WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in April 2010, German insolvency courts reported 13,949 insolvencies; 2,794 of them referred to enterprises and 8,779 to consumers. The total number of insolvencies increased 2.0% compared with April 2009, enterprise insolvencies decreased 6.2% and insolvencies of consumers increased 6.4%. From January to April 2010, 56,648 insolvencies (+7.5%) were registered, 11,024 of which were enterprise insolvencies (+3.1%). Altogether the courts registered 36,015 consumer insolvencies, which were 11.3% more than in January to April 2009.
