Official Belgian data, explained

New dwellings permitted: Belgian municipalities ranked (2024)

A transparent ranking of all 565 Belgian municipalities by new dwellings permitted for 2024, with ties, units, source and direct profile links.

Latest period: 2024
Comparable municipalities: 565
Value: new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings

Highest values

Rank	Municipality	Province	Value
1	Court-Saint-Etienne	Walloon Brabant	51.3 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
2	Arlon	Luxembourg Province	42.0 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
3	Begijnendijk	Flemish Brabant	39.7 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
4	Vleteren	West Flanders	31.6 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
5	Zelzate	East Flanders	30.6 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
6	Lennik	Flemish Brabant	28.7 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
7	Houthulst	West Flanders	28.5 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
8	Floreffe	Namur Province	28.3 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
9	Ohey	Namur Province	28.0 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
10	Celles	Hainaut Province	27.0 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
11	Staden	West Flanders	27.0 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
12	Saint-Vith	Liège Province	26.2 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
13	Stekene	East Flanders	25.2 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
14	Neufchâteau	Luxembourg Province	23.6 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
15	Leopoldsburg	Limburg Province	23.1 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
16	Nandrin	Liège Province	23.0 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
17	Gistel	West Flanders	22.9 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
18	Zulte	East Flanders	22.8 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
19	Sint-Martens-Latem	East Flanders	22.7 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
20	Jabbeke	West Flanders	22.3 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
21	Ingelmunster	West Flanders	21.8 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
22	Merksplas	Antwerp Province	21.6 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
23	Oostkamp	West Flanders	21.0 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
24	Wellen	Limburg Province	20.7 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
25	Lummen	Limburg Province	20.6 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
26	Keerbergen	Flemish Brabant	20.6 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
27	Wielsbeke	West Flanders	20.0 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
28	Bierbeek	Flemish Brabant	19.5 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
29	Koekelare	West Flanders	19.5 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
30	Wortegem-Petegem	East Flanders	19.2 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings

Lowest values

Rank	Municipality	Province	Value
562	Herstappe	Limburg Province	0.0 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
562	Saint-Gilles	Brussels-Capital	0.0 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
562	Koekelberg	Brussels-Capital	0.0 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
562	Etterbeek	Brussels-Capital	0.0 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
561	Jette	Brussels-Capital	0.1 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
560	Woluwe-Saint-Pierre	Brussels-Capital	0.2 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
559	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean	Brussels-Capital	0.3 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
558	Pecq	Hainaut Province	0.4 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
557	Momignies	Hainaut Province	0.4 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings
556	Thimister-Clermont	Liège Province	0.4 new dwellings / 1,000 existing dwellings

Method and limitations

All current municipalities with a finite value are ranked on one comparable slice. Ties receive the same competition rank and the next rank is skipped. Values are never imputed. This table is descriptive, not a score of municipal quality.

Provenance and QA