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Building permits: October 2025
Building permits: October 2025
Housing
30 January 2026
Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, publishes today the figures on building permits until October 2025.
For the most recent month available, October 2025, building permits were issued for 1,876 new residential buildings. Compared to September 2025, this is a decrease of 2.7%. In the Flemish Region, the decrease was 4.2%, which means that permits were issued for 1,451 buildings. The number of permits issued for new buildings has increased by 2% to 410 in the Walloon Region. In the Brussels-Capital Region, permits were issued in October for the construction of 15 new residential buildings.
| Month | Belgium | Flemish Region | Walloon Region | Brussels-Capital Region | |||||
| 2024 | 1 | 1,760 | 1,238 | 513 | 9 | ||||
| 2024 | 2 | 1,730 | (-1.7%) | 1,268 | (+2.4%) | 432 | (-15.8%) | 30 | (+233.3%) |
| 2024 | 3 | 2,065 | (+19.4%) | 1,621 | (+27.8%) | 424 | (-1.9%) | 20 | (-33.3%) |
| 2024 | 4 | 1,892 | (-8.4%) | 1,456 | (-10.2%) | 425 | (+0.2%) | 11 | (-45.0%) |
| 2024 | 5 | 1,700 | (-10.1%) | 1,243 | (-14.6%) | 453 | (+6.6%) | 4 | (-63.6%) |
| 2024 | 6 | 1,909 | (+12.3%) | 1,435 | (+15.4%) | 461 | (+1.8%) | 13 | (+225.0%) |
| 2024 | 7 | 1,781 | (-6.7%) | 1,267 | (-11.7%) | 508 | (+10.2%) | 6 | (-53.8%) |
| 2024 | 8 | 1,615 | (-9.3%) | 1,107 | (-12.6%) | 497 | (-2.2%) | 11 | (+83.3%) |
| 2024 | 9 | 1,853 | (+14.7%) | 1,416 | (+27.9%) | 427 | (-14.1%) | 10 | (-9.1%) |
| 2024 | 10 | 1,730 | (-6.6%) | 1,268 | (-10.5%) | 436 | (+2.1%) | 26 | (+160.0%) |
| 2024 | 11 | 1,835 | (+6.1%) | 1,341 | (+5.8%) | 492 | (+12.8%) | 2 | (-92.3%) |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,693 | (-7.7%) | 1,321 | (-1.5%) | 368 | (-25.2%) | 4 | (+100.0%) |
| 2025 | 1 | 1,632 | (-3.6%) | 1,186 | (-10.2%) | 438 | (+19.0%) | 8 | (+100.0%) |
| 2025 | 2 | 1,650 | (+1.1%) | 1,207 | (+1.8%) | 434 | (-0.9%) | 9 | (+12.5%) |
| 2025 | 3 | 1,838 | (+11.4%) | 1,461 | (+21.0%) | 374 | (-13.8%) | 3 | (-66.7%) |
| 2025 | 4 | 1,741 | (-5.3%) | 1,289 | (-11.8%) | 445 | (+19.0%) | 7 | (+133.3%) |
| 2025 | 5 | 1,741 | (0.0%) | 1,382 | (+7.2%) | 345 | (-22.5%) | 14 | (+100.0%) |
| 2025 | 6 | 1,890 | (+8.6%) | 1,401 | (+1.4%) | 476 | (+38.0%) | 12 | (-14.3%) |
| 2025 | 7 | 1,700 | (-10.1%) | 1,339 | (-4.4%) | 355 | (-25.4%) | 6 | (-50.0%) |
| 2025 | 8 | 1,545 | (-9.1%) | 1,198 | (-10.5%) | 335 | (-5.6%) | 12 | (+100.0%) |
| 2025 | 9 | 1,929 | (+24.9%) | 1,514 | (+26.4%) | 402 | (+20.0%) | 14 | (+16.7%) |
| 2025 | 10 | 1,876 | (-2.7%) | 1,451 | (-4.2%) | 410 | (+2.0%) | 15 | (+7.1%) |
| Monthly figures - number of permits for new residential buildings + evolution compared to the previous period | |||||||||
Long term evolution
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. There is 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.
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