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Press release No. 527 of 12 December 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in November 2022 up 1.2% on the previous month
Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany increased by 1.2% in November 2022 compared with October 2022. In October 2022, the figure had been up 18.4% on …
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Press release No. 477 of 14 November 2022 Number of larger businesses started between January and September 2022 down 7.3%
Just over 89,200 businesses were started in Germany in the first three quarters of 2022, whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal …
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Press release No. 475 of 11 November 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in October 2022 up 18.4% on the previous month
Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany increased by 18.4% in October 2022 compared with September 2022. Their number had fallen by 20.6% in September …
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Press release No. 461 of 31 October 2022 Number of larger businesses started between January and August 2022 down 6.6%
Between January and August 2022, just over 80,200 businesses were started in Germany whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal …
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Press release No. 444 of 17 October 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in September 2022 down 20.6% on previous month
Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany in September 2022 fell by 20.6% on August 2022. Their number had increased by 6.6% in August 2022 from July 2022. …
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Press release No. 382 of 12 September 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency up 6.6% in August 2022 on the previous month
Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany increased by 6.6% in August 2022 compared with July 2022. Their number had fallen by 4.2% in July 2022 from June …
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Press release No. 337 of 10 August 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in July 2022 down 4.2% on previous month
Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany in July 2022 fell by 4.2% on June 2022. It had already fallen by 7.6% in June on May 2022.
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Press release No. 297 of 13 July 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in June 2022 down 7.6% on previous month
Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany in June 2022 fell by 7.6% on May 2022. The increase observed in May (+8.4% on April 2022) did not continue. …
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Press release No. 241 of 13 June 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in May 2022 up 8.4% on the previous month
Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany increased by 8.4% in May 2022 compared with April 2022. The decrease observed in April (-20.8% on March 2022) did …
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Press release No. 198 of 11 May 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in April 2022 down 20.8% on previous month
Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany in April 2022 fell by 20.8% on March 2022. The increase observed in March (+27.0% on February 2022) did not …
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Press release No. 197 of 11 May 2022 Start-ups of larger businesses up 2.7% in the 1st quarter of 2022
In the 1st quarter of 2022, just over 35,000 businesses were started in Germany whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal Statistical …
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Press release No. 167 of 14 April 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in March 2022 up 27.0% on the previous month
Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany increased by 27.0% in March 2022 compared with February 2022. The number of such requests had already risen by …
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Press release No. 098 of 10 March 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in February 2022 up 4.2% on previous month
Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany fell by 4.2% in February 2022 on January 2022. Their number had dropped by 17.2% in January 2022 compared with …
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Press release No. 061 of 14 February 2022 Start-ups of larger businesses in 2021 up 8.4% year on year
In 2021, just over 126,900 businesses were started in Germany whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …
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Press release No. 054 of 10 February 2022 Requests for normal business insolvency in January 2022 down 17.2% on previous month
Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany in January 2022 fell by 17.2% on December 2021. It rose by 18.0% in December 2021 compared with the previous …
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Press release No. 013 of 11 January 2022 Business insolvencies in October 2021: -2.7% on the same month a year earlier
German local courts reported 1,056 business insolvency requests in October 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 2.7% compared with October 2020. Compared with October 2019 before the coronavirus crisis, …
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Press release No. 565 of 10 December 2021 Business insolvencies from January to September 2021: -14.5% on the same period a year earlier
German local courts reported 10,682 business insolvency requests from January to September 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 14.5% compared with the same period of 2020 and of 25.7% compared with 2019. …
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Press release No. 516 of 12 November 2021 Business insolvencies in August 2021: -2.1% on the same month a year earlier
German local courts reported 1,029 business insolvency requests in August 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 2.1% on August 2020. The last months’ downward trend continued also when many special …
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Press release No. 527 of 18 November 2021 Start-ups of larger businesses up 9.3% in the 1st to 3rd quarter of 2021 year-on-year
According to provisional results, well over 94,700 businesses were started in Germany in the first three quarters of 2021, whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business …
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Press release No. 480 of 12 October 2021 July 2021: business insolvencies down 12.3% on July 2020
German local courts reported 1,200 business insolvency requests in July 2021. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) that was a decline of 12.3% compared with July 2020. The last months’ downward trend in business insolvencies …
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Press release No. 464 of 1 October 2021 Bremen affected most by business insolvencies
The individual Länder have been affected to varying degrees by business insolvencies in the course of the coronavirus pandemic. Bremen was by far the hardest hit in 2020 with a monthly average of 8.3 business insolvency requests per 10,000 …
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Press release No. 376 of 10 August 2021 May 2021: business insolvencies down 25.8% on May 2020
German local courts reported 1,116 business insolvency requests in May 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 25.8% compared with May 2020. This means that the downward trend in business insolvencies …
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Press release No. 424 of 10 September 2021 Business insolvencies down 17.7% in the 1st half of 2021
In the first half of 2021, there was no wave of business insolvencies due to the coronavirus crisis Instead, the number of reported business insolvencies continued to decline. German local courts reported 7,408 business insolvency requests in the …
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Press release No. 381 of 12 August 2021 Start-ups of larger businesses in the first half of 2021 up 13.1% year on year
In the first half of 2021, just over 65,600 businesses were started in Germany whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal Statistical …
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Press release No. 335 of 13 July 2021 April 2021: business insolvencies down 9.0% on April 2020
German local courts reported 1,333 business insolvency requests in April 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 9.0% compared with April 2020. This means that the economic problems of many businesses due to …
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Press release No. 337 of 13 July 2021 Economic activity in mid-2021: production still stable, trade and services recover slowly
Following a mixed overall economic situation in the first quarter of 2021, the months of April, May and June show first signs of recovery in retail trade, accommodation and food services and tourism as well as stabilisation in production. However, …
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Press release No. 270 of 10 June 2021 1st quarter of 2021: business insolvencies down 19.7% year on year
German local courts reported 3,762 business insolvency requests in the first quarter of 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 19.7% compared with the first quarter of 2020. This means that the economic …
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Press release No. 236 of 19 May 2021 5.9% increase in larger businesses established in the 1st quarter of 2021
In the first quarter of 2021, just over 34,000 businesses were started in Germany whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal Statistical …
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Press release No. 221 of 11 May 2021 February 2021: business insolvencies down 21.8% on February 2020
German local courts reported 1,195 business insolvency requests in February 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 21.8% compared with February 2020. This means that the economic problems of many businesses …
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Press release No. 161 of 31 March 2021 15.5% fewer business insolvencies in 2020
In 2020 German local courts reported 15,841 business insolvencies. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a 15.5% decline compared with 2019. The number of business insolvency requests fell to the lowest level since the …
