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Enterprise deaths in Belgium

Enterprise deaths in Belgium was 52,848 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 26.5% from 2023. That is the 16th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, count52,848 Provisional
Change on 2023+26.5%
Rank16th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high52,8482024
Series low24,1522019

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Enterprise deaths in Belgium, 2019 to 2024

20K30K40K50K60K2019202020212022202320242019: 24,152 count2020: 33,835 count2021: 31,950 count2022: 36,490 count2023: 41,770 count2024: 52,848 count
count. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 6 values
Periodcount
202452,848 Provisional
202341,770
202236,490
202131,950
202033,835
201924,152

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2024
Belgium52,848
European Union (27)3,143,782

Rankings

Definition

Enterprises that stopped trading during the year and were not reactivated within two years. Enterprises absorbed by a merger or a takeover are not deaths.

Counts enterprises, which can run several local units, under the harmonised Eurostat and OECD business demography rules. Not the same as active_companies (the INE business register count for Spain) or employer_firms (US firms with employees). A death is not an insolvency: most enterprises that close do so without a formal insolvency procedure. The latest years are estimated from expected reactivations and are provisional.

How to cite

Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size) (Enterprise deaths, Belgium, 2019 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table

MLA 9

Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size), Enterprise deaths, Belgium, 2019 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 2 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/belgium. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size). Enterprise deaths, Belgium, 2019 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/belgium.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size), Enterprise deaths, Belgium, 2019 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/belgium (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_enterprise_deaths_belgium_2024,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd\_size): Enterprise deaths, Belgium, 2019 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprise-deaths/belgium. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd\_size). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd\_size/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the enterprise deaths in Belgium?

Enterprise deaths in Belgium was 52,848 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 26.5% from 2023. That is the 16th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise deaths, number (bd_size). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest enterprise deaths in Belgium?

52,848 in 2024, the highest value since 2019 in this series.

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