February 2017: 800 bankruptcies
The bankruptcies resulted in a loss of 1,347 jobs: 657 full-time employees, 368 part-time employees and 322 salaried employers lost their jobs.
The number of bankruptcies in the last six months amounts to 5,111, a rise of 5.0% compared to the same period last year.
In the last six months, compared to the same period last year, the number of failed businesses in the industry sector dropped by 16.7% In construction this number rose by 4.2%; whereas in commerce there was a rise by 3.1%. The hotel and catering industry rose by 6.2%. The number of bankruptcies in transportation and other services rose by 11.3%.
At regional level and in the same period there was rise by 2.0% in Flemish Region, a decrease of 4.7% in the Walloon Region and a rise of 27.3% in the Brussels-Capital Region.
2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||||
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FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | |
TOTAL | |||||||||||||
Total | 814 | 749 | 771 | 805 | 917 | 463 | 404 | 1 | 922 | 808 | 687 | 806 | 800 (100.0%) |
ACTIVITY | |||||||||||||
Agriculture and fishing | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 (0.6%) |
Mining, energy | 39 | 43 | 27 | 41 | 39 | 20 | 27 | 44 | 46 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 35 (4.4%) |
Construction | 146 | 119 | 149 | 122 | 167 | 94 | 53 | 196 | 132 | 146 | 133 | 138 | 141 (17.6%) |
Trade | 210 | 201 | 211 | 214 | 254 | 120 | 102 | 279 | 215 | 206 | 156 | 199 | 217 (27.1%) |
Hotels and restaurants | 188 | 165 | 161 | 170 | 166 | 84 | 103 | 223 | 207 | 178 | 141 | 165 | 173 (21.6%) |
Transport, other services | 226 | 216 | 215 | 246 | 281 | 140 | 117 | 342 | 311 | 244 | 222 | 266 | 229 (28.6%) |
REGION | |||||||||||||
Flemish | 419 | 410 | 436 | 392 | 476 | 248 | 221 | 526 | 434 | 440 | 342 | 454 | 390 (48.8%) |
Walloon | 220 | 209 | 216 | 209 | 246 | 131 | 115 | 270 | 243 | 190 | 180 | 206 | 238 (29.8%) |
Brussels | 175 | 130 | 119 | 204 | 195 | 84 | 68 | 292 | 245 | 178 | 165 | 146 | 172 (21.5%) |
LEGAL FORM | |||||||||||||
Sole proprietor | 144 | 143 | 149 | 144 | 152 | 99 | 87 | 165 | 148 | 115 | 120 | 154 | 174 (21.8%) |
Public limited companies | 134 | 114 | 113 | 127 | 157 | 70 | 47 | 176 | 157 | 146 | 114 | 132 | 122 (15.3%) |
Limited-liability companies | 499 | 464 | 482 | 504 | 580 | 284 | 251 | 710 | 582 | 521 | 426 | 501 | 480 (60.0%) |
Co-operatives | 34 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 16 | 21 (2.6%) |
Others | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 (0.4%) |