Checked Barometer July 2026
Edition of 26 September 2026 · KBO · Belgian Official Gazette
In July 2026, the Belgian Official Gazette published 689 bankruptcies, 19% fewer than in July 2025. In July 2026, 14,936 companies were incorporated, 11% more than in July 2025.
This edition was compiled on 26 September 2026, after its regular publication date (6 August 2026). The figures are that day's count and no longer change.
Bankruptcies
689
-19% year on year-32% month on month
11,032 over twelve months
Judicial reorganisations
56
-8.2% year on year+7.7% month on month
593 over twelve months
Judicial dissolutions
61
-73% year on year-87% month on month
3,101 over twelve months
In brief
Sentences taken straight from this edition's figures. Credit Checked.be as the source.
Incorporations
- In July 2026, 14,936 companies were incorporated, 11% more than in July 2025.
- Compared with June 2026 (9,353), that is 60% more.
- Over the twelve months from August 2025 to July 2026 there were 151,503, 18% more than the twelve months before.
Bankruptcies
- In July 2026, the Belgian Official Gazette published 689 bankruptcies, 19% fewer than in July 2025.
- Compared with June 2026 (1,017), that is 32% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from August 2025 to July 2026 there were 11,032, 5.2% more than the twelve months before.
- By area: 353 in Flanders, 142 in Wallonia and 194 in Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde.
Judicial reorganisations
- In July 2026, the Belgian Official Gazette published 56 judicial reorganisations, 8.2% fewer than in July 2025.
- Compared with June 2026 (52), that is 7.7% more.
- Over the twelve months from August 2025 to July 2026 there were 593, 19% more than the twelve months before.
Judicial dissolutions
- In July 2026, the Belgian Official Gazette published 61 judicial dissolutions, 73% fewer than in July 2025.
- Compared with June 2026 (452), that is 87% fewer.
- Over the twelve months from August 2025 to July 2026 there were 3,101, 16% fewer than the twelve months before.
By region
July 2026, with the change on the same month a year earlier.
| Area | Incorporations | Bankruptcies | Judicial reorganisations | Judicial dissolutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flanders | 7,282+8.1% | 353-23% | 21+91% | 28-67% |
| Wallonia | 4,563+36% | 142-26% | 24-23% | 29-56% |
| Brussels and Halle-Vilvoorde | 2,648+13% | 194-5.4% | 11-42% | 4-94% |
| No known area | 443-56% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 14,936+11% | 689-19% | 56-8.2% | 61-73% |
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
July 2026 against July 2025. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
July 2026
July 2025
- Construction ≥ 99
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 99
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 98
- Administrative and support services ≥ 40
- Transport and storage ≥ 38
- Professional and technical services ≥ 38
- Other services ≥ 30
- Manufacturing ≥ 21
- Real estate ≥ 21
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 18
Show all 18 sectors
- Finance and insurance ≥ 7
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 6
- Health and social work ≥ 4
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 3
- Publishing and media ≥ 3
- Water and waste ≥ 2
- Education ≥ 2
- Energy ≥ 0
The sector is known for 77% of the cases of July 2026 (160 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
July 2026 against July 2025. Main activity according to the KBO (NACE 2025).
July 2026
July 2025
- Professional and technical services ≥ 1,897
- Wholesale and retail trade ≥ 1,334
- Construction ≥ 1,297
- Administrative and support services ≥ 1,262
- Other services ≥ 1,199
- Telecoms and IT ≥ 658
- Accommodation and food service ≥ 581
- Transport and storage ≥ 565
- Health and social work ≥ 559
- Manufacturing ≥ 452
Show all 22 sectors
- Arts, sports and recreation ≥ 431
- Education ≥ 402
- Real estate ≥ 267
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing ≥ 205
- Publishing and media ≥ 197
- Finance and insurance ≥ 102
- Households ≥ 52
- Water and waste ≥ 20
- Energy ≥ 17
- Public administration ≥ 2
- Mining and quarrying ≥ 1
- Extraterritorial organisations ≥ 0
The sector is known for 77% of the cases of July 2026 (3,436 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 July 2025, from 10 cases and a difference of 5 cases.
For bankruptcies, the sectors of this month and of July 2025 are not equally well known (77% and 60%); a comparison per sector would measure our coverage, not the economy.
For incorporations, the sectors of this month and of July 2025 are not equally well known (77% and 81%); 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 July 2026 (edition of 26 September 2026), https://checked.be/en/barometer/2026-07
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.