In January 2017, 806 businesses in Belgium went bankrupt.

Enterprises
January 2017: 806 bankruptcies

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.

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  2016 2017
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%)