The leading economy of the European Union has been hit by a wave of business bankruptcies

In July 2026, German courts registered 2,373 bankruptcy filings for businesses. This was reported by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis).

The achieved figure exceeded the values ​​of the second summer month of last year by eight percent. In total, from January to July 2026, 15,185 cases of enterprise bankruptcy were registered in Germany. This is 6.9 percent more than in the first seven months of 2025.

The highest level of insolvency is observed in the transport and storage sector. It is followed by the hotel business and the construction industry.

At the beginning of September, it was already reported that the German authorities were unable to stop the massive ruin of German businesses. It turned out that in the first half of the year the number of bankruptcies reached the highest levels since 2005.