Pronounced debt restructuring plans; way of ending, region 1999-2017
| Regions | Periods | Pronounced debt restructuring plans Total pronounced debt restructurings (number) | Pronounced debt restructuring plans Immediately final (number) | Pronounced debt restructuring plans After preceding preliminary enforcement (number) | Debt restructuring; type of debtor Natural persons total (number) | Debt restructuring; type of debtor Natural persons with business (number) | Debt restructuring; type of debtor Natural persons without business (number) | Debt restructuring; type of ending Total pronounced debt restructurings (number) | Debt restructuring plans; age group Total pronounced debt restructurings (number) | Debt restructuring plans; age group Younger than 25 years (number) | Debt restructuring plans; age group 25 till 35 years (number) | Debt restructuring plans; age group 35 till 45 years (number) | Debt restructuring plans; age group 45 till 55 years (number) | Debt restructuring plans; age group 55 till 65 years (number) | Debt restructuring plans; age group 65 years and older (number) | Debt restructuring plans; age group Unknown (number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Netherlands | 2017 | 8,357 | 8,357 | 8,357 | 1,402 | 6,955 | 8,357 | 8,357 | 110 | 1,618 | 2,424 | 2,510 | 1,344 | 351 | 0 | |
| North of the Netherlands (LD) | 2017 | 1,351 | 1,351 | 1,351 | 234 | 1,117 | 1,351 | 1,351 | 31 | 300 | 386 | 394 | 187 | 53 | 0 | |
| East of the Netherlands (LD) | 2017 | 2,075 | 2,075 | 2,075 | 355 | 1,720 | 2,075 | 2,075 | 17 | 375 | 598 | 628 | 379 | 78 | 0 | |
| West of the Netherlands (LD) | 2017 | 3,336 | 3,336 | 3,336 | 581 | 2,755 | 3,336 | 3,336 | 41 | 638 | 991 | 994 | 534 | 138 | 0 | |
| South of the Netherlands (LD) | 2017 | 1,444 | 1,444 | 1,444 | 219 | 1,225 | 1,444 | 1,444 | 15 | 259 | 391 | 468 | 232 | 79 | 0 | |
| Groningen (PV) | 2017 | 589 | 589 | 589 | 75 | 514 | 589 | 589 | 13 | 145 | 164 | 160 | 78 | 29 | 0 | |
| Friesland (PV) | 2017 | 380 | 380 | 380 | 87 | 293 | 380 | 380 | 9 | 85 | 114 | 111 | 52 | 9 | 0 | |
| Drenthe (PV) | 2017 | 382 | 382 | 382 | 72 | 310 | 382 | 382 | 9 | 70 | 108 | 123 | 57 | 15 | 0 | |
| Overijssel (PV) | 2017 | 823 | 823 | 823 | 128 | 695 | 823 | 823 | 8 | 165 | 235 | 245 | 137 | 33 | 0 | |
| Flevoland (PV) | 2017 | 291 | 291 | 291 | 58 | 233 | 291 | 291 | 1 | 52 | 85 | 87 | 59 | 7 | 0 | |
| Gelderland (PV) | 2017 | 961 | 961 | 961 | 169 | 792 | 961 | 961 | 8 | 158 | 278 | 296 | 183 | 38 | 0 | |
| Utrecht (PV) | 2017 | 382 | 382 | 382 | 81 | 301 | 382 | 382 | 3 | 58 | 100 | 131 | 77 | 13 | 0 | |
| Noord-Holland (PV) | 2017 | 1,269 | 1,269 | 1,269 | 254 | 1,015 | 1,269 | 1,269 | 13 | 246 | 389 | 372 | 197 | 52 | 0 | |
| Zuid-Holland (PV) | 2017 | 1,563 | 1,563 | 1,563 | 231 | 1,332 | 1,563 | 1,563 | 20 | 308 | 465 | 461 | 243 | 66 | 0 | |
| Zeeland (PV) | 2017 | 122 | 122 | 122 | 15 | 107 | 122 | 122 | 5 | 26 | 37 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 0 | |
| Noord-Brabant (PV) | 2017 | 742 | 742 | 742 | 91 | 651 | 742 | 742 | 7 | 112 | 194 | 276 | 120 | 33 | 0 | |
| Limburg (PV) | 2017 | 702 | 702 | 702 | 128 | 574 | 702 | 702 | 8 | 147 | 197 | 192 | 112 | 46 | 0 | |
| Unknown/abroad | 2017 | 151 | 151 | 151 | 13 | 138 | 151 | 151 | 6 | 46 | 58 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| Source: CBS | ||||||||||||||||
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This table gives information on debt restructuring plans pronounced by Dutch courts. The sentences are divided by type of verdict, by type of debtor, by age of the debtor, by way of ending and by region.
Data available from: 1999 untill 2017.
Status of the figures:
The figures are final.
Changes as of 26 February 2021:
None, this table is discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.
This table is followed by the table "Personen met uitgesproken schuldsanering; jaar uitspraak; persoonskenmerken" and the table "Personen met uitgesproken schuldsanering; jaar uitspraak; regio". See paragraph 3.”
Description topics
- Pronounced debt restructuring plans
- Pronounced court orders for debt repayment.
Before January 2008, the court could pronounce a preliminary order for
debt repayment, which could be converted into a final verdict in a later
stage.
Since January 2008 that isn't possible anymore. The data before
January 2008 includes both immediately finally pronounced debt
restructuring plans and finally pronounced debt restructuring plans which
were pronounced preliminarily at first.- Total pronounced debt restructurings
- Immediately final
- Immediately finally pronounced debt restructuring plans, i.e. without
preceding preliminary verdict.
From January 1st 2008 debt restructuring plans will no longer be
pronounced preliminarily. All debt restructuring plans will immediately be
final.
- After preceding preliminary enforcement
- Finally pronounced debt restructuring plans after preceding preliminary
verdict.
From January 1st 2008 debt restructuring plans will no longer be
pronounced preliminarily. All debt restructuring plans will immediately be
final.
- Debt restructuring; type of debtor
- Natural persons total
- A human (individual) who is recognized in the law as legal subject and
therefore bears legal rights and duties
- Natural persons with business
- A human (individual) who is recognized in the law as legal subject and
therefore bears legal rights and duties, and who is or has been active in
activities concerning a business.
A case is assumed to concern a business if, in the five years prior to
starting the debt restructuring plan, the debtor has practiced an
independent profession or has been in trade and at least 20 percent of
the debt is a consequence of that profession or trade.
- Natural persons without business
- A human (individual) who is recognized in the law as legal subject and
therefore bears legal rights and duties, and who isn't active in
activities concerning a business, or less than 20 percent of the debt is
a result of the business.
A case is assumed to concern a business if, in the five years prior to
starting the debt restructuring plan, the debtor has practiced an
independent profession or has been in trade and at least 20 percent of
the debt is a consequence of that profession or trade.
- Debt restructuring; type of ending
- Debt restructuring plans can end in various ways. If the debtor complies
with the arrangements, he is granted a clean state after a period of
(usually) three years. That means that the remainder of the debt can't be
claimed anymore.
Sometimes, an agreement can be reached between debtor and creditor
during the course of the debt restructuring plan. In other cases, the debt
restructuring plan is less successful and ends in bankruptcy of the
debtor. All other ways of ending a debt restructuring plan are included
under "without effect".
Since January 2008, the law is changed such that a debtor will only be
declared bankrupt, if sufficient funds are present to pay the creditors at
the end of the bankruptcy. If funds are insufficient, the debt
restructuring plan will be ended without a clean slate. The remaining
debts are reactivated and the creditors can use all means to collect
their claims again.
Debt restructuring plans ending like this, will be mentioned under
'without effect', along with any other endings that don't involve a clean
slate, agreement or bankruptcy.- Total pronounced debt restructurings
- Debt restructuring plans; age group
- Debt restructuring plans of private persons who started a debt repayment
plan, classified by age- Total pronounced debt restructurings
- Younger than 25 years
- 25 till 35 years
- 35 till 45 years
- 45 till 55 years
- 55 till 65 years
- 65 years and older
- Unknown