Name: United Kingdom Bankruptcies
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Bankruptcies in the United Kingdom decreased to 1671 Companies in December from 1850 Companies in November of 2025. Bankruptcies in the United Kingdom averaged 1886.57 Companies from 1975 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 6509.00 Companies in September of 1992 and a record low of 718.00 Companies in June of 2020. source: The Insolvency Service, United Kingdom

Bankruptcies in the United Kingdom is expected to be 2050.00 Companies by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Bankruptcies is projected to trend around 1990.00 Companies in 2027, according to our econometric models.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Bankruptcies	1671.00	1850.00	Companies	Dec 2025
BRC Retail Sales Monitor YoY	2.30	1.00	percent	Jan 2026
CBI Business Optimism Index	-19.00	-31.00	points	Mar 2026
Car Production YoY	53003.00	65932.00	Units	Dec 2025
Car Registrations	144127.00	146249.00	Units	Jan 2026
Changes in Inventories	-1660.00	1026.00	GBP Million	Dec 2025
Composite Leading Indicator	101.07	101.04	points	Jan 2026
Corporate Profits	160993.00	160867.00	GBP Million	Sep 2025
Corruption Index	70.00	71.00	Points	Dec 2025
Corruption Rank	20.00	20.00		Dec 2025
Crude Oil Rigs	3.00	3.00		Jan 2026
Electricity Price	69.89	71.04	GBP/MWh	Feb 2026
Electricity Production	49970.00	49485.00	Gigawatt-hour	Sep 2025
CBI Industrial Trends Orders	-30.00	-32.00	Net Balance	Jan 2026
Industrial Production YoY	0.50	2.30	percent	Dec 2025
Industrial Production MoM	-0.90	1.30	percent	Dec 2025
GDP 3-Month Avg	0.10	-0.10	percent	Dec 2025
Manufacturing Production YoY	0.50	1.30	percent	Dec 2025
Manufacturing Production MoM	-0.50	1.90	Percent	Dec 2025
Mining Production	-0.60	2.10	percent	Dec 2025
New Orders	11935.00	12404.00	GBP Million	Dec 2025
New Car Sales YoY	3.40	3.90	percent	Jan 2026
Business Investment	-2.70	1.60	percent	Dec 2025

United Kingdom Bankruptcies

In the United Kingdom, bankruptcies refer to company insolvencies in England and Wales made up of compulsory liquidations (winding-up orders made by the courts) and creditors' voluntary liquidations registered at Companies House.