Company Insolvency Statistics, July to September 2019
Statistics on new company insolvencies in England and Wales, and related statistics for Scotland and Northern Ireland
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This statistics release contains the latest data on company insolvency (companies which are unable to pay debts and enter liquidation, or enter administration or other company rescue process) . Statistics are presented separately for England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland because of differences in legislation and policy.
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Insolvencies in Q3 2019
- Total company insolvencies increased slightly in Q3 2019 compared with Q2 2019.
- Administrations have reached their highest quarterly level since Q1 2014, continuing recent patterns of growth.
- Underlying creditors’ voluntary liquidations have also reached their highest quarterly since Q1 2012 but the CVL liquidation rate has fallen slightly.
- Compulsory liquidations have fallen for the third successive quarter to their lowest level since Q4 2017.
Updates to this page
Published 30 October 2019Last updated 13 January 2020 + show all updates
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Minor punctuation change to title for consistency
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Change to the CSV time series to correct error in reporting underlying insolvencies in table 1c and 1d
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First published.