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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 1 Insolvencies in Europe

From: From failure to corporate bankruptcy: a review

 

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

Austria

6,194

6,657

7,050

6,500

6,362

6,854

7,136

Belgium

10,182

9,570

9,430

8,476

7,678

7,617

7,878

Denmark

5,447

6,461

5,600

3,709

2,401

1,987

2,497

Finland

3,005

2,864

3,310

2,612

2,254

2,285

2,278

France

49,506

51,060

55,800

49,723

42,532

40,360

41,930

Germany

30,200

32,060

34,300

29,580

29,150

34,040

36,850

Greece

452

355

360

359

524

532

612

Ireland

1,631

1,525

1,400

773

363

304

327

Italya

11,792

10,089

9,098

6,498

5,518

8,827

17,150

Luxembourg

961

918

698

590

680

634

682

Netherlands

7,000

7,211

10,500

6,847

7,952

5,941

6,780

Norway

4,361

4,435

5,100

3,637

2,845

3,032

3,540

Portugal

6,025

5,144

4,450

3,267

2,123

2,400

2,300

Spain

5,752

4,845

4,900

2,528

880

853

869

Sweden

7,177

7,546

7,600

6,298

5,791

5,243

5,865

Switzerlandb

6,661

6,255

5,215

4,222

4,314

4,528

4,751

United Kingdom

18,571

17,468

20,300

16,268

12,893

13,686

13,462

Total

174,917

174,463

185,111

151,887

134,260

139,123

154,907

  1. aSince 2006, the insolvency statistics compiled by the register of companies in Italy include only company headquarters and no longer the individual branches of a company.
  2. bSince 1/1/2008, companies can be officially closed down and deleted from the register by means of bankruptcy proceedings: Section 731b OR. Source: Creditreform Economic Research Unit (2012).