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The coronacrisis boosted homeworking. In 2021, 37.9% of the employees worked sometimes or usually from home. We see in 2022 and 2023 that homeworking is here to stay: even though...
Enterprises
In February 2024, 994 bankruptcies were registered by the business courts. This is a 5.5% increase compared to January 2024 (942). Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, also publishes a detailed...
Enterprises
The turnover of enterprises in Belgium, excluding agricultural and financial sectors, amounted to 425 billion euros in the fourth quarter 2023, i.e. a 6.1% decrease compared to the same period...
Enterprises
In January 2024, 942 bankruptcies were registered by the business courts. This is a 2.7% increase compared to December 2023 (917). Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, also publishes a detailed...
Population
Some 111,300 deaths were provisionally recorded in Belgium in 2023. That is about 5,000 fewer deaths than the previous year, or a 4.3% decrease compared to 2022. Compared to a...
Households
“Have you read books in the last 12 months, including e-books and audio books?” For the SILC survey organised in 2022, Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, asked this question to...
Population
Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, publishes today the causes of deaths for 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic still caused 10,046 deaths in Belgium in 2021, or 8.9% of all deaths. Therefore...
Enterprises
In 2023, 10,243 enterprises were declared bankrupt in Belgium. This is an increase of 11% compared to 2022 (9,265 bankruptcies) and the 3rd highest result of these last ten years...
Enterprises
In November 2023, 900 bankruptcies were registered by the business courts. This is a 12.2% decrease compared to October 2023 (1,025). Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, also publishes a detailed...
Enterprises
The turnover of enterprises in Belgium, excluding agricultural and financial sectors, amounted to 387.4 billion euros in the third quarter 2023, i.e. a 4.5% decrease compared to the same period...