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12 May 2023 Requests for normal business insolvency in April 2023 down 14.1% on previous month

Based on provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of requests for normal business insolvency in Germany decreased by 14.1% in April 2023 compared with the previous month. In February and March 2023, in contrast, there had been month-on-month increases of 10.8% and 13.2%, respectively. When interpreting the results, it should be noted that insolvency procedures are included in the statistics only after the first decision has been taken by an insolvency court. The insolvency request itself was filed approximately three months earlier in many cases. Insolvency statistics include only business closures that occur in the course of insolvency proceedings. Business closures that are caused by other reasons or take place before businesses face acute financial difficulties are not included. This and other information (only in German) should be considered when interpreting insolvency statistics.

12 May 2023 Number of larger businesses established in the 1^st quarter of 2023 down 5.5% year on year

19 April 2023 Requests for normal business insolvency in March 2023 up 13.2% on the previous month

17 March 2023 Requests for normal business insolvency in February 2023 up 10.8% on the previous month

15 February 2023 Number of larger businesses established in 2022 down 9.3%

13 February 2023 Requests for normal business insolvency in January 2023 down 3.2% on previous month

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