During the week from 8 to 14 January included (week 2), the business courts pronounced 145 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 666 job losses.
The figures for week 2 reveal an increase in the number of bankruptcies and job losses compared to the previous week.
During the first 2 weeks of 2024, the business courts pronounced 276 bankruptcies. This figure is 8.3% lower than in the first 2 weeks of 2023 and 16.0% higher than in the same weeks of 2022.
Job losses amount to 972 in 2024, a decrease of 64.2% compared to 2023 but an increase of 70.5% compared to 2022.
It is recalled that this particularly high number of job losses in 2023 was mainly due to the bankruptcy of a large enterprise in the trade sector.
The number of bankruptcies and job losses for the first 2 weeks of the year
| Category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2024/2023 | 2024/2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bancruptcies | 208 | 231 | 238 | 301 | 276 | -8.3% | +32.7% |
| Job losses | 666 | 642 | 570 | 2,715 | 972 | -64.2% | +45.9% |
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.