128 bankruptcies in week 25

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128 bankruptcies in week 25

During the week from 21 to 27 June included (week 25), the business courts pronounced 128 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 176 job losses.

So the figures for week 25 reveal a decrease in the number of bankruptcies and job losses compared to the previous week.

During the first 25 weeks of 2021, the business courts pronounced 2,960 bankruptcies. This figure is 17.8% lower than in the first 25 weeks of 2020.

Job losses per bankruptcy are 4.4% lower in 2021 than in the previous year. During the first 25 weeks of 2021, 2.31 jobs were lost per bankruptcy while this ratio amounted to 2.41 in the same period in 2020.

The number of bankruptcies and job losses for the first 25 weeks of the year

Category 2019 2020 2021 2021/2020 2021/2019
Bancruptcies 5,259 3,601 2,960 -17.80% -43.72%
Job losses 10,594 8,693 6,830 -21.43% -35.53%
Job losses/Bancruptcies 2.01 2.41 2.31 -4.42% +14.54%

This is what emerged from the weekly bankruptcy figures produced by Statbel based on the orders of business courts. These interim weekly estimates make it possible to quickly observe the first trends.