What types of business failures are tracked in this France dataset?

This quarterly dataset tracks three types of insolvency proceedings opened against private employers in France: safeguards, judicial reorganisations, and judicial liquidations.

Which French regions are included in the business failures data?

The dataset includes regional breakdowns for all administrative regions of France, such as Île-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Pays de la Loire, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Corsica, Martinique, and La Réunion.

How far back does the quarterly France business failures dataset go?

The quarterly statistics on business failures and insolvency proceedings in France published by URSSAF go back to 2004.

Are the French business failure statistics seasonally adjusted?

Yes, the dataset provides both raw and seasonally adjusted quarterly figures for safeguards, judicial reorganisations, and judicial liquidations in France.

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France quarterly business failures by region

Name: France quarterly business failures by region
Creator: URSSAF – Union de recouvrement des cotisations de sécurité sociale et d'allocations familiales
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

France business failures by region, including judicial liquidations and safeguards, from URSSAF.

Source: URSSAF – Union de recouvrement des cotisations de sécurité sociale et d'allocations familialesLast updated: Sep 17, 2026, 15:07Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	Q2-2026	Q1-2026	Q4-2025	Q3-2025	Q2-2025	Q1-2025	Q4-2024	Q3-2024	Q2-2024	Q1-2024	Q4-2023	Q3-2023	Q2-2023
Judicial liquidation, seasonally adjusted	12,352	11,743	11,793	11,824	11,566	11,689	11,697	11,637	11,331	11,121	10,865	10,046	9,177
Judicial liquidation, raw	12,159	12,596	12,548	10,386	11,364	12,596	12,437	10,188	11,109	12,053	11,539	8,764	8,988
Judicial reorganisation, seasonally adjusted	4,519	4,377	4,396	4,233	4,163	4,083	4,044	4,113	4,087	3,867	3,723	3,050	2,949
Judicial reorganisation, raw	4,539	4,576	4,828	3,611	4,167	4,283	4,433	3,520	4,065	4,086	4,065	2,621	2,911
Safeguard, seasonally adjusted	259	291	314	287	246	291	259	284	325	277	307	288	353
Safeguard, raw	260	287	354	253	247	288	292	250	324	275	347	253	351
By region4
All collective proceedings18
Île-de-France	4,237	4,020	4,249	3,155	3,928	3,959	4,190	3,315	3,922	3,816	3,651	2,556	2,905
Centre-Val de Loire	604	624	664	530	641	632	700	498	585	655	649	434	501
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	494	623	566	500	531	565	518	518	565	541	620	405	419
Normandy	609	706	772	610	661	801	785	569	705	698	647	463	492
Hauts-de-France	1,363	1,377	1,506	1,154	1,264	1,389	1,393	1,056	1,208	1,324	1,367	970	1,080
Grand Est	1,207	1,218	1,271	1,008	1,150	1,277	1,215	915	1,147	1,175	1,148	871	1,012
Pays de la Loire	752	814	816	681	697	774	684	628	666	725	603	542	550
Brittany	556	704	658	526	595	639	638	558	540	603	650	432	498
Nouvelle-Aquitaine	1,609	1,736	1,562	1,433	1,465	1,632	1,490	1,203	1,351	1,363	1,329	1,003	1,044
Occitanie	1,574	1,802	1,723	1,373	1,545	1,702	1,649	1,359	1,412	1,793	1,632	1,145	1,262
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	2,184	1,974	1,734	1,624	1,567	1,768	1,772	1,423	1,623	1,792	1,766	1,365	1,213
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	1,825	1,966	1,966	1,686	1,704	1,957	2,058	1,837	1,693	2,011	1,935	1,423	1,399
Corsica	110	130	134	93	138	157	121	97	131	141	126	86	90
Guadeloupe	137	98	142	102	95	89	107	84	86	63	94	65	77
Martinique	158	166	182	114	134	142	157	134	130	116	129	130	97
French Guiana	75	76	69	68	48	29	32	19	23	15	24	21	25
La Réunion	362	271	411	349	304	338	383	342	361	264	325	271	261
Mayotte	8	9	8	7	13	12	16	4	17	10	9	13	4
Judicial liquidations18
Île-de-France	3,287	3,205	3,370	2,483	3,167	3,190	3,426	2,636	3,132	3,056	2,906	2,089	2,257
Centre-Val de Loire	401	417	418	337	426	423	461	307	409	440	409	289	343
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	353	413	374	355	372	372	341	378	369	374	400	271	297
Normandy	420	528	526	445	493	560	572	413	503	528	459	330	375
Hauts-de-France	1,009	989	1,047	852	856	1,008	1,001	786	851	967	960	723	786
Grand Est	853	831	890	729	833	941	866	669	808	819	870	666	715
Pays de la Loire	515	591	570	472	479	553	500	476	450	536	427	411	388
Brittany	406	489	458	366	400	435	445	380	395	433	442	320	352
Nouvelle-Aquitaine	1,122	1,148	1,022	968	1,018	1,117	993	822	871	992	934	736	718
Occitanie	1,080	1,258	1,213	956	1,073	1,211	1,138	961	996	1,312	1,138	839	892
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	1,481	1,357	1,197	1,192	1,075	1,258	1,234	1,027	1,137	1,234	1,224	1,055	858
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	1,174	1,274	1,219	1,145	1,107	1,343	1,337	1,168	1,045	1,363	1,285	996	921
Corsica	74	93	86	59	81	93	80	57	83	85	74	68	65
Guadeloupe	105	72	107	78	61	69	80	62	64	45	67	50	56
Martinique	118	132	126	88	91	111	116	97	92	81	98	86	61
French Guiana	42	53	44	23	23	13	18	14	15	12	15	11	18
La Réunion	253	185	234	238	192	244	227	211	196	153	197	164	176
Mayotte	5	5	6	3	6	4	6	3	15	9	4	4	3
Judicial reorganisations18
Île-de-France	904	773	825	631	707	726	705	638	738	719	678	424	564
Centre-Val de Loire	191	192	230	184	202	200	221	183	167	210	226	130	134
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	133	193	182	136	147	174	164	133	183	159	208	129	111
Normandy	182	161	222	156	151	229	199	143	177	164	170	117	101
Hauts-de-France	343	360	434	278	390	362	374	254	337	336	387	228	259
Grand Est	335	369	353	239	297	316	335	237	318	331	250	192	262
Pays de la Loire	220	205	225	197	209	206	167	139	192	175	165	120	142
Brittany	140	195	179	143	179	197	189	165	137	157	196	105	133
Nouvelle-Aquitaine	445	537	469	415	403	461	452	350	417	332	347	238	264
Occitanie	464	513	470	385	437	450	486	373	374	444	454	273	329
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	665	572	497	391	453	470	486	363	442	502	490	281	317
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	624	660	727	515	581	589	686	622	614	614	604	401	435
Corsica	34	37	46	34	53	62	39	38	46	53	50	17	21
Guadeloupe	31	23	33	22	30	16	20	18	15	13	14	12	18
Martinique	39	34	56	26	41	31	38	35	36	33	27	39	36
French Guiana	28	23	22	41	25	14	12	5	5	3	6	6	5
La Réunion	102	84	173	108	102	92	147	122	153	105	118	90	76
Mayotte	3	3		3	7	7	9	1	2	1	5	6	1
Calibration gap with the national total	-906	-855	-703	-763	-702	-695	-746	-601	-667	-691	-753	-557	-679

Latest reading

Judicial liquidation, seasonally adjusted stood at 12,352 Number in Q2 2026. That is +5.2% from Q1 2026 and +6.8% from a year earlier. The series on this page is quarterly and runs from Q1 2004 to Q2 2026.

Latest: 12,352 Number; Q2 2026
vs previous period: +5.2%; Q1 2026
vs a year earlier: +6.8%

About this data

France business failures by region, including judicial liquidations and safeguards, from URSSAF. This quarterly dataset covers safeguard, judicial reorganisation, and judicial liquidation proceedings opened against private employers. Data are available as raw numbers and seasonally adjusted series for each administrative region, including Île-de-France, Corsica, and La Réunion. The statistics are published by URSSAF with coverage starting in 2004.

Frequently asked questions

What types of business failures are tracked in this France dataset?: This quarterly dataset tracks three types of insolvency proceedings opened against private employers in France: safeguards, judicial reorganisations, and judicial liquidations.
Which French regions are included in the business failures data?: The dataset includes regional breakdowns for all administrative regions of France, such as Île-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Pays de la Loire, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Corsica, Martinique, and La Réunion.
How far back does the quarterly France business failures dataset go?: The quarterly statistics on business failures and insolvency proceedings in France published by URSSAF go back to 2004.
Are the French business failure statistics seasonally adjusted?: Yes, the dataset provides both raw and seasonally adjusted quarterly figures for safeguards, judicial reorganisations, and judicial liquidations in France.