Business insolvencies · 2023/24 (Geschäftsjahr), 2024

Coverage and quantity per point

12 of 239 countries and territories with data. Known values for other areas are marked separately in the table; unassigned epicentres are not a country.

Normal map view: 1 proceedings / point. In focus: 1 proceedings / point. Quantity controls do not change annual values.

Countries and territories for this topic

• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Canada
• Denmark
• Germany
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Spain
• Sweden
• United Kingdom
• United States

What the map shows

The map simulates statistical times from annual data. It does not report individual events actually happening now. Point counters show currently visible simulated points; the timeline records only regular points observed during the session.

Random points within a country are a display model, not actual event locations or regional consumption hotspots. Earthquakes retain their historical USGS epicentres. Start examples are labelled and excluded from counts. Background gaps are not replayed.

Original years, national definitions and recording boundaries differ. Tables are alphabetical and do not provide a reliable country ranking. With mixed source years, the breakdown of death points is a display model, not an exact balance of causes. Point quantities and fade durations do not change annual values.

Sources

• legal-units-insolvency-entries

  Statistik Austria · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 2025-02-10

  Original source

  Official national business insolvency proceedings; legal forms, stages and units differ by country. No harmonised international ranking or world total. A case does not necessarily mean final business closure. Not a current individual report or a real location/time. Historical provisional publication snapshots are explicitly identified; no claim to the latest revisions. Countries not included remain unknown; no extrapolation from rates of change. Legal units engaged in market activities, ÖNACE B–S excluding O and S94; agriculture excluded. Initiation of bankruptcy, bankruptcy-opening or restructuring proceedings with or without debtor-in-possession administration. All of Austria, but with an explicitly restricted economic sector scope.

• series1-first-external-administration

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 2024-07-25

  Original source

  Official national business insolvency proceedings; legal forms, stages and units differ by country. No harmonised international ranking or world total. A case does not necessarily mean final business closure. Not a current individual report or a real location/time. Historical provisional publication snapshots are explicitly identified; no claim to the latest revisions. Countries not included remain unknown; no extrapolation from rates of change. ASIC-registered companies; no personal insolvencies. A company's first entry into external administration (Series 1). Australia nationwide; national financial year 2023/24, not a calendar year.

• enterprises-declared-bankrupt

  Statbel · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 2025-01-17

  Original source

  Official national business insolvency proceedings; legal forms, stages and units differ by country. No harmonised international ranking or world total. A case does not necessarily mean final business closure. Not a current individual report or a real location/time. Historical provisional publication snapshots are explicitly identified; no claim to the latest revisions. Countries not included remain unknown; no extrapolation from rates of change. Businesses including self-employed persons, companies and other covered legal forms. Bankruptcy declaration by a business court. All Belgium; Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels included and not added again. Note the delay between cessation of activity and court notification.

• bia-business-filings

  Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 2026-10-01

  Original source

  Official national business insolvency proceedings; legal forms, stages and units differ by country. No harmonised international ranking or world total. A case does not necessarily mean final business closure. Not a current individual report or a real location/time. Historical provisional publication snapshots are explicitly identified; no claim to the latest revisions. Countries not included remain unknown; no extrapolation from rates of change. BIA Business: commercial organisations or individuals with at least 50% business-related liabilities. BIA bankruptcies and proposals filed with OSB. All Canadian provinces and territories; CCAA proceedings and receiverships excluded from the total.

• Insolvency statistics 52411, business insolvencies

  Statistisches Bundesamt · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 2025-03-14

  Original source

  Official national business insolvency proceedings; legal forms, stages and units differ by country. No harmonised international ranking or world total. A case does not necessarily mean final business closure. Not a current individual report or a real location/time. Historical provisional publication snapshots are explicitly identified; no claim to the latest revisions. Countries not included remain unknown; no extrapolation from rates of change. Business insolvencies under Destatis; consumers and formerly self-employed persons reported separately. Applications are statistically recorded at the insolvency court's first decision. All Germany, all business legal forms under the official definition; recording date differs from filing date, often by about three months.

• konk3-total-enterprise-bankruptcies

  Statistics Denmark · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 2026-09-04

  Original source

  Official national business insolvency proceedings; legal forms, stages and units differ by country. No harmonised international ranking or world total. A case does not necessarily mean final business closure. Not a current individual report or a real location/time. Historical provisional publication snapshots are explicitly identified; no claim to the latest revisions. Countries not included remain unknown; no extrapolation from rates of change. Businesses including active and zero-activity companies; no private bankruptcy cases. Court-declared business bankruptcies from Statstidende. Denmark (excluding the separate territories Greenland/Faroe Islands); zero-activity companies with turnover below DKK 1 million and no full-time employment included.

• epc-legal-person-companies

  Colegio de Registradores / Ministerio de Justicia · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 2024-05-14, 2024-08-12, 2024-11-12, 2025-02-10

  Original source

  Official national business insolvency proceedings; legal forms, stages and units differ by country. No harmonised international ranking or world total. A case does not necessarily mean final business closure. Not a current individual report or a real location/time. Historical provisional publication snapshots are explicitly identified; no claim to the latest revisions. Countries not included remain unknown; no extrapolation from rates of change. Corporate enterprises: S. Limitadas, S. Anónimas, Otras; natural persons entirely excluded, including those with business activity. New insolvency proceedings under the official EPC series. All Spain; corporate business debtors only, no natural-person entrepreneurs; historical provisional snapshots, not the latest revised annual total.

• bankruptcy-orders-business-institutions

  Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 2025-01-13

  Original source

  Official national business insolvency proceedings; legal forms, stages and units differ by country. No harmonised international ranking or world total. A case does not necessarily mean final business closure. Not a current individual report or a real location/time. Historical provisional publication snapshots are explicitly identified; no claim to the latest revisions. Countries not included remain unknown; no extrapolation from rates of change. Businesses and institutions including sole proprietorships; no private non-business individuals. Bankruptcy declared by a Dutch court. European Netherlands in the national CBS series; no values derived for separately selectable Caribbean territories.

• 09122-enterprise-bankruptcies-excluding-sole-proprietors

  Statistics Norway · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 2026-07-23

  Original source

  Official national business insolvency proceedings; legal forms, stages and units differ by country. No harmonised international ranking or world total. A case does not necessarily mean final business closure. Not a current individual report or a real location/time. Historical provisional publication snapshots are explicitly identified; no claim to the latest revisions. Countries not included remain unknown; no extrapolation from rates of change. Enterprises excluding sole proprietorships; not sole proprietorships including personal bankruptcies. Bankruptcy proceedings opened in the Register of Bankruptcies. Norway excluding separately mapped Svalbard. National business figure 3,917 minus 2 officially documented Svalbard business bankruptcies in Q3 = 3,915. No personal/sole-trader cases. The two Svalbard cases are not assigned to the combined SJM polygon as a complete area rate.

• business-bankruptcies

  Tillväxtanalys · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 2026-01-22

  Original source

  Official national business insolvency proceedings; legal forms, stages and units differ by country. No harmonised international ranking or world total. A case does not necessarily mean final business closure. Not a current individual report or a real location/time. Historical provisional publication snapshots are explicitly identified; no claim to the latest revisions. Countries not included remain unknown; no extrapolation from rates of change. Business bankruptcies; individuals and deceased estates are in separate series. Court-initiated business bankruptcies. All Sweden; do not add individuals, estates or public compositions.

• Business bankruptcy cases commenced – F-2, 12 months ended 31 December 2024

  U.S. Courts · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 2025-01; original year 2024

  Original source · Source licence statement: Official federal court statistics; published figures/facts with attribution, not a third-party table.

  National procedural definitions differ; no harmonised international ranking or world total. Proceedings, not a unique count of closed businesses or current individual reports. Original publication for 2024; later register revisions may change the figures. U.S. Courts Business: corporations/partnerships and individuals with predominantly business debts. Not a count solely of corporations or unique firms. All bankruptcy chapters included, including 9, 12 and 15; Chapter 15 can cover cross-border proceedings, so not exclusively domestic business closures. USA excluding separate court rows for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands; Arkansas combines East and West.

• Company Insolvency Statistics December 2024 – unadjusted UK annual totals

  The Insolvency Service / Companies House · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 2025-01; original year 2024

  Original source · Source licence statement: Open Government Licence v3.0

  National procedural definitions differ; no harmonised international ranking or world total. Proceedings, not a unique count of closed businesses or current individual reports. Original publication for 2024; later register revisions may change the figures. UK: company insolvencies in England/Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; excludes Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. Unadjusted annual counts of registered/initiated proceedings. Not all registrations represent cases newly started in the same period. A CVL directly following administration is not counted again. Transitions to compulsory liquidation/CVA may, however, be counted again as proceedings. England/Wales: bulk CVLs excluded; moratoriums and restructuring plans excluded from this total. Scotland includes provisional liquidations. Compulsory liquidations in England/Wales come from a continually revised system; publication snapshot 21 January 2025 is provisional.