Key findings: P0043 - Statistics of Liquidations and insolvencies, December 2021

The number of liquidations decreased by 5,1% in 2021 compared with 2020. Liquidations of companies decreased by 9,2% (from 1 164 to 1 057), while liquidations of close corporations increased by 0,5% (from 871 to 875). 

The total number of liquidations decreased by 29,2% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with the fourth quarter of 2020. There was a year-on-year decrease of 20,3% in December 2021.


Owing to a cyber attack on the Department of Justice, source information on the latest insolvencies is not yet available. Tables 5 and 6 present regularly revised insolvencies data.

 

The estimated number of insolvencies increased by 123,1% in the three months ended August 2021 compared with the three months ended August 2020. A 76,8% increase was estimated in August 2021 compared with August 2020.

Seasonally adjusted insolvencies decreased by 15,9% in August 2021 compared with July 2021. This followed month-on-month changes of -15,5% in July 2021 and 180,2% in June 2021.