Institut Bruxellois de Statistique et d’Analyse

What Institut Bruxellois de Statistique et d’Analyse does

IBSA (Institut Bruxellois de Statistique et d'Analyse) is the official statistical institute of the Brussels-Capital Region, operating as a public entity within the perspective.brussels (Bureau bruxellois de la planification) framework. The institute collects, produces, and disseminates official statistics on the Brussels-Capital Region and conducts socio-economic analyses and public policy evaluations. It covers 18 thematic areas including Population, Economy, Labor Market, Housing, Health, Education, Environment, Mobility, Security, and Tourism, serving the regional government, its 19 communes, researchers, businesses, and the general public. IBSA is headquartered at Rue de Namur 59 in Brussels, Belgium, with a headcount of 22 employees.

IBSA's product portfolio comprises nine recurring publication series — Mini-Bru, Focus de l'IBSA, Évaluations de l'IBSA, Cahiers de l'IBSA, Perspectives économiques régionales, Baromètre conjoncturel, Aperçu conjoncturel, Panorama socio-économique, and Zoom sur les communes — distributed free of charge via the ibsa.brussels website. Underlying infrastructure includes an Open Data portal hosted on datastore.brussels (providing datasets in CSV/XLSX under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license) and the Monitoring des Quartiers neighborhood-level statistics platform (monitoringdesquartiers.brussels), with website hosting provided by the Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise (CIRB). Distribution occurs through direct digital publication, Mailchimp newsletters, and LinkedIn/Facebook social channels.

The institute operates under public funding from the Brussels-Capital Region government budget and generates no commercial revenue. Its go-to-market is structured as direct publication to government stakeholders and open public access rather than sales motion. Strategic partnerships include Bureau fédéral du Plan (joint regional economic perspectives), academic collaborators at ULiège (SPIRAL, CLEO), and implementation partners such as Capgemini Invent and Paradigm on the e-Government Benchmark study. Recent output in 2025-2026 includes updated municipal demographic projections 2026-2035, the Perspectives économiques régionales 2026-2031 (incorporating demand-side GDP projections for the first time), and analytical Focus publications on school dropout measurement and housing renovation aid equity.

Name

Institut Bruxellois de Statistique et d’Analyse

Legal name

Institut Bruxellois de Statistique et d'Analyse (IBSA)

Website

https://ibsa.brussels

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Institut Bruxellois de Statistique et d'Analyse (IBSA) is the official public statistical institute of the Brussels-Capital Region, producing and disseminating official statistics, socio-economic analyses, and policy evaluations across 18 thematic areas for the regional government, 19 communes, researchers, businesses, and the public.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Statistical Services

NAICS

Administration of General Economic Programs (926110), Administration of Economic Programs (9261)

akta.pro primary industry

National Statistics & Census Administration (BPAIAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Economic Research, Statistics & Policy Advisory (BPADAMAJ)

Keywords

• Regional statistics
• Public sector analytics
• Policy evaluation
• Economic forecasting
• Open data portal

Headquarters

HQ city

Bruxelles

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Statistical Services: As a public government institute within perspective.brussels (Bureau bruxellois de la planification), IBSA provides free statistical data, analyses, and policy evaluations to the Brussels-Capital Region. The institute operates under public funding and does not generate commercial revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IBSA collects, produces, and disseminates official statistics on the Brussels-Capital Region, conducts socio-economic analyses, and evaluates public policies. The institute operates across 18 thematic areas including Population, Economy, Labor Market, Housing, Health, Education, Environment, Mobility, Security, and Tourism, serving the regional government, communes, researchers, businesses, and the general public through nine publication series and open data platforms.

Product overview

IBSA is a public statistical institute that produces and disseminates statistics and socio-economic analyses for the Brussels-Capital Region. The organization operates as a unified statistical service offering multiple publication series including Focus analytical reports, Cahiers in-depth research, policy Evaluations, and the regular Baromètre conjoncturel and Perspectives économiques régionales economic forecasts. Key publications include Mini-Bru (statistical reference), Panorama socio-économique, and Zoom sur les communes (municipal analysis). IBSA also operates an Open Data portal providing downloadable datasets (CSV, XLSX) with supporting codebooks under an open license. The publications cover 17 thematic areas: Population, Labor Market, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Environment, Mobility, Security, Tourism, Public Finance, and others.

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Products and services

• Mini-Bru Statistical reference document providing key figures and statistics on the Brussels-Capital Region, serving as a primary reference for government stakeholders, researchers, and the public.
• Focus de l'IBSA Analytical publications examining specific socio-economic topics relevant to Brussels, typically 10-20 pages in length, addressing issues such as school dropout measurement and inequalities in housing renovation aid.
• Évaluations de l'IBSA Policy evaluation reports assessing the impact of public policies implemented in the Brussels-Capital Region, including evaluations of employment contracts, registration duties reform, public cleanliness policies, and housing renovation premiums.
• Cahiers de l'IBSA In-depth research publications analyzing complex statistical and socio-economic issues in Brussels, such as comparing approaches to defining population origin across nine countries.
• Perspectives économiques régionales Medium-term economic projections for the Brussels-Capital Region covering macro-economic, sectoral, and labor market forecasts over a five-year horizon.
• Baromètre conjoncturel Quarterly economic barometer providing current assessment of the Brussels regional economic situation, including the Spring 2026 edition.
• Aperçu conjoncturel Monthly conjunctural overview providing regular updates on Brussels economic indicators.
• Panorama socio-économique Comprehensive socio-economic overview publication covering multiple dimensions of Brussels regional development.
• Zoom sur les communes Municipal-level statistical analysis publications examining key figures at the commune level for all 19 Brussels municipalities.
• Open Data Portal Open data platform providing public datasets on Brussels region statistics in accessible formats (CSV, XLSX) with codebooks, available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
• Monitoring des quartiers Neighborhood monitoring platform providing detailed statistical data at the neighborhood level for the Brussels-Capital Region.

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bureau fédéral du PlancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBureau fédéral du Plan collaborates with IBSA on regional economic perspectives and policy evaluations. This partnership produces the Perspectives économiques régionales (regional economic outlooks 2026-2031) and joint evaluation studies on public policy impacts including employment contracts, registration duties reform, and public cleanliness policies.
• perspective.brusselscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIBSA is an integral part of perspective.brussels (Bureau bruxellois de la planification). The institute operates within this framework to collect, produce, and disseminate statistics on the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as conducting socio-economic analyses and policy evaluations.
• Capgemini InventminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCapgemini Invent conducted the e-Government Benchmark study for IBSA and Paradigm to assess the digitization of public services in the Brussels-Capital Region. The study evaluated approximately 100 essential public services for citizens and businesses.
• ParadigmminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerParadigm partnered with IBSA and Capgemini Invent on the e-Government Benchmark study measuring the digitalization of public services in Brussels.
• Centre de Recherche SPIRAL (ULiège)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSPIRAL collaborated with IBSA on multiple policy evaluations including the New Deal bruxellois assessment, TSCG effects evaluation, and the méthode des priorités partagées evaluation.
• BDO/SonecomminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBDO/Sonecom conducted evaluations for IBSA including the housing renovation premiums implementation assessment and enterprise financial tools evaluation.
• CLEO (ULiège)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCLEO collaborated with IBSA and SPIRAL on the New Deal bruxellois evaluation assessing transversal actions of the Pacte de Croissance Urbaine Durable.
• View.brusselsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerView.brussels coordinated with IBSA on the evaluation of first professional experience devices including stages de transition, formations professionnelles individuelles, and contrat premier emploi.
• Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise (CIRB)coreTechnology or IntegrationCIRB provides hosting services for the IBSA website infrastructure as part of the regional IT shared services.
• datastore.brusselscoreTechnology or IntegrationIBSA datasets are also published on datastore.brussels, the centralized Open Data portal for the Brussels-Capital Region, ensuring wider accessibility and interoperability.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• IWEPS (Institut wallon de l'évaluation, de la prospective et de la statistique): Walloon regional statistical and prospective institute, structurally analogous to IBSA but serving the Walloon Region. Closely comparable as a Belgian regional public statistics office producing socio-economic analyses and policy evaluations.
• Statbel (Direction générale Statistique et Information économique): Belgium's federal statistics office, producing official national statistics including regional breakdowns for Brussels. Directly comparable as another government statistics producer operating in Belgium with overlapping thematic coverage and a public-data dissemination mandate.
• Statistiek Vlaanderen / Departement Kanselarij en Buitenlandse Zaken: Statistical authority within the Flemish regional government, producing official regional statistics and indicators for the Flemish Region. Direct peer as another Belgian sub-national government statistics office with a similar analytical mandate.

Broad incumbents

• Destatis (Statistisches Bundesamt, Germany): Germany's federal statistical office, one of Europe's largest national statistics producers. Comparable as an incumbent public-sector statistics institute with a comprehensive thematic scope and a mandate to publish official regional and federal statistics.
• INSEE (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques): France's national statistics institute producing demographic, economic, and social statistics including regional breakdowns. Comparable as a large national public-sector statistics office with overlapping thematic scope and a publication-driven dissemination model.
• Eurostat: Statistical office of the European Union producing harmonized European statistics including NUTS-2 regional data that overlaps with IBSA's Brussels-Capital Region coverage. Comparable as a larger, established public-sector statistics producer that IBSA feeds into and benchmarks against.
• CBS (Statistics Netherlands): Netherlands' national statistics office producing official Dutch statistics with strong open-data and visualization capabilities. Comparable as a national public-sector statistics producer with a similar thematic breadth and Open Data dissemination approach.
• ONS (Office for National Statistics, UK): UK's national statistics office producing official statistics across economy, population, and society. Comparable as an established public-sector statistics authority with a focus on open data dissemination and policy-relevant analysis.

Others

• UN Statistics Division: United Nations Statistics Division, the central statistical authority within the UN system producing global demographic, economic, and social statistics. Indirectly comparable as an international public-sector statistics producer that defines methodological standards IBSA aligns with.
• OECD Statistics Directorate: The OECD's statistics arm producing cross-country comparable economic and social indicators. Indirectly comparable as a producer of internationally harmonized statistics that IBSA's regional outputs may feed into and be benchmarked against.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/IBSAbrussels
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brussels-instituut-voor-statistiek-en-analyse

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