What do the UK company insolvency figures measure?

The data measures the total number of companies entering formal insolvency procedures each month across England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, alongside rates per 10,000 active registered companies.

What corporate insolvency procedures are covered?

For England and Wales, the series breaks down corporate insolvencies into creditors' voluntary liquidations, compulsory liquidations, administrations and company voluntary arrangements.

Does this table also cover individual insolvencies?

Yes, it tracks personal financial distress in England and Wales, reporting bankruptcies, debt relief orders (DROs), individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs), standard Breathing Space registrations and individual insolvency rates per 10,000 adults.

How frequently are UK insolvency statistics updated and how far back do they go?

The figures are published monthly as official statistics by the Insolvency Service via GOV.UK, with continuous monthly data starting from 2000.

UK company insolvencies

Name: UK company insolvencies
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Source: GOV.UK official statisticsLast updated: Sep 28, 2026, 05:13Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	08-2026	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023
Company insolvencies4
Insolvencies3
England and Wales	1,857	2,069	1,935	1,804	2,182	2,138	1,785	1,614	1,605	1,893	2,166	1,912	1,931	2,180	2,073	2,228	2,059	2,080	1,878	1,936	1,784	2,103	1,828	1,803	1,894	2,147	2,349	2,000	2,308	1,786	2,110	1,768	2,012	2,468	2,317	1,966	2,318
Scotland	73	83	104	100	107	131	98	74	109	97	115	103	95	116	105	133	101	118	103	75	82	114	115	73	102	117	109	118	109	115	94	88	108	109	98	87	112
Northern Ireland	7	16	18	30	40	35	25	21	20	43	48	28	12	14	25	53	30	29	21	28	23	16	31	28	11	20	17	44	33	26	26	30	24	30	27	37	12
Seasonally adjusted4
Total insolvencies, seasonally adjusted1
England and Wales	1,946	1,934	1,850	1,860	2,083	2,027	1,897	1,759	1,692	1,853	2,017	1,969	2,021	2,031	2,053	2,222	2,014	2,001	2,031	2,039	1,931	1,984	1,709	1,940	1,908	2,040	2,439	1,935	2,139	1,833	2,196	1,826	2,197	2,260	2,258	2,110	2,245
Creditors’ voluntary liquidations, seasonally adjusted1
England and Wales	1,431	1,495	1,372	1,417	1,498	1,467	1,476	1,332	1,322	1,439	1,559	1,549	1,577	1,540	1,612	1,724	1,526	1,563	1,515	1,598	1,475	1,559	1,416	1,536	1,501	1,576	1,967	1,530	1,695	1,447	1,755	1,381	1,867	1,841	1,870	1,702	1,783
Compulsory liquidations, seasonally adjusted1
England and Wales	314	291	277	283	384	304	259	256	248	255	316	277	305	325	325	343	363	292	395	291	306	277	175	236	271	293	289	263	279	276	272	303	190	288	221	269	259
Administrations, seasonally adjusted1
England and Wales	182	126	187	135	180	236	152	157	107	140	125	126	123	154	101	141	100	129	114	136	133	133	104	151	116	146	160	123	147	101	157	126	125	119	143	128	191
By procedure9
Creditors’ voluntary liquidations3
England and Wales	1,397	1,576	1,417	1,412	1,595	1,542	1,407	1,179	1,278	1,438	1,648	1,498	1,547	1,626	1,603	1,768	1,579	1,637	1,433	1,469	1,388	1,609	1,496	1,416	1,526	1,640	1,884	1,612	1,835	1,434	1,704	1,294	1,730	1,959	1,887	1,574	1,879
Scotland	30	46	61	51	53	53	50	42	67	57	61	50	47	68	62	56	47	55	60	37	52	55	49	48	56	76	60	71	59	62	58	46	65	74	57	52	71
Northern Ireland	5	11	5	15	15	9	16	9	5	8	12	10	8	10	7	13	11	12	8	10	17	10	12	10	9	10	7	20	12	14	9	17	16	10	12	9	6
Compulsory liquidations3
England and Wales	271	344	307	249	366	304	217	272	219	295	377	269	258	384	351	314	341	283	322	321	266	337	211	224	238	336	294	248	289	231	228	338	164	364	260	256	232
Scotland	35	31	41	40	49	57	39	32	35	33	50	48	43	43	37	72	51	57	38	32	27	54	60	18	42	33	43	43	48	44	33	34	40	30	35	30	33
Northern Ireland	2	3	12	15	22	25	8	9	11	33	35	15	1	1	14	33	14	9	9	15	4	3	17	15	1	5	8	22	17	8	14	8	6	13	14	25	2
Administrations3
England and Wales	170	127	197	118	200	272	151	149	93	141	124	128	110	158	104	132	114	143	116	132	113	142	107	146	110	146	148	121	166	112	166	120	103	133	146	125	195
Scotland	8	6	2	7	5	18	6	0	7	7	4	5	5	4	5	5	3	6	5	6	3	5	5	7	2	8	6	4	2	9	3	7	3	5	4	5	8
Northern Ireland	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	6	2	6	2	3	1	1	1	2	0	4	1	0	2	1	3	1	1	5	1	1	0
Company voluntary arrangements3
England and Wales	19	22	14	25	20	20	10	13	15	18	17	17	16	12	15	14	24	17	7	14	17	14	12	17	20	25	23	19	18	9	12	16	15	12	23	11	11
Scotland	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Northern Ireland	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	2	1	1	0	3	3	1	3	2	2	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	0	4	1	2	0	2	4
Administrative receiverships3
England and Wales	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moratoriums3
England and Wales	0	5	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0
Scotland	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restructuring plans3
England and Wales	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	13	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Scotland	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Administrations moving to CVL3
England and Wales	30	39	28	19	24	33	36	14	19	28	41	31	37	30	37	18	28	28	22	19	17	22	18	24	29	22	22	14	19	18	22	15	19	24	23	14	26
Scotland	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
Northern Ireland	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Creditors’ voluntary liquidations including bulk1
England and Wales	1,397	1,576	1,417	1,412	1,595	1,542	1,407	1,179	1,278	1,438	1,648	1,498	1,547	1,626	1,603	1,768	1,579	1,637	1,433	1,469	1,388	1,609	1,496	1,416	1,526	1,640	1,884	1,612	1,835	1,434	1,704	1,294	1,730	1,959	1,887	1,574	1,879
Rates per 10,000 companies8
Insolvency rate per 10,000 companies3
England and Wales	50.1	50.3	50.5	50.9	51.8	51.6	51.5	51.7	52.5	52.9	53.4	52.8	52.5	52.5	52.4	53	52.5	53	52.3	52.8	52.5	53	53.9	55	55.5	56.6	55.8	55.6	57	55.9	57.6	57.1	57.2	57.3	56.5	55.8	55.4
Scotland	48.5	49.4	50.8	51	52.4	52.3	51.8	52.1	52.2	51.2	52	52.1	50.9	51.3	51.5	51.7	51.2	51.6	51.6	51.3	51.9	53.1	53.1	52.5	53.2	53.8	53.1	53.4	52.7	53.1	52.8	52.6	53.7	54.1	54.6	54.1	54.9
Northern Ireland	40.5	41	40.8	41.6	44.4	43.1	42.3	41.8	42.6	42.8	39.4	37.3	37.2	36.9	37.5	36.5	35.3	35.6	35.3	35.9	36.2	36.6	38.5	38.3	39.9	40.4	40.1	40.3	36.6	33.9	32.6	31.3	29.4	28.5	27.3	25.8	23.9
CVL rate per 10,000 companies3
England and Wales	37.9	38.3	38.4	38.8	39.6	39.6	39.9	39.9	40.6	40.9	41.3	41	40.8	40.8	40.9	41.5	41.1	41.6	41.2	41.8	41.4	42.2	43	43.9	44.3	45.2	44.7	44.6	46	45.1	46.6	46.4	46.7	46.8	46.1	45.5	45.2
Scotland	25.2	25.9	26.9	27	27.2	27	27.1	27.6	27.4	26.9	26.8	26.4	26.3	26.8	27.2	27.1	27.8	28.3	28.7	28.6	29.1	29.7	30.6	31	31.2	31.9	31	31.6	31.1	31.4	31.5	31.7	32.2	33.1	33.1	33.1	34
Northern Ireland	14.7	15	14.9	15.1	14.9	14.4	14.7	13.7	13.8	15.2	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.3	16.1	16.2	16.4	16.6	17.5	17.4	17.6	17.7	17.8	17.6	17.6	18.3	17	16.3	15.9	16.2	15.2	14.7	15.6	15.7	17.1
Compulsory liquidation rate per 10,000 companies3
England and Wales	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.8	8.1	8.2	8.3	8.4	8	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.7	7.5	7.4	7.3	7.1	7.1	6.9	7	7.1	7.2	7.2	7	7	6.9	6.7	6.9	6.7	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.3
Scotland	19.9	20.2	20.8	20.6	22	22.1	22.1	22.1	22.2	21.9	22.8	23.2	22	22	21.7	22	20.8	20.7	20.2	20	20.1	20.7	19.8	18.7	19.3	19	19.5	19.3	19	18.7	18.6	18.2	19.1	18.4	18.9	18.3	18.1
Northern Ireland	23.2	23.1	22.8	23.1	25.2	24.2	22.3	22.4	23	22.1	18.5	16.2	16.2	16.1	16.6	15.8	14.5	14.8	14.7	15.3	14.5	14.8	16.1	15.9	17.3	17.6	17.6	17.2	14.8	13.1	12.4	10.8	10	9.5	8.1	6.2	3.1
Administration rate per 10,000 companies3
England and Wales	4.1	4	4	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5
Scotland	3	2.9	2.8	3	2.9	2.8	2.3	2.3	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.8	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.5	2.4	2.6	2.7
Northern Ireland	1	1.3	1.2	1.3	2.1	2.1	2.8	2.9	3	3.1	3.3	3.4	3.4	3	3.5	3.4	2.7	2.7	2.1	2.3	2	2	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2	1.9	1.9	2	2.1	1.7	1.6	1.8	1.1	1.4	1.2
CVA rate per 10,000 companies3
England and Wales	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Scotland	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0	0.1
Northern Ireland	1.6	1.6	1.8	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.6	2.8	2.7	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.1	1.9	2	1.9	2	1.8	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.7	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.2	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Receivership rate per 10,000 companies3
England and Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scotland	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Administration-to-CVL rate per 10,000 companies3
England and Wales	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Scotland	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6
Northern Ireland	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.1	0.9	1	1	1	1	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4
CVL rate per 10,000 companies including bulk1
England and Wales	37.9	38.3	38.4	38.8	39.6	39.6	39.9	39.9	40.6	40.9	41.3	41	40.8	40.8	40.9	41.5	41.1	41.6	41.2	41.8	41.4	42.2	43	43.9	44.3	45.2	44.7	44.6	46	45.1	46.6	46.4	46.7	46.8	46.1	45.5	45.2
Individual insolvencies (England and Wales)4
Total individual insolvencies (E&W)3	11,644	11,873	11,862	11,331	11,029	12,125	11,756	10,984	13,308	9,572	10,757	11,022	11,317	10,454	10,289	10,307	10,239	9,340	9,947	9,711	9,856	10,112	9,343	10,383	9,699	10,395	10,421	9,714	10,091	8,741	10,527	8,676	8,058	8,022	9,472	7,242	8,462
Bankruptcies2	725	693	698	683	762	699	822	842	629	505	656	661	641	616	618	661	628	644	624	610	580	598	605	565	610	646	662	624	670	698	667	699	724	676	675	697	675
Bankruptcies on the debtor's own application	564	540	528	522	608	555	673	675	480	333	501	508	490	444	490	491	455	461	446	432	434	441	433	402	447	479	483	490	528	542	547	555	558	523	517	520	514
Bankruptcies on a creditor's petition	161	153	170	161	154	144	149	167	149	172	155	153	151	172	128	170	173	183	178	178	146	157	172	163	163	167	179	134	142	156	120	144	166	153	158	177	161
Individual voluntary arrangements	7,039	7,354	7,309	6,514	6,268	7,024	6,691	6,288	8,487	5,206	6,242	6,413	6,515	5,861	5,546	5,817	5,663	5,190	5,589	5,307	5,853	5,806	5,046	5,896	5,136	5,662	5,574	5,043	5,587	5,368	7,071	5,043	4,376	4,308	5,729	3,627	5,118
Debt relief orders	3,880	3,826	3,855	4,134	3,999	4,402	4,243	3,854	4,192	3,861	3,859	3,948	4,161	3,977	4,125	3,829	3,948	3,506	3,734	3,794	3,423	3,708	3,692	3,922	3,953	4,087	4,185	4,047	3,834	2,675	2,789	2,934	2,958	3,038	3,068	2,918	2,669
Total individual insolvencies, raw3	10,830	13,187	12,447	10,578	11,545	13,479	11,126	9,560	12,487	8,943	11,463	11,972	10,380	11,618	10,202	10,286	10,618	10,031	9,403	8,873	8,630	9,842	10,111	10,568	9,368	11,432	9,723	10,153	10,806	9,074	10,144	8,104	6,598	8,267	9,886	7,284	8,555
Bankruptcies, raw2	670	741	742	627	756	787	861	870	503	476	703	692	572	669	616	637	632	687	647	661	432	578	647	547	559	708	616	622	725	682	721	785	510	685	713	684	671
Bankruptcies on the debtor's own application, raw	529	581	560	483	608	639	715	672	380	302	545	521	444	490	494	478	459	501	469	451	320	412	469	380	416	529	449	498	579	529	594	606	386	522	553	495	522
Bankruptcies on a creditor's petition, raw	141	160	182	144	148	148	146	198	123	174	158	171	128	179	122	159	173	186	178	210	112	166	178	167	143	179	167	124	146	153	127	179	124	163	160	189	149
Individual voluntary arrangements, raw	6,394	8,369	7,729	6,182	6,937	8,055	5,912	5,207	8,028	4,629	6,556	7,040	5,935	6,632	5,541	5,928	6,309	5,632	4,925	4,687	5,154	5,470	5,403	6,066	4,938	6,275	5,238	5,525	6,273	5,800	6,416	4,526	3,616	4,292	5,928	3,687	5,170
Debt relief orders, raw	3,766	4,077	3,976	3,769	3,852	4,637	4,353	3,483	3,956	3,838	4,204	4,240	3,873	4,317	4,045	3,721	3,677	3,712	3,831	3,525	3,044	3,794	4,061	3,955	3,871	4,449	3,869	4,006	3,808	2,592	3,007	2,793	2,472	3,290	3,245	2,913	2,714
Rates per 10,000 adults5
Individual insolvency rate per 10,000 adults	27.8	27.7	27.4	27	26.9	26.8	26.1	25.7	25.6	24.8	25	24.8	24.5	24.3	24.3	24.2	24.2	24.2	24.1	24.2	24.1	23.7	23.4	23.4	22.7	22.6	21.9	21.6	21.6	21.3	21.8	21.4	21.4	21.7	22.2	22.4	23
Bankruptcy rate (E&W)	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5
IVA rate (E&W)	16.4	16.3	15.9	15.5	15.5	15.3	14.9	14.7	14.6	14	14.2	13.9	13.8	13.6	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.7	13.7	13.4	13.2	13.3	12.8	12.9	12.6	12.6	12.9	12.9	13.2	13	13.2	13.7	14.4	14.9	15.7
Debt relief order rate (E&W)	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.1	9	8.8	8.7	8.6	8.5	8.3	8	7.7	7.4	7.1	6.8	6.9	6.8	6.6	6.5	6.3	6	5.8
IVA approval rate per 10,000 adults		16.2	16.1	15.8	15.6	15.3	15	14.7	14.7	14.4	14.3	14	13.9	13.8	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.2	13.2	13.2	13	13	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.9	13.3	13.4	13.6	13.9	14.3	14.7	15.3
Breathing Space and income payment orders2
Breathing Space registrations2	5,012	5,248	4,758	4,817	4,862	5,464	5,101	5,008	3,884	7,191	7,701	7,684	7,395	8,399	7,637	7,804	7,273	8,033	7,889	8,240	5,649	7,705	7,771	6,855	7,256	7,369	6,973	7,652	7,650	7,710	8,073	8,357	5,769	7,484	7,637	7,690	7,607
Breathing Space, standard	4,871	5,098	4,620	4,693	4,736	5,326	4,996	4,900	3,786	7,047	7,571	7,589	7,290	8,285	7,535	7,683	7,170	7,932	7,775	8,150	5,563	7,585	7,664	6,761	7,138	7,244	6,876	7,547	7,548	7,610	7,964	8,232	5,657	7,351	7,509	7,573	7,488
Breathing Space, mental health crisis	141	150	138	124	126	138	105	108	98	144	130	95	105	114	102	121	103	101	114	90	86	120	107	94	118	125	97	105	102	100	109	125	112	133	128	117	119
Income payment orders and agreements2	108	112	79	57	56	101	69	54	49	38	120	141	99	116	104	110	54	79	93	101	95	104	140	122	114	137	108	140	44	69	88	88	90	86	120	86	108
Income payment orders	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Income payment agreements	108	112	78	57	56	101	69	54	48	37	119	141	98	116	104	110	52	79	92	101	95	104	139	119	114	137	108	138	43	68	88	88	90	86	120	86	107
IVAs approved		6,932	7,059	7,101	6,888	6,724	6,731	6,259	6,901	6,470	6,569	5,922	6,401	6,231	5,964	5,629	5,435	5,642	5,590	5,668	5,716	5,579	5,423	5,496	5,321	5,317	5,388	5,451	5,404	4,925	5,368	5,194	5,055	4,927	4,891	4,899	4,903
IVAs approved, raw		7,488	7,213	6,955	7,112	7,793	6,980	4,300	6,700	6,376	6,924	6,050	6,087	6,931	5,898	5,695	5,738	6,149	5,798	4,077	5,379	5,537	5,804	5,463	5,205	5,833	5,093	5,724	5,529	5,410	5,835	3,768	4,458	5,295	5,109	4,761	5,199

Latest reading

England and Wales stood at 1,857 Companies in Aug 2026. That is −10.2% from Jul 2026 and −3.8% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 2000 to Aug 2026. Source: GOV.UK official statistics.

Latest: 1,857 Companies; Aug 2026
vs previous period: −10.2%; Jul 2026
vs a year earlier: −3.8%

About this data

Companies entering insolvency each month: the totals for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland both in absolute numbers and as a rate per 10,000 active companies, and for England and Wales — the only nation the Insolvency Service splits — the breakdown by procedure: creditors’ voluntary liquidation, compulsory liquidation, administration and company voluntary arrangements. The clearest monthly read on business distress in Britain — and, alongside it, the household counterpart: people entering insolvency in England and Wales each month, split into bankruptcy, debt relief orders and individual voluntary arrangements, with the rate per 10,000 adults.

Frequently asked questions

What do the UK company insolvency figures measure?: The data measures the total number of companies entering formal insolvency procedures each month across England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, alongside rates per 10,000 active registered companies.
What corporate insolvency procedures are covered?: For England and Wales, the series breaks down corporate insolvencies into creditors' voluntary liquidations, compulsory liquidations, administrations and company voluntary arrangements.
Does this table also cover individual insolvencies?: Yes, it tracks personal financial distress in England and Wales, reporting bankruptcies, debt relief orders (DROs), individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs), standard Breathing Space registrations and individual insolvency rates per 10,000 adults.
How frequently are UK insolvency statistics updated and how far back do they go?: The figures are published monthly as official statistics by the Insolvency Service via GOV.UK, with continuous monthly data starting from 2000.