January 2017: 806 bankruptcies
The bankruptcies resulted in a loss of 1,308 jobs: 688 full-time employees, 324 part-time employees and 296 salaried employers lost their jobs.
The number of bankruptcies in the last six months amounts to 4,715, a rise of 7.4% 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 13.4% In construction this number rose by 3.1%; whereas in commerce there was a rise by 3.4%. The hotel and catering industry rose by 13.1%. The number of bankruptcies in transportation and other services rose by 14.3%.
At regional level and in the same period there was rise by 5.3% in Flemish Region, a decrease of 5.5% in the Walloon Region and a rise of 33.1% in the Brussels-Capital Region.
2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||||
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JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | |
TOTAL | |||||||||||||
Total | 742 | 814 | 749 | 771 | 805 | 917 | 463 | 404 | 1 | 922 | 808 | 687 | 806 (100.0%) |
ACTIVITY | |||||||||||||
Agriculture and fishing | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 8 (1.0%) |
Mining, energy | 41 | 39 | 43 | 27 | 41 | 39 | 20 | 27 | 44 | 46 | 30 | 29 | 30 (3.7%) |
Construction | 121 | 146 | 119 | 149 | 122 | 167 | 94 | 53 | 196 | 132 | 146 | 133 | 138 (17.1%) |
Trade | 207 | 210 | 201 | 211 | 214 | 254 | 120 | 102 | 279 | 215 | 206 | 156 | 199 (24.7%) |
Hotels and restaurants | 165 | 188 | 165 | 161 | 170 | 166 | 84 | 103 | 223 | 207 | 178 | 141 | 165 (20.5%) |
Transport, other services | 204 | 226 | 216 | 215 | 246 | 281 | 140 | 117 | 342 | 311 | 244 | 222 | 266 (33.0%) |
REGION | |||||||||||||
Flemish | 416 | 419 | 410 | 436 | 392 | 476 | 248 | 221 | 526 | 434 | 440 | 342 | 454 (56.3%) |
Walloon | 227 | 220 | 209 | 216 | 209 | 246 | 131 | 115 | 270 | 243 | 190 | 180 | 206 (25.6%) |
Brussels | 99 | 175 | 130 | 119 | 204 | 195 | 84 | 68 | 292 | 245 | 178 | 165 | 146 (18.1%) |
LEGAL FORM | |||||||||||||
Sole proprietor | 149 | 144 | 143 | 149 | 144 | 152 | 99 | 87 | 165 | 148 | 115 | 120 | 154 (19.1%) |
Public limited companies | 108 | 134 | 114 | 113 | 127 | 157 | 70 | 47 | 176 | 157 | 146 | 114 | 132 (16.4%) |
Limited-liability companies | 473 | 499 | 464 | 482 | 504 | 580 | 284 | 251 | 710 | 582 | 521 | 426 | 501 (62.2%) |
Co-operatives | 10 | 34 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 16 (2.0%) |
Others | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 (0.4%) |