Pressure on European transport operators remains high, but the latest failure figures do not point to a single clear trend. In some countries, formal insolvency numbers are lower than a year ago, in others, broader transport-sector failures are still rising. And in markets such as Poland, the strongest warning sign is not a court insolvency total at all, but the number of operators disappearing from the market.
Great Britain is one example of how this picture can be less straightforward than expected. Official Insolvency Service data show at least 139 transport and storage company insolvencies in the first quarter of 2026, compared with 190 in the same period of 2025. That means the British total is running below last year’s level,…