In December 2019, 1,025 businesses in Belgium went bankrupt.
These bankruptcies resulted in a loss of 1,877 jobs: 936 full-time employees, 486 part-time employees and 455 salaried employers.
The number of bankruptcies in the last six months amounts to 4,996, a rise of 1.3% 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 rose by 1.5% In construction this number rose by 7.5%; whereas in commerce there was a rise by 1.9%. The hotel and catering industry dropped by 9.9%. The number of bankruptcies in transportation and other services rose by 3.8%.
At regional level and in the same period there was a rise by 7.7% in the Flemish Region, a rise of 4.7% in the Walloon Region and a decrease of 10.5% in the Brussels-Capital Region.