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 2025 February 402
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 March 310
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 April 375
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 May 376
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 June 344
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 July 334
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 August 339
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 September 307
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 October 285
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 November 358
Total legal forms all nationalities 2025 December 303
Total legal forms all nationalities 2026 January* 305
Total legal forms all nationalities 2026 February* 347
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 59
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 September 31
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 October 32
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 November 50
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2025 December 39
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2026 January* 26
Nat. person without sole proprietorship 2026 February* 36
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 43
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 September 35
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 October 33
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 November 24
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2025 December 28
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2026 January* 43
Nat. person with sole proprietorship 2026 February* 35
Companies and institutions 2025 February 338
Companies and institutions 2025 March 233
Companies and institutions 2025 April 295
Companies and institutions 2025 May 325
Companies and institutions 2025 June 281
Companies and institutions 2025 July 265
Companies and institutions 2025 August 237
Companies and institutions 2025 September 241
Companies and institutions 2025 October 220
Companies and institutions 2025 November 284
Companies and institutions 2025 December 236
Companies and institutions 2026 January* 236
Companies and institutions 2026 February* 276
Source: CBS.
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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 March 12, 2026:
The February 2026 figures have been added.

When will new figures be published?
March 2026 figures are expected to be published on April 13, 2026.

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.