In November 2018, 890 businesses in Belgium went bankrupt.
The bankruptcies resulted in a loss of 1,480 jobs: 716 full-time employees, 389 part-time employees and 375 salaried employers lost their jobs.
The number of bankruptcies in the last six months amounts to 4,930, a rise of 0.2% 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 dropped by 14.1%. In construction the number remained stable; whereas in commerce there was a decrease by 4.0%. The hotel and catering industry dropped by 1.2%. The number of bankruptcies in transportation and other services rose by 6.7%.
At regional level and in the same period there was a decrease by 4.0% in the Flemish Region, a decrease of 7.2% in the Walloon Region and a rise of 14.3% in the Brussels-Capital Region.