Directorate-general Statistics and Economic information
Directorate-general Statistics and Economic information
03/29/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/29/2024 02:48
Building permits: December 2023
Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, publishes today the figures on building permits until December 2023.
For the most recent month available, December 2023, building permits were issued for 1,985 residential buildings. Compared to November 2023, this is a decrease of 0.6%. In the Flemish Region, 2.3% more permits for new residential buildings were issued than in the previous month. The number of permits issued for new residential buildings has decreased by 8.7% in the Walloon Region. In the Brussels Capital Region, permits for 4 new residential buildings were issued in December 2023.
| Month | Belgium | Flemish Region | Walloon Region | Brussels-Capital Region | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 2,498 | 1,919 | 554 | 25 | ||||
| 2022 | 2 | 2,452 | (-1.8%) | 1,862 | (-3.0%) | 575 | (+3.8%) | 15 | (-40.0%) |
| 2022 | 3 | 3,489 | (+42.3%) | 2,723 | (+46.2%) | 749 | (+30.3%) | 17 | (+13.3%) |
| 2022 | 4 | 2,241 | (-35.8%) | 1,593 | (-41.5%) | 639 | (-14.7%) | 9 | (-47.1%) |
| 2022 | 5 | 2,717 | (+21.2%) | 1,994 | (+25.2%) | 708 | (+10.8%) | 15 | (+66.7%) |
| 2022 | 6 | 2,391 | (-12.0%) | 1,832 | (-8.1%) | 552 | (-22.0%) | 7 | (-53.3%) |
| 2022 | 7 | 1,952 | (-18.4%) | 1,419 | (-22.5%) | 525 | (-4.9%) | 8 | (+14.3%) |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,459 | (+26.0%) | 1,788 | (+26.0%) | 666 | (+26.9%) | 5 | (-37.5%) |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,269 | (-7.7%) | 1,705 | (-4.6%) | 551 | (-17.3%) | 13 | (+160.0%) |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,247 | (-1.0%) | 1,674 | (-1.8%) | 570 | (+3.4%) | 3 | (-76.9%) |
| 2022 | 11 | 1,910 | (-15.0%) | 1,355 | (-19.1%) | 541 | (-5.1%) | 14 | (+366.7%) |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,024 | (+6.0%) | 1,538 | (+13.5%) | 473 | (-12.6%) | 13 | (-7.1%) |
| 2023 | 1 | 2,270 | (+12.2%) | 1,571 | (+2.1%) | 692 | (+46.3%) | 7 | (-46.2%) |
| 2023 | 2 | 2,108 | (-7.1%) | 1,652 | (+5.2%) | 450 | (-35.0%) | 6 | (-14.3%) |
| 2023 | 3 | 2,656 | (+26.0%) | 2,022 | (+22.4%) | 623 | (+38.4%) | 11 | (+83.3%) |
| 2023 | 4 | 2,012 | (-24.2%) | 1,531 | (-24.3%) | 463 | (-25.7%) | 18 | (+63.6%) |
| 2023 | 5 | 2,092 | (+4.0%) | 1,565 | (+2.2%) | 516 | (+11.4%) | 11 | (-38.9%) |
| 2023 | 6 | 2,160 | (+3.3%) | 1,609 | (+2.8%) | 529 | (+2.5%) | 22 | (+100.0%) |
| 2023 | 7 | 1,918 | (-11.2%) | 1,388 | (-13.7%) | 521 | (-1.5%) | 9 | (-59.1%) |
| 2023 | 8 | 1,703 | (-11.2%) | 1,168 | (-15.9%) | 528 | (+1.3%) | 7 | (-22.2%) |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,101 | (+23.4%) | 1,618 | (+38.5%) | 469 | (-11.2%) | 14 | (+100.0%) |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,476 | (+17.8%) | 1,886 | (+16.6%) | 576 | (+22.8%) | 14 | (0.0%) |
| 2023 | 11 | 1,996 | (-19.4%) | 1,495 | (-20.7%) | 494 | (-14.2%) | 6 | (-57.1%) |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,985 | (-0.6%) | 1,530 | (+2.3%) | 451 | (-8.7%) | 4 | (-33.3%) |
| Monthly figures - number of permits for new residential buildings + evolution compared to the previous period | |||||||||
Since 2007, the number of permits for the renovation of residential buildings was generally higher than the number of permits for the construction of new residential buildings. This changes briefly from the second quarter of 2018 onwards. From February 2019 onwards, the number of permits for the renovation of residential buildings is again higher than the number of permits for the construction of new residential buildings.
The number of residential renovations reached a peak in late 2021/early 2022.
From 2003 onwards, more permits are issued for new apartments than for single family dwellings. During the years 2010-2011, both were at approximately the same level. Afterwards, the difference has been increasing again in favour of the apartments. The difference is the greatest in 2018. From 2019 onwards, the gap narrows again. In recent months, the gap between the two series has been growing in favour of the number of new apartments.