Brussels: Europe and the Arabs

In 2022, 9,265 companies will be declared bankrupt in Belgium. This represents an increase of 42% compared to 2021 (6,533 bankruptcies). This also represents a decrease of 13% compared to 2019 (10,598 bankruptcies), the last year that COVID-19 had no impact.
With 800 bankruptcies, December confirms this annual trend. However, these results must be qualified by region.
According to the figures published by the Belgian Statistical Office and distributed in Brussels on Thursday, and we received a copy of them
On a regional level, it is remarkable that the number of bankruptcies registered in 2022 has increased only in the “Dutch-speaking” Flemish region compared to 2019. The number of bankruptcies in this region is the 5,287 the highest since 2013, when 5,742 bankruptcies were registered. .

In “French-speaking” Wallonia, the 2,202 registered bankruptcies represent the third-lowest result over the past ten years after the “coronavirus years” of 2020 and 2021. This number is 18% lower than in 2019.

In the Brussels-Capital Region, 1,776 bankruptcies were registered, 40% less than in 2019. In this region, 2022 will also have the lowest figures after 2020 and 2021.