163 bankruptcies in week 27

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163 bankruptcies in week 27

During the week from 4 to 10 July included (week 27), the business courts pronounced 163 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 423 job losses.

So the figures for week 27 reveal a decrease in the number of bankruptcies and job losses compared to the previous week.

During the first 27 weeks of 2022, the business courts pronounced 5,126 bankruptcies. This figure is 56.4% higher than in the first 27 weeks of 2021.

Job losses per bankruptcy are 23.6% lower in 2022 than in the previous year. During the first 27 weeks of 2022, 2.34 jobs were lost per bankruptcy while this ratio amounted to 3.06 in the same period in 2021.

The number of bankruptcies and job losses for the first 27 weeks of the year

Category 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022/2021 2022/2020 2022/2019
Bancruptcies 5,789 3,998 3,277 5,126 +56.4% +28.2% -11.5%
Job losses 15,770 12,208 10,032 11,982 +19.4% -1.9% -24.0%
Job losses/Bancruptcies 2.72 3.05 3.06 2.34 -23.6% -23.4% -14.2%

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.