Bankruptcies; monthly figures by legal form/activity SIC'93, 1993-Apr.2014

Bankruptcies; monthly figures by legal form/activity SIC'93, 1993-Apr.2014

Periods Bankruptcies by legal form Natural persons not single-owner company Total pronounced bankruptcies (number) Bankruptcies by legal form Natural persons not single-owner company Partners (number) Bankruptcies by legal form Natural persons not single-owner company Other natural persons (number) Bankruptcies by legal form Natural persons not single-owner company Legacies (number)
2013 May 278 89 189 .
2013 June 278 48 230 .
2013 July 249 53 196 .
2013 August 179 48 131 .
2013 September 193 62 131 .
2013 October 272 71 201 .
2013 November 216 57 159 .
2013 December 216 38 178 .
2014 January 241 75 166 .
2014 February 202 51 151 .
2014 March 175 27 148 .
2014 April 176 46 130 .
Source: CBS.
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This table gives a monthly and quarterly overview of pronounced bankruptcies by legal form. Legal persons can end in a bankruptcy via a suspension of payment, when they stop paying their debts. Figures about suspensions of payment are not available anymore since 1998.

Data concerning bankruptcies available from: January 1993 - April 2014.

Status of the figures:
All figures in this table are definite.

Changes as of July 10, 2014:
None, this tabel has been discontinued as of July 1, 2014.

When will new figures be published?
Not, the has been discintinued as of july 1, 2014.

Description topics

Bankruptcies by legal form
Natural persons not single-owner company
Natural persons who do not own a company without separate capital.
It concerns "normal man or woman" who got into trouble by private debts
and not (successful) used the debt restructuring.
Also it concerns partners, who are natural persons, of a bankrupt
partnership firm or limited partnership.
Total pronounced bankruptcies
Partners
Natural persons who participate in partnership firms or limited
partnerships. If partnership firms or limited partnerships go bankrupt
the participating partners (excluding the silent partner in limited
partnership) will also be declared bankrupt.
Partners, being a natural person, can only appeal to debt restructuring
to prevent their own bankruptcy.
Other natural persons
Natural persons who do not own a company without separate capital or
who are not partner in a partnership firm or limited partnership. For the
most parts it concerns people without a business.
Natural persons who fully own a company with separate capital (such as
Ltd) are included in the item other natural persons.
By the item other natural persons it concerns "normal man or woman" who
got into trouble by private debts and not (successful) used the debt
restructuring.
This item includes also companis in formation.
Legacies
Also after decease of a natural person a bankruptcy of the legacy can be
requested. The trustee will divide the legacy under the creditors.
From 2004 on the legacy is not registered separately anymore and is
included in the natural persons.