Bankruptcies

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Last update: 2026-01-22

Explanation

The basis for bankruptcy statistics is details of bankruptcies and public settlements decided by district courts. By law, these measures are announced in the newspaper Post- och Inrikes tidningar. The announcement contains the Corporate Identity/ National Insurance number. This number is used to access the Statistics Sweden business database, from where supplementary details about the bankrupt company can be retrieved. The data refer to the county, municipality, industry code, number of employees, corporate form and year of registration.

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Company bankruptcies in 2005-2025

year	Number		Index 2005=100
year	Västra Götaland County	Sweden	Västra Götaland County	Sweden
2005	1 008	6 784	100	100
2006	958	6 160	95	91
2007	853	5 791	85	85
2008	949	6 298	94	93
2009	1 136	7 638	113	113
2010	1 178	7 274	117	107
2011	1 055	6 958	105	103
2012	1 105	7 471	110	110
2013	1 205	7 701	120	114
2014	1 036	7 159	103	106
2015	1 015	6 563	101	97
2016	885	6 019	88	89
2017	864	6 394	86	94
2018	1 057	7 223	105	106
2019	1 004	7 358	100	108
2020	1 049	7 296	104	108
2021	948	6 463	94	95
2022	1 001	6 849	99	101
2023	1 265	8 858	125	131
2024	1 543	10 762	153	159
2025	1 475	10 731	146	158
Source: Statistics Sweden.