German Corporate Insolvencies Fall 2% in May to 1,995 as 2026 Total Still Rises 5%
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 14
German Corporate Insolvencies Fall 2% in May to 1,995 as 2026 Total Still Rises 5%
1 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 14
Summary
1,995 corporate insolvency applications were registered in Germany in May, down 2% from a year earlier and marking the first year-on-year decline since February.
The drop partly reflects a tougher comparison: creditor claims in January-May fell to €15.4 billion from €25.7 billion a year earlier because more large companies collapsed in that earlier period.
10,546 corporate insolvencies were still recorded in January-May, up just under 5%, with filings entering the statistics only after an initial court ruling that can lag the actual filing by nearly three months.
29.8 insolvencies per 10,000 companies were logged in January-May, with transport and storage the hardest hit at 57.2, ahead of hospitality at 49.2 and construction at 44.
Creditreform does not expect the insolvency trend to reverse until 2027, and IWH recently said July corporate insolvencies remained at an exceptionally high level.