The EU statistics office released its 2026 Q2 seasonally adjusted figures this morning. New registrations of EU companies were down 0.5% from the previous quarter, bankruptcy filings were up 5.7%, reaching the highest level since Q1 2019. Using the 21-country definition for the euro area, registrations were down 0.1%, and bankruptcy filings were up 6.9%. The Cyprus Mail also posted these numbers the same day.
These are the legal entities in the registers and court bankruptcy proceedings, not company births and deaths in annual reports. The biggest drops in registrations were in industry (-3.6%), accommodation and food services (-3.4%), and education and social services (-3.2%); information and communications, by contrast, increased (+8.8%). The sharpest increases in bankruptcy filings were in education and social services (+21.1%), transportation (+11.4%), and finance (+6.8%); meanwhile, filings were lower in accommodation and food services, construction, and trade.
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These are the legal entities in the registers and court bankruptcy proceedings, not company births and deaths in annual reports. The biggest drops in registrations were in industry (-3.6%), accommodation and food services (-3.4%), and education and social services (-3.2%); information and communications, by contrast, increased (+8.8%). The sharpest increases in bankruptcy filings were in education and social services (+21.1%), transportation (+11.4%), and finance (+6.8%); meanwhile, filings were lower in accommodation and food services, construction, and trade.
#欧盟经济 #欧元区 #企业破产