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 2024 December* 9,478,737 13,596 6,804 74 1,791 8,421 1,966 105 0 0
2025 January* 9,487,067 7,250 7,182 156 341 6,700 1,628 135 0 0
2025 February* 9,494,106 7,602 4,799 336 234 5,133 937 252 0 0
2025 March* 9,499,151 7,894 8,862 129 257 6,970 1,694 104 0 0
2025 April* 9,506,429 9,767 6,361 125 856 6,983 1,493 118 0 0
2025 May* 9,513,412 7,894 5,906 176 531 6,366 1,084 131 0 0
2025 June* 9,519,491 7,416 5,386 264 377 5,835 865 66 0 0
2025 July* 9,525,593 10,576 7,050 163 222 6,204 1,124 180 0 0
2025 August* 9,531,037 6,019 5,037 63 270 4,502 834 60 0 0
2025 September* 9,535,743 9,768 7,613 276 374 7,242 1,148 113 0 0
2025 October* 9,543,331 9,950 6,030 127 275 7,620 1,686 153 0 0
2025 November* 9,551,646 10,801 7,307 346 902 8,874 1,286 73 0 0
Housing function 2024 December* 8,267,863 12,066 5,988 53 1,674 6,792 1,434 38 215 149
2025 January* 8,274,519 5,564 6,061 127 246 5,309 1,132 82 238 72
2025 February* 8,280,113 6,263 4,275 306 140 4,185 746 88 253 291
2025 March* 8,284,195 6,864 7,514 89 179 6,016 1,393 43 342 102
2025 April* 8,290,781 7,850 5,416 85 725 5,951 1,239 44 209 432
2025 May* 8,296,579 6,818 5,080 140 432 5,280 895 74 185 675
2025 June* 8,301,277 5,740 4,863 183 298 4,820 557 27 121 71
2025 July* 8,306,653 9,158 6,329 92 145 5,101 809 51 205 248
2025 August* 8,311,110 5,343 4,015 26 177 3,643 655 24 188 68
2025 September* 8,315,186 8,190 6,729 252 312 6,100 899 40 175 65
2025 October* 8,321,847 8,064 5,197 91 160 6,691 1,388 62 228 127
2025 November* 8,328,641 8,947 6,242 295 593 7,402 955 25 165 139
Non-residential function: recreation 2024 December* 145,938 213 92 0 23 355 235 18 29 54
2025 January* 146,573 240 45 2 30 180 21 25 8 60
2025 February* 146,984 205 71 2 3 217 54 139 231 15
2025 March* 147,586 147 48 22 4 168 45 32 22 7
2025 April* 147,937 78 107 26 10 135 28 59 352 13
2025 May* 148,573 168 23 0 2 141 54 25 616 41
2025 June* 149,412 216 28 2 4 153 24 24 25 8
2025 July* 149,583 256 63 6 9 296 52 108 174 17
2025 August* 150,124 40 181 23 23 120 36 22 14 10
2025 September* 150,235 258 192 5 2 90 18 45 6 16
2025 October* 150,262 237 30 2 60 276 146 59 22 63
2025 November* 151,243 322 179 1 1 91 58 24 14 20
Non-residential function: shop 2024 December* 126,576 77 22 2 5 28 10 0 13 43
2025 January* 126,517 17 21 3 6 16 6 0 16 43
2025 February* 126,483 13 13 2 2 15 4 0 11 54
2025 March* 126,528 61 31 2 9 31 0 1 19 39
2025 April* 126,558 18 8 1 13 31 8 0 15 46
2025 May* 126,502 36 26 4 1 21 1 3 16 38
2025 June* 126,445 30 14 0 3 11 2 0 13 28
2025 July* 126,383 30 15 0 4 28 9 0 21 57
2025 August* 126,358 14 15 0 2 4 0 0 15 39
2025 September* 126,310 52 27 2 3 27 2 0 14 41
2025 October* 126,256 35 27 0 1 13 1 0 28 49
2025 November* 126,216 21 29 5 4 52 3 3 34 33
Non-residential function: meetings 2024 December* 64,091 54 23 1 12 32 13 0 16 16
2025 January* 64,146 53 37 4 6 18 4 1 11 17
2025 February* 64,158 24 26 6 3 34 7 3 9 18
2025 March* 64,278 36 35 2 3 29 9 2 16 13
2025 April* 64,388 32 32 2 12 32 8 2 16 13
2025 May* 64,426 34 104 3 3 30 10 0 9 9
2025 June* 64,432 35 23 8 1 24 5 0 9 6
2025 July* 64,460 57 34 0 2 26 8 0 13 22
2025 August* 64,518 40 22 0 2 22 6 2 15 13
2025 September* 64,558 35 38 1 2 34 19 0 10 11
2025 October* 64,608 50 17 2 2 39 14 0 16 20
2025 November* 64,649 43 35 3 6 39 10 0 26 18
Non-residential function: industry 2024 December* 231,885 483 475 10 48 787 103 22 15 29
2025 January* 232,610 1,039 529 6 16 874 362 2 8 21
2025 February* 233,506 868 287 10 27 470 51 0 16 18
2025 March* 234,216 569 947 6 39 440 162 5 9 30
2025 April* 234,960 1,371 463 2 11 448 141 3 17 26
2025 May* 235,434 516 439 12 18 711 65 17 6 22
2025 June* 236,091 1,071 330 55 50 470 137 6 5 14
2025 July* 236,527 617 365 47 38 462 181 3 10 18
2025 August* 237,080 397 628 12 10 490 63 1 6 20
2025 September* 237,765 941 281 10 26 448 83 2 10 26
2025 October* 238,335 1,058 593 13 12 245 45 3 5 24
2025 November* 238,586 1,129 532 9 257 937 182 4 16 20
Non-residential function: health care 2024 December* 23,170 11 11 0 0 25 5 0 3 11
2025 January* 23,170 6 8 2 1 22 2 0 0 22
2025 February* 23,192 6 14 2 3 23 1 3 2 6
2025 March* 23,248 13 50 0 1 4 0 0 6 125
2025 April* 23,165 14 15 0 1 13 0 0 3 31
2025 May* 23,124 62 10 0 0 6 2 0 3 18
2025 June* 23,124 8 5 2 0 10 0 0 1 7
2025 July* 23,144 18 5 0 0 14 2 2 4 11
2025 August* 23,135 10 4 0 0 4 1 1 2 57
2025 September* 23,093 8 14 0 0 8 3 0 5 17
2025 October* 23,099 31 2 0 0 8 6 1 10 6
2025 November* 23,126 33 6 0 1 6 1 0 5 6
Non-residential function: education 2024 December* 13,173 9 8 1 0 15 4 0 1 3
2025 January* 13,164 2 8 0 0 8 1 2 0 2
2025 February* 13,150 9 3 1 0 9 1 0 1 6
2025 March* 13,146 8 7 0 0 8 3 0 0 3
2025 April* 13,145 8 11 4 0 9 0 2 0 2
2025 May* 13,132 8 4 0 0 9 0 0 2 1
2025 June* 13,128 10 10 3 0 5 2 0 0 0
2025 July* 13,108 11 6 1 1 5 2 0 0 1
2025 August* 13,088 3 4 0 0 6 2 0 1 2
2025 September* 13,082 13 12 1 2 7 4 0 0 1
2025 October* 13,084 17 4 1 0 8 1 1 0 1
2025 November* 13,077 1 9 1 2 6 2 0 1 3
Non-residential function: sports 2024 December* 9,712 7 4 0 1 4 1 0 1 0
2025 January* 9,710 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
2025 February* 9,719 4 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 0
2025 March* 9,742 7 4 0 0 5 2 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 17 December 2025:
Data for November 2025 are added. All data 2015 - October 2025 have been updated with the BAG extract of 8 December 2025.

When will new figures be published?
The new figures will be published approximately three weeks after the reporting month.
Every month (until March 2026) all provisional figures will be updated based on the most recent data. In March 2026 years 2015-2024 will be made final.

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