214 bankruptcies in week 16

214 bankruptcies in week 16

Enterprises

24 April 2024

During the week from 15 to 21 April included (week 16), the business courts pronounced 214 bankruptcies, resulting in a total of 676 job losses.

The figures for week 16 reveal a stabilisation of the number of bankruptcies and a decrease in the number of job losses compared to the previous week.

During the first 16 weeks of 2024, the business courts pronounced 3,500 bankruptcies. This figure is 13.4% higher than in the first 16 weeks of 2023 and 26.7% higher than in the same weeks of 2022.

Job losses amount to 11,805 in 2024, an increase of 17.7% compared to 2023 and of 72.2% compared to 2022.

The number of bankruptcies and job losses for the first 16 weeks of the year

This is what emerged from the weekly bankruptcy figures produced by Statbel based on the orders of business courts. These interim weekly estimates make it possible to quickly observe the first trends.