Checked Barometer June 2026
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In June 2026, the Belgian Official Gazette published 1,017 bankruptcies, 4.1% more than in June 2025. In June 2026, 9,353 companies were incorporated, 19% more than in June 2025.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 July 2026). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
1,017
+4.1% year on year+6.2% month on month
11,198 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
52
+41% year on year-8.8% month on month
598 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
452
+46% year on year+34% month on month
3,262 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In June 2026, 9,353 companies were incorporated, 19% more than in June 2025.
- Compared with May 2026 (9,455), that is 1.1% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026 there were 149,995, 19% more than the twelve months before.
Bankruptcies
- In June 2026, the Belgian Official Gazette published 1,017 bankruptcies, 4.1% more than in June 2025.
- Compared with May 2026 (958), that is 6.2% more.
- Over the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026 there were 11,198, 7.4% more than the twelve months before.
- By area: 492 in Flanders, 230 in Wallonia and 295 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In June 2026, the Belgian Official Gazette published 52 judicial reorganisations, 41% more than in June 2025.
- Compared with May 2026 (57), that is 8.8% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026 there were 598, 21% more than the twelve months before.
Judicial dissolutions
- In June 2026, the Belgian Official Gazette published 452 judicial dissolutions, 46% more than in June 2025.
- Compared with May 2026 (337), that is 34% more.
- Over the twelve months from July 2025 to June 2026 there were 3,262, 17% fewer than the twelve months before.
By region
June 2026, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 4,537+13% | 492+15% | 18+38% | 72-47% |
| Wallonia | 2,504+31% | 230+6% | 17+31% | 60-14% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 1,951+27% | 295-11% | 17+55% | 320+214% |
| No known area | 361-16% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 9,353+19% | 1,017+4.1% | 52+41% | 452+46% |
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 2026 against June 2025. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
June 2026
June 2025
- Construction ≥ 174
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 124
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 122
- Other services ≥ 53
- Transport and storage ≥ 52
- Administrative and support services ≥ 52
- Professional and technical services ≥ 46
- Manufacturing ≥ 35
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 23
- Real estate ≥ 23
Show all 20 sectors
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 11
- Finance and insurance ≥ 7
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 5
- Education ≥ 5
- Water and waste ≥ 3
- Publishing and media ≥ 3
- Health and social work ≥ 3
- Energy ≥ 1
- Public administration ≥ 0
- Households ≥ 0
The sector is known for 73% of the cases of June 2026 (275 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
June 2026 against June 2025. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
June 2026
June 2025
- Professional and technical services ≥ 1,372
- Construction ≥ 954
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 861
- Administrative and support services ≥ 653
- Other services ≥ 498
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 469
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 450
- Transport and storage ≥ 330
- Manufacturing ≥ 284
- Health and social work ≥ 260
Show all 21 sectors
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 246
- Real estate ≥ 195
- Education ≥ 174
- Finance and insurance ≥ 113
- Publishing and media ≥ 98
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 85
- Households ≥ 54
- Energy ≥ 9
- Water and waste ≥ 9
- Mining and quarrying ≥ 0
- Public administration ≥ 0
The sector is known for 76% of the cases of June 2026 (2,239 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 2025, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of June 2025 are not equally well known (73% and 60%); a comparison per sector would measure our coverage, not the economy.
For incorporations, the sectors of this month and of June 2025 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 June 2026 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2026-06
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.