Bankruptcies, adjusted for court session days
| Type of bankruptcy | Periods | Bankruptcies (session day corrected) (number) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Total legal forms all nationalities | 2026 March* | 341 |
| Total legal forms all nationalities | 2026 April* | 328 |
| Total legal forms all nationalities | 2026 May* | 321 |
| Total legal forms all nationalities | 2026 June* | 333 |
| Total legal forms all nationalities | 2026 July* | 295 |
| 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* | 37 |
| Nat. person without sole proprietorship | 2026 March* | 40 |
| Nat. person without sole proprietorship | 2026 April* | 36 |
| Nat. person without sole proprietorship | 2026 May* | 34 |
| Nat. person without sole proprietorship | 2026 June* | 31 |
| Nat. person without sole proprietorship | 2026 July* | 29 |
| 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* | 34 |
| Nat. person with sole proprietorship | 2026 March* | 36 |
| Nat. person with sole proprietorship | 2026 April* | 23 |
| Nat. person with sole proprietorship | 2026 May* | 30 |
| Nat. person with sole proprietorship | 2026 June* | 42 |
| Nat. person with sole proprietorship | 2026 July* | 37 |
| 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 |
| Companies and institutions | 2026 March* | 265 |
| Companies and institutions | 2026 April* | 269 |
| Companies and institutions | 2026 May* | 257 |
| Companies and institutions | 2026 June* | 260 |
| Companies and institutions | 2026 July* | 229 |
| Source: CBS. | ||
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 August 12, 2026:
The July 2026 figures have been added.
When will new figures be published?
August 2026 figures are expected to be published on September 11, 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.