Bankruptcies, adjusted for court session days

Bankruptcies, adjusted for court session days

Type of bankruptcy Periods Bankruptcies (session day corrected) (number)
Total legal forms all nationalities 2024 October 360
Total legal forms all nationalities 2024 November 378
Total legal forms all nationalities 2024 December 361
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 January* 367
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 February* 401
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 March* 310
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 April* 374
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 May* 375
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 June* 343
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 July* 334
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 August* 335
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 September* 307
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 October* 285
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2024 October 32
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2024 November 25
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2024 December 36
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 January* 49
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 February* 38
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 March* 41
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 April* 43
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 May* 23
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 June* 30
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 July* 35
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 August* 56
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 September* 31
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 October* 32
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2024 October 37
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2024 November 43
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2024 December 30
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 January* 48
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 February* 26
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 March* 36
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 April* 37
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 May* 28
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 June* 33
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 July* 34
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 August* 42
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 September* 35
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 October* 33
Companies and institutions 2024 October 291
Companies and institutions 2024 November 310
Companies and institutions 2024 December 295
Companies and institutions 2025 January* 270
Companies and institutions 2025 February* 337
Companies and institutions 2025 March* 233
Companies and institutions 2025 April* 294
Companies and institutions 2025 May* 324
Companies and institutions 2025 June* 280
Companies and institutions 2025 July* 265
Companies and institutions 2025 August* 237
Companies and institutions 2025 September* 241
Companies and institutions 2025 October* 220
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains the number of bankruptcy orders issued by Dutch courts. Numbers are broken down by type of bankruptcy (natural persons with or without sole proprietorship, enterprises and institutions). The outcomes have been corrected for the effects of session days of the courts. Usually, bankruptcies are pronounced on a fixed day in the week, mostly Tuesday. As a result, a calendar month may contain four or five so-called session days. As a result, the number of pronounced bankruptcies can fluctuate from month to month. The series of outcomes in this publication have been cleaned for the effect of session days.

Data available from: January 1981

Status of the figures:
The results are provisional during the year under review. The results will be declared definite in the first quarter following the year under review.

Changes as of November 12, 2025:
The October 2025 figures have been added.

When will new figures be published?
November 2025 figures are expected to be published on December 12, 2025.

Description topics

Bankruptcies (session day corrected)
The number of natural persons (with and without sole proprietorship), companies and institutions declared bankrupt by court ruling, corrected for the effect of the number of session days per month of courts.

Bankruptcy
State which a legal unit is declared to have entered by the court when it has ceased to pay. The assets and revenues of that legal unit (the debtor) are then taken to pay off the debts. The bankruptcy can be pronounced at the request of a creditor, the debtor himself or the Public Prosecution Service. After the income and assets have been paid out to creditors, the bankruptcy is terminated but the debtor is often not debt-free. Residual debts remain due and payable. The bankruptcy of a legal entity at the request of a creditor can only be made if there is also a debt to another creditor.