Lifecycle of dwellings and non-residential buildings; use function, region

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Purpose Period Initial stock (number) Building permits new construction (number) Construction started (number) Construction started, no permit (number) Canceled new construction (number) New construction, total (number) New construction, no constr started (number) New constr, no permit, no constr started (number) Change of use function, positive (number) Change of use function, negative (number)
Housing and non-residential function 2025 May 361,553 220 156 0 0 476 5 0 0 0
2025 June 362,142 114 3 0 0 231 25 0 0 0
2025 July 362,375 336 212 0 1 43 0 3 0 0
2025 August 362,346 24 58 0 0 406 4 0 0 0
2025 September 362,732 69 2 1 0 199 84 0 0 0
2025 October 362,996 312 437 1 0 68 2 0 0 0
2025 November 363,099 453 318 4 224 269 1 0 0 0
2025 December 363,399 45 24 0 10 267 7 0 0 0
2026 January* 363,641 83 151 2 0 184 181 0 0 0
2026 February* 363,815 68 18 10 1 57 1 0 0 0
2026 March* 363,729 776 928 0 0 26 0 0 0 0
2026 April* 363,725 544 0 0 20 102 1 0 0 0
Housing function 2025 May 328,433 143 136 0 0 464 0 0 4 0
2025 June 329,036 77 0 0 0 225 25 0 7 0
2025 July 329,292 335 209 0 0 10 0 0 7 1
2025 August 329,290 22 45 0 0 392 1 0 9 1
2025 September 329,696 5 2 1 0 176 81 0 2 1
2025 October 329,951 285 421 0 0 63 1 0 6 4
2025 November 330,057 410 307 0 0 268 1 0 6 0
2025 December 330,366 23 20 0 10 259 1 0 8 0
2026 January* 330,620 61 141 2 0 181 179 0 5 0
2026 February* 330,802 37 16 9 0 41 0 0 6 0
2026 March* 330,749 634 916 0 0 26 0 0 14 1
2026 April* 330,766 417 0 0 20 96 0 0 10 1
Non-residential function: recreation 2025 May 876 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 June 872 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 July 870 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2025 August 867 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 September 863 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 October 862 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2025 November 867 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2025 December 864 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2026 January* 862 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2026 February* 862 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026 March* 860 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
2026 April* 855 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non-residential function: shop 2025 May 6,181 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
2025 June 6,169 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
2025 July 6,162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 August 6,161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2025 September 6,154 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 October 6,154 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2025 November 6,153 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
2025 December 6,152 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2026 January* 6,150 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2026 February* 6,153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2026 March* 6,138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2026 April* 6,132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non-residential function: meetings 2025 May 3,238 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
2025 June 3,234 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
2025 July 3,233 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2025 August 3,230 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
2025 September 3,229 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
2025 October 3,229 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
2025 November 3,227 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 December 3,225 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
2026 January* 3,225 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026 February* 3,227 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
2026 March* 3,232 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2026 April* 3,235 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Non-residential function: industry 2025 May 9,141 73 18 0 0 4 4 0 0 1
2025 June 9,138 32 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
2025 July 9,131 1 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 1
2025 August 9,153 0 12 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
2025 September 9,283 60 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 2
2025 October 9,292 22 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
2025 November 9,290 34 0 0 220 0 0 0 0 1
2025 December 9,287 14 1 0 0 6 6 0 0 4
2026 January* 9,279 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2026 February* 9,269 22 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 2
2026 March* 9,255 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2026 April* 9,238 73 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5
Non-residential function: health care 2025 May 513 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 June 514 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 July 514 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2025 August 514 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2025 September 515 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 October 516 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 November 516 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 December 517 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026 January* 517 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026 February* 516 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026 March* 518 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026 April* 518 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-residential function: education 2025 May 618 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 June 617 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 July 617 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 August 616 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
2025 September 617 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 October 616 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2025 November 615 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
2025 December 617 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026 January* 617 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026 February* 617 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
2026 March* 620 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026 April* 619 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-residential function: sports 2025 May 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 June 201 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 July 201 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 August 199 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains data on the lifecycle of dwellings and non-residential buildings, from building permits to new construction, additions to existing buildings, demolition and withdrawals. The table contains the total stock of accommodation objects, mutations in the stock, construction begun, building permits for new construction and additions, and changes in utilisation function. The data have been derived from the Base registration Addresses and Buildings (BAG). Non-residential buildings have been broken down according to their different use functions. The data are further subdivided into parts of the country, provinces, COROP areas and municipalities.

Data available from: January 2015.

Status of the figures:
All figures are provisional.

Changes as of 28 May 2026:
Data for April 2026 are added. Data for January until March 2026 have been updated with the BAG extract of 8 May 2026.

When will new figures be published?
The new figures will be published approximately three weeks after the reporting month.


Description topics

Initial stock
The initial number at the beginning of the period.

In some cases, a change has been implemented in the BAG whereby the address data is only valid after the validity of the change, or the address data has been withdrawn after the reference date.
This change is non-adressable and is not included in the publication. The final stock differs from the initial stock plus the balance of the change, or the initial stock differs from the final stock of the previous month.
Building permits new construction
Added to the stock through new construction.
Construction started
Number of accommodation objects for which construction has begun in this time period
Construction started, no permit
Number of accommodation objects where construction has begun in this time period, but for which no building permit has been registered
Canceled new construction
Number of accommodation objects that will not be constructed (with a canceled building permit and/or a canceled ’construction begun’ registration)
New construction, total
Total number of accommodation objects added to the stock through new construction
New construction, no constr started
Number of accommodation objects added to the stock through new construction for which no ’construction begun’ was registered
New constr, no permit, no constr started
Number of accommodation objects added to the stock through new construction for which no building permit, or ’construction begun’ was registered
Change of use function, positive
Number of accommodation objects added to the stock by change of use function
Change of use function, negative
Number of accommodation objects removed from the stock by change of use function