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 Single-owner comp. , trading partnership Total pronounced bankruptcies (number) Bankruptcies by legal form Single-owner comp. , trading partnership Single-owner companies (number) Bankruptcies by legal form Single-owner comp. , trading partnership Trading partnerships (number) Bankruptcies by economic activity Total industry class Trading partnerships (number) Bankruptcies by economic activity 01-05 Agriculture, forestry and fishing Trading partnerships (number) Bankruptcies by economic activity 10-41 Manufacturing,mining, distribution Trading partnerships (number) Bankruptcies by economic activity 45 Construction Trading partnerships (number) Bankruptcies by economic activity 50-52 Trade and repair of consumer goods Trading partnerships (number) Bankruptcies by economic activity 55 Hotels and restaurants Trading partnerships (number) Bankruptcies by economic activity 60-64 Transport, storage, communications Trading partnerships (number) Bankruptcies by economic activity 65-74 Financial intermediating Trading partnerships (number) Bankruptcies by economic activity 80-93 Education, culture, environment Trading partnerships (number) Bankruptcies by economic activity Industry class unknown Trading partnerships (number)
2013 May 900 102 798 798 10 91 130 179 31 31 270 56 -
2013 June 763 88 675 675 6 78 125 135 19 33 240 39 -
2013 July 897 117 780 780 10 78 86 226 50 23 259 48 -
2013 August 687 79 608 608 19 62 81 150 18 24 197 57 -
2013 September 682 86 596 596 9 44 95 146 19 60 190 33 -
2013 October 844 100 744 744 4 68 95 174 34 53 249 66 -
2013 November 687 105 582 582 20 57 63 156 29 27 179 51 -
2013 December 671 76 595 595 10 56 74 109 22 29 238 57 -
2014 January 707 112 595 595 9 64 75 140 41 16 182 68 -
2014 February 696 78 618 618 2 86 74 149 32 23 212 39 -
2014 March 598 72 526 526 . . . . . . . . .
2014 April 812 112 700 700 . . . . . . . . .
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
Single-owner comp. , trading partnership
Legal unities with exception of natural persons without single-owner
company.
Total pronounced bankruptcies
Single-owner companies
Natural persons who have their own company or owned such company
prior to the bankruptcy.
An own company is a company without separate capital. The natural
person is responsible for all actions and fortune matters of the company.
Within the own company it is possible that more persons are employed.
Trading partnerships
All kinds of legal persons as: public cooperations, partnerships,
societies and foundations, Ltd. and other foreign legal persons.
If partnership firms or limited partnerships go bankrupt, the
participating partners will also be declared bankrupt.
The bankruptcy is generally pronounced in one sentence, the participating
partners, however, are separately included in the relevant legal form.
Partners can be both natural persons as legal persons. Legal persons as
partner of a bankrupt partnership firm or limited partnership are included
in the item trading partnerships.
Natural persons as partner are included in the item natural persons not
single-owner company sub-item partners.
Bankruptcies by economic activity
Pronounced bankruptcies concerning single-owner and trading companies
by industry class (SBI'93). It concerns mostly enterprises or parts of
enterprises.
The SBI'93 is the Dutch hierarchical classification of economic
activities used from 1993 on by the Central Bureau for Statistics to
classify business units according to their main activity.
The SBI'93 is divided in six levels, of which the highest levels
(sections and subsections) are indicated by letters and the lower
levels (divisions, groups, classes and subclasses) are indicated by
figures.
Up to the level of classes (four figures) the SBI-code is equal to the
NACE Rev. 1.1 (Nomenclature Général des Activités Economiques dans la
Communauté Européenne) used by all the members of the EC. The
subclass, designated by five figures, is a special Dutch
specification. The division levels (two figures) of the SBI'93 and the
NACE Rev. 1.1 are similar to the ISIC Rev. 3.1 (International Standard
Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities), a
classification of economic activities, recommended by the UN and
decreed by resolution of the Statistical Commission of the UN in march
2002.
Predecessor of the SBI'93 was the SBI'74.
Total industry class
Pronounced bankruptcies concerning single-owner and trading
companies.
Trading partnerships
All kinds of legal persons as: public cooperations, partnerships,
societies and foundations, Ltd. and other foreign legal persons.
If partnership firms or limited partnerships go bankrupt,
the participating partners will also be declared bankrupt.
The bankruptcy is generally pronounced in one sentence, the participating
partners, however, are separately included in the relevant legal form.
Partners can be both natural persons as legal persons. Legal persons as
partner of a bankrupt partnership firm or limited partnership are included
in the item trading partnerships.
Natural persons as partner are included in the item natural persons not
single-owner company sub-item partners.
01-05 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Pronounced bankruptcies of single-owner companies and trading partnerships
in agriculture, forestry and fishing. It concerns sections 01-05 of
the SBI '93.
Trading partnerships
All kinds of legal persons as: public cooperations, partnerships,
societies and foundations, Ltd. and other foreign legal persons.
If partnership firms or limited partnerships go bankrupt,
the participating partners will also be declared bankrupt.
The bankruptcy is generally pronounced in one sentence, the participating
partners, however, are separately included in the relevant legal form.
Partners can be both natural persons as legal persons. Legal persons as
partner of a bankrupt partnership firm or limited partnership are included
in the item trading partnerships.
Natural persons as partner are included in the item natural persons not
single-owner company sub-item partners.
10-41 Manufacturing,mining, distribution
Pronounced bankruptcies of single-owner companies and trading
partnerships in manufacturing, mining, quarrying, production,
distribution and trade of electricity, natural gas and warm water.
It concerns sections 10-41 of the SBI '93.
Trading partnerships
All kinds of legal persons as: public cooperations, partnerships,
societies and foundations, Ltd. and other foreign legal persons.
If partnership firms or limited partnerships go bankrupt,
the participating partners will also be declared bankrupt.
The bankruptcy is generally pronounced in one sentence, the participating
partners, however, are separately included in the relevant legal form.
Partners can be both natural persons as legal persons. Legal persons as
partner of a bankrupt partnership firm or limited partnership are included
in the item trading partnerships.
Natural persons as partner are included in the item natural persons not
single-owner company sub-item partners.
45 Construction
Pronounced bankruptcies of single-owner companies and trading
partnerships in construction. It concerns section 45 of the SBI '93.
Trading partnerships
All kinds of legal persons as: public cooperations, partnerships,
societies and foundations, Ltd. and other foreign legal persons.
If partnership firms or limited partnerships go bankrupt,
the participating partners will also be declared bankrupt.
The bankruptcy is generally pronounced in one sentence, the participating
partners, however, are separately included in the relevant legal form.
Partners can be both natural persons as legal persons. Legal persons as
partner of a bankrupt partnership firm or limited partnership are included
in the item trading partnerships.
Natural persons as partner are included in the item natural persons not
single-owner company sub-item partners.
50-52 Trade and repair of consumer goods
Pronounced bankruptcies of single-owner companies and trading
partnerships in trade and repair of consumer goods. It concerns
sections 50-52 of the SBI '93.
Trading partnerships
All kinds of legal persons as: public cooperations, partnerships,
societies and foundations, Ltd. and other foreign legal persons.
If partnership firms or limited partnerships go bankrupt,
the participating partners will also be declared bankrupt.
The bankruptcy is generally pronounced in one sentence, the participating
partners, however, are separately included in the relevant legal form.
Partners can be both natural persons as legal persons. Legal persons as
partner of a bankrupt partnership firm or limited partnership are included
in the item trading partnerships.
Natural persons as partner are included in the item natural persons not
single-owner company sub-item partners.
55 Hotels and restaurants
Pronounced bankruptcies of single-owner companies and trading
partnerships in hotels and restaurants. It concerns section 55 of
the SBI '93.
Trading partnerships
All kinds of legal persons as: public cooperations, partnerships,
societies and foundations, Ltd. and other foreign legal persons.
If partnership firms or limited partnerships go bankrupt,
the participating partners will also be declared bankrupt.
The bankruptcy is generally pronounced in one sentence, the participating
partners, however, are separately included in the relevant legal form.
Partners can be both natural persons as legal persons. Legal persons as
partner of a bankrupt partnership firm or limited partnership are included
in the item trading partnerships.
Natural persons as partner are included in the item natural persons not
single-owner company sub-item partners.
60-64 Transport, storage, communications
Pronounced bankruptcies of single-owner companies and trading
partnerships in transport, storage and communications.
It concerns sections 60-64 of the SBI '93.
Trading partnerships
All kinds of legal persons as: public cooperations, partnerships,
societies and foundations, Ltd. and other foreign legal persons.
If partnership firms or limited partnerships go bankrupt,
the participating partners will also be declared bankrupt.
The bankruptcy is generally pronounced in one sentence, the participating
partners, however, are separately included in the relevant legal form.
Partners can be both natural persons as legal persons. Legal persons as
partner of a bankrupt partnership firm or limited partnership are included
in the item trading partnerships.
Natural persons as partner are included in the item natural persons not
single-owner company sub-item partners.
65-74 Financial intermediating
Pronounced bankruptcies of single-owner companies and trading
partnerships in financial institutions, letting or trade of
real-estate, letting of moveable property, commercial services,
public administration, public services and social securities.
It concerns sections 65-74 of the SBI '93.
Trading partnerships
All kinds of legal persons as: public cooperations, partnerships,
societies and foundations, Ltd. and other foreign legal persons.
If partnership firms or limited partnerships go bankrupt,
the participating partners will also be declared bankrupt.
The bankruptcy is generally pronounced in one sentence, the participating
partners, however, are separately included in the relevant legal form.
Partners can be both natural persons as legal persons. Legal persons as
partner of a bankrupt partnership firm or limited partnership are included
in the item trading partnerships.
Natural persons as partner are included in the item natural persons not
single-owner company sub-item partners.
80-93 Education, culture, environment
Pronounced bankruptcies of single-owner companies and trading
partnerships in the field of education, health and social care,
environmental service, culture and recreation.
It concerns sections 80-93 of the SBI '93.
Trading partnerships
All kinds of legal persons as: public cooperations, partnerships,
societies and foundations, Ltd. and other foreign legal persons.
If partnership firms or limited partnerships go bankrupt,
the participating partners will also be declared bankrupt.
The bankruptcy is generally pronounced in one sentence, the participating
partners, however, are separately included in the relevant legal form.
Partners can be both natural persons as legal persons. Legal persons as
partner of a bankrupt partnership firm or limited partnership are included
in the item trading partnerships.
Natural persons as partner are included in the item natural persons not
single-owner company sub-item partners.
Industry class unknown
Trading partnerships
All kinds of legal persons as: public cooperations, partnerships,
societies and foundations, Ltd. and other foreign legal persons.
If partnership firms or limited partnerships go bankrupt,
the participating partners will also be declared bankrupt.
The bankruptcy is generally pronounced in one sentence, the participating
partners, however, are separately included in the relevant legal form.
Partners can be both natural persons as legal persons. Legal persons as
partner of a bankrupt partnership firm or limited partnership are included
in the item trading partnerships.
Natural persons as partner are included in the item natural persons not
single-owner company sub-item partners.