2,224 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 February 2025, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of February 2025 are not equally well known (69% and 59%); a comparison per sector would measure our coverage, not the economy.
For incorporations, the sectors of this month and of February 2025 are not equally well known (81% and 80%); 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 February 2026 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2026-02
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.