Pronounced Bankruptcies; company age and number of employees; 2015-2022

Pronounced Bankruptcies; company age and number of employees; 2015-2022

Sector/branches Type of bankruptcy Periods Business age in event of bankruptcy (years)
A-U All economic activities Total entities with/without legal pers. 2022 8.4
A-U All economic activities Companies and institutions 2022 8.8
A-U All economic activities Natural persons with sole proprietorship 2022 5.8
C Manufacturing Total entities with/without legal pers. 2022 12.4
C Manufacturing Companies and institutions 2022 12.8
C Manufacturing Natural persons with sole proprietorship 2022 5.6
E Water supply and waste management Total entities with/without legal pers. 2022 6.8
E Water supply and waste management Companies and institutions 2022 7.6
E Water supply and waste management Natural persons with sole proprietorship 2022 3.3
H Transportation and storage Total entities with/without legal pers. 2022 6.8
H Transportation and storage Companies and institutions 2022 7.2
H Transportation and storage Natural persons with sole proprietorship 2022 4.6
Q Health and social work activities Total entities with/without legal pers. 2022 8.3
Q Health and social work activities Companies and institutions 2022 8.3
Q Health and social work activities Natural persons with sole proprietorship 2022 2.7
S Other service activities Total entities with/without legal pers. 2022 8.7
S Other service activities Companies and institutions 2022 7.4
S Other service activities Natural persons with sole proprietorship 2022 15.9
Source: CBS.
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This table contains the numbers of bankruptcy orders issued by Dutch courts, broken down by legal form (natural persons with sole proprietorship, companies and institutions). In addition, the tables contain the average company age and number of employees (in FTEs) at the time of the bankruptcy order.

Data available from Q1 2015 to Q4 2022.

Status of the figures:
All figures are final data.

Changes as of 13 December 2023:
The table has been discontinued.

Description topics

Business age in event of bankruptcy
The number of years between the date of bankruptcy of a company and the founding date of that company.