Official Statistics

Monthly Insolvency Statistics, January 2021

Statistics on new company and individual insolvencies in England and Wales, and related statistics for Northern Ireland. Company statistics are presented for Scotland.

• From: The Insolvency Service
• Published: 19 February 2021

Documents

Commentary - Monthly Insolvency Statistics January 2021

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Data Tables in Excel (xlsx) Format - Monthly Insolvency Statistics January 2021

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Data Tables in Open Document Spreadsheet (ods) Format - Monthly Insolvency Statistics January 2021

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Monthly Statistics Methodology and Quality Document January 2021

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Pre-Release Access List - Monthly Insolvency Statistics January 2021

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Details

Company insolvencies

The number of registered company insolvencies in January 2021 was 752, approximately half the number registered in the same month in the previous year (1,515 in January 2020).

Individual insolvencies

For individual insolvencies, the number of bankruptcies in January 2021 was 818, while the number of Debt Relief Orders was 1,167. Both were 47% lower than in January 2020. There were, on average, 6,950 IVAs registered per month in the three-month period ending January 2021, 17% higher than for the three-month period ending January 2020, although this series is volatile.

Published 19 February 2021