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Company Insolvencies in Germany (Unternehmensinsolvenzen) — Destatis, Monthly since 2003

Requested company insolvency proceedings in Germany per month (total, opened, rejected for lack of assets) and the number of employees affected, monthly since 2003. Final statistic, published about 2-3 months after the month; the same month one year earlier is included for comparison.

Call it (no API key)

GET https://api.agentdatahub.de/api/v1/call/de-company-insolvencies?months=12&compact=1

Full metadata: without compact=1 · Markdown: format=llm · Only some fields: add &fields=a,b.c · MCP: tool call_api with {"apiId":"de-company-insolvencies"}

Parameters

Example response (live, compact)

{
  "apiId": "de-company-insolvencies",
  "data_freshness": "live",
  "data": {
    "latest": {
      "period": "2026-07",
      "total": 2373,
      "opened": 1627,
      "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 746,
      "employees_affected": 11397
    },
    "same_month_previous_year": {
      "period": "2025-07",
      "total": 2197,
      "opened": 1482,
      "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 715,
      "employees_affected": 11320
    },
    "unit": "requested proceedings (companies)",
    "history": [
      {
        "period": "2025-08",
        "total": 1979,
        "opened": 1336,
        "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 643,
        "employees_affected": 11095
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-09",
        "total": 1940,
        "opened": 1356,
        "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 584,
        "employees_affected": 15403
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-10",
        "total": 2108,
        "opened": 1458,
        "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 650,
        "employees_affected": 14375
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-11",
        "total": 1794,
        "opened": 1208,
        "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 586,
        "employees_affected": 8157
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-12",
        "total": 2037,
        "opened": 1422,
        "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 615,
        "employees_affected": 13914
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-01",
        "total": 1919,
        "opened": 1286,
        "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 633,
        "employees_affected": 11402
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-02",
        "total": 2048,
        "opened": 1420,
        "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 628,
        "employees_affected": 18263
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-03",
        "total": 2308,
        "opened": 1601,
        "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 707,
        "employees_affected": 13175
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-04",
        "total": 2276,
        "opened": 1622,
        "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 654,
        "employees_affected": 19385
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-05",
        "total": 1995,
        "opened": 1319,
        "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 676,
        "employees_affected": 9676
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-06",
        "total": 2266,
        "opened": 1577,
        "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 689,
        "employees_affected": 11369
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-07",
        "total": 2373,
        "opened": 1627,
        "rejected_for_lack_of_assets": 746,
        "employees_affected": 11397
      }
    ],
    "attribution": "Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), GENESIS-Online, dl-de/by-2-0"
  },
  "source": "Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), GENESIS-Online",
  "license": "Destatis GENESIS-Online, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0"
}

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