Building permits: February 2022

Housing
Building permits: February 2022

Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, publishes today the figures on building permits until February 2022.

Monthly evolution

This month, building permits were issued for 2,440 new residential buildings. Compared to January 2022, this is a decrease of 3.3%.

In the Flemish Region, 1,862 permits were issued for new residential buildings, i.e. a decrease of 2.7%.

The number of permits issued for new residential buildings has decreased by 3.6% to 563 buildings in the Walloon Region.

In the Brussels-Capital Region, the number of permits issued for new residential buildings decreased to 15.

  Month Belgium Flemish Region Walloon Region Brussels-Capital Region
2021 1 2,552   1,897   643   12  
2021 2 2,430 (-4.8%) 1,822 (-4.0%) 594 (-7.6%) 14 (+16.7%)
2021 3 3,559 (+46.5%) 2,648 (+45.3%) 888 (+49.5%) 23 (+64.3%)
2021 4 2,675 (-24.8%) 1,937 (-26.9%) 729 (-17.9%) 9 (-60.9%)
2021 5 2,657 (-0.7%) 1,954 (+0.9%) 692 (-5.1%) 11 (+22.2%)
2021 6 2,950 (+11.0%) 2,206 (+12.9%) 724 (+4.6%) 20 (+81.8%)
2021 7 2,538 (-14.0%) 1,871 (-15.2%) 640 (-11.6%) 27 (+35.0%)
2021 8 2,499 (-1.5%) 1,867 (-0.2%) 620 (-3.1%) 12 (-55.6%)
2021 9 2,565 (+2.6%) 1,922 (+2.9%) 635 (+2.4%) 7 (-41.7%)
2021 10 2,563 (-0.1%) 1,989 (+3.5%) 562 (-11.5%) 12 (+71.4%)
2021 11 2,489 (-2.9%) 1,705 (-14.3%) 777 (+38.3%) 7 (-41.7%)
2021 12 2,325 (-6.6%) 1,704 (-0.1%) 611 (-21.4%) 10 (+42.9%)
2022 1 2,523 (+8.5%) 1,914 (+12.3%) 584 (-4.4%) 25 (+150.0%)
2022 2 2,440 (-3.3%) 1,862 (-2.7%) 563 (-3.6%) 15 (-40.0%)
Monthly figures - number of permits for new residential buildings + evolution compared to the previous period

Long term evolution

Since 2007, the number of permits for the renovation of residential buildings was generally higher than the number of permits for the construction of new residential buildings. This changes briefly from the second quarter of 2018 onwards. From February 2019 onwards, the number of permits for the renovation of residential buildings is again higher than the number of permits for the construction of new residential buildings.

From 2003 onwards, more permits are issued for new apartments than for single family dwellings. During the years 2010-2011, both were at approximately the same level. Afterwards, the difference has been increasing again in favour of the apartments. The difference is the greatest in 2018. From 2019 onwards, the gap narrows again.