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Last update: 2026-01-15

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Company bankruptcies by month 2026

Region	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Stockholm County	322
Uppsala County	26
Södermanland County	28
Östergötland County	24
Jönköping County	21
Kronoberg County	15
Kalmar County	10
Gotland County	3
Blekinge County	5
Skåne County	125
Halland County	21
Västra Götaland County	125
Värmland County	13
Örebro County	17
Västmanland County	21
Dalarna County	13
Gävleborg County	27
Västernorrland County	19
Jämtland County	9
Västerbotten County	12
Norrbotten County	8
Sweden	864

Number of employees affected by bankruptcies 2026, by month
Region	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Stockholm County	547
Uppsala County	45
Södermanland County	58
Östergötland County	62
Jönköping County	37
Kronoberg County	5
Kalmar County	5
Gotland County	6
Blekinge County	5
Skåne County	119
Halland County	11
Västra Götaland County	260
Värmland County	41
Örebro County	12
Västmanland County	21
Dalarna County	31
Gävleborg County	34
Västernorrland County	52
Jämtland County	65
Västerbotten County	31
Norrbotten County	15
Sweden	1 462
Source: Growth Analysis

Company bankruptcies by month 2025

Region	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Stockholm County	346	377	384	393	375	433	195	182	289	394	387	402
Uppsala County	43	40	41	65	48	28	17	16	15	42	21	27
Södermanland County	22	27	22	25	19	23	16	6	19	36	14	27
Östergötland County	26	32	23	31	28	26	22	16	20	27	25	26
Jönköping County	28	26	28	19	30	19	12	18	21	22	34	23
Kronoberg County	11	9	15	14	13	18	8	6	4	13	8	21
Kalmar County	16	15	12	9	24	12	12	7	12	14	9	11
Gotland County	4	4	5	5	..	..	..	3	3	3	4	6
Blekinge County	6	12	14	9	..	..	7	5	10	7	5	7
Skåne County	132	113	122	122	113	123	71	63	92	112	147	126
Halland County	27	34	29	31	25	22	12	15	12	26	27	14
Västra Götaland County	142	147	141	134	144	115	90	67	80	144	134	117
Värmland County	18	10	13	12	25	15	11	7	14	13	18	11
Örebro County	37	27	29	18	22	22	24	9	21	26	25	34
Västmanland County	23	18	23	20	17	16	17	9	20	15	22	23
Dalarna County	16	16	15	29	20	14	9	12	12	13	20	30
Gävleborg County	24	24	22	20	18	16	6	9	21	28	30	37
Västernorrland County	11	17	24	17	10	20	10	11	19	17	16	16
Jämtland County	5	9	6	5	10	10	4	4	9	10	8	8
Västerbotten County	5	13	11	23	14	11	5	4	11	14	13	14
Norrbotten County	13	8	12	14	15	14	..	15	9	22	17	10
Sweden	955	978	991	1 015	970	957	548	484	713	998	984	990

Number of employees affected by bankruptcies 2025, by month
Region	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Stockholm County	712	440	4 337	599	439	1 502	662	512	872	928	446	482
Uppsala County	34	45	105	78	80	31	11	42	15	22	10	86
Södermanland County	40	91	56	20	7	119	27	4	40	36	7	61
Östergötland County	67	101	40	96	23	107	68	65	92	50	19	22
Jönköping County	68	38	33	13	34	19	14	15	101	43	97	141
Kronoberg County	8	1	3	25	18	23	18	88	9	2	0	27
Kalmar County	26	26	11	20	15	17	15	36	164	22	0	6
Gotland County	0	0	5	9	..	..	..	10	6	0	0	0
Blekinge County	2	6	47	25	..	..	10	4	80	7	0	1
Skåne County	572	200	326	282	326	153	104	130	324	149	183	422
Halland County	22	42	26	28	33	57	5	22	37	36	48	16
Västra Götaland County	1 045	183	157	257	182	311	152	108	204	156	275	127
Värmland County	18	16	71	6	24	20	39	13	27	8	5	29
Örebro County	48	35	25	132	8	26	104	6	63	30	17	13
Västmanland County	47	70	47	9	30	11	40	16	31	14	11	41
Dalarna County	148	33	4	41	25	61	4	22	51	41	17	51
Gävleborg County	111	44	39	24	31	40	14	54	83	51	99	55
Västernorrland County	42	41	33	10	8	22	12	16	47	13	55	24
Jämtland County	25	2	5	4	9	8	12	5	35	60	3	43
Västerbotten County	0	6	27	382	34	19	22	6	23	32	12	16
Norrbotten County	89	24	12	16	18	101	..	28	6	28	13	53
Sweden	3 124	1 444	5 409	2 076	1 344	2 647	1 333	1 202	2 310	1 728	1 317	1 716
Source: Growth Analysis