Enterprises
- In November 2017, 881 businesses in Belgium went bankrupt.
- The bankruptcies resulted in a loss of 1,755 jobs: 884 full-time employees, 518 part-time employees and 353 salaried employers lost their jobs.
- The number of bankruptcies in the last six months amounts to 4,922, a rise of 7.0% 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 17.0% In construction this number rose by 9.0%; whereas in commerce there was a rise by 4.5%. The hotel and catering industry rose by 7.0%. The number of bankruptcies in transportation and other services rose by 7.4%.
- At regional level and in the same period there was decrease by 2.3% in Flemish Region, a rise of 7.6% in the Walloon Region and a rise of 26.6% in the Brussels-Capital Region.
| 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | |
| TOTAL | |||||||||||||
| Total | 808 | 687 | 806 | 802 | 930 | 736 | 965 | 1 | 508 | 376 | 987 | 1 | 881 (100.0%) |
| ACTIVITY | |||||||||||||
| Agriculture and fishing | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 (0.6%) |
| Mining, energy | 30 | 29 | 30 | 35 | 39 | 33 | 42 | 46 | 23 | 26 | 38 | 57 | 51 (5.8%) |
| Construction | 146 | 133 | 138 | 142 | 171 | 118 | 156 | 179 | 100 | 71 | 155 | 192 | 162 (18.4%) |
| Trade | 206 | 156 | 199 | 217 | 242 | 184 | 246 | 241 | 125 | 100 | 261 | 262 | 240 (27.2%) |
| Hotels and restaurants | 178 | 141 | 165 | 173 | 220 | 172 | 222 | 206 | 105 | 67 | 216 | 255 | 179 (20.3%) |
| Transport, other services | 244 | 222 | 266 | 230 | 254 | 224 | 298 | 341 | 152 | 111 | 310 | 383 | 244 (27.7%) |
| REGION | |||||||||||||
| Flemish | 440 | 342 | 454 | 392 | 483 | 357 | 405 | 455 | 268 | 190 | 454 | 506 | 419 (47.6%) |
| Walloon | 190 | 180 | 206 | 238 | 254 | 214 | 237 | 268 | 144 | 115 | 269 | 268 | 222 (25.2%) |
| Brussels | 178 | 165 | 146 | 172 | 193 | 165 | 323 | 294 | 96 | 71 | 264 | 379 | 240 (27.2%) |
| LEGAL FORM | |||||||||||||
| Sole proprietor | 115 | 120 | 154 | 176 | 182 | 132 | 167 | 167 | 114 | 75 | 153 | 203 | 151 (17.1%) |
| Public limited companies | 146 | 114 | 132 | 122 | 153 | 122 | 135 | 140 | 74 | 54 | 158 | 169 | 138 (15.7%) |
| Limited-liability companies | 521 | 426 | 501 | 480 | 565 | 464 | 627 | 672 | 303 | 239 | 656 | 747 | 563 (63.9%) |
| Co-operatives | 25 | 26 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 34 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 26 (3.0%) |
| Others | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 (0.3%) |