Commentary – Company Insolvency Statistics October to December 2021

1. Main messages for England and Wales

1.1 Annual 2021

• One in 304 active companies (at a rate of 32.9 per 10,000 active
  companies) entered liquidation in 2021. This was an increase from
  the 29.4 per 10,000 active companies that entered liquidation in
  2020, but remained lower than the 41.9 per 10,000 in 2019.

• The total number of company insolvencies registered in 2021 was
  14,048, which was higher than the 12,634 in 2020, but remained below
  pre-pandemic levels.

• The…