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Insolvency API statistics

Sectors

Cases by sector in the UK or France, with the companies on the register and a rate for every 10,000.

IntelMCP tool: sector_stats

The call

Cases by sector, with the companies on the register in each and a rate for every 10,000.

GEThttps://api.insolvencyapi.com/v1/stats/sectors

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months

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The answer

Parameters

NameTypeNeededWhat it does

countrytextRequiredgb or fr.gbfr

monthsnumberOptionalHow many months back, 1 to 60 (12 if left out).

procedurelistOptionalOnly these procedures.compulsory_liquidationcreditors_voluntary_liquidationmembers_voluntary_liquidationadministrationadministrative_receivershipreceivershipmoratoriumjudicial_liquidationjudicial_reorganisationsafeguardconciliationother

What comes back

A list in data, each item with these fields. Paging and counts are in meta; see Pagination.

FieldTypeWhat it holds

sectortextThe section, A to U.

labeltextIts name.

casesnumberProceedings opened in the span.

closednumberProceedings closed in the span.

companiesnumber, or nullCompanies in the sector on the national register today.

per_10000_companiesnumber, or nullCases for every 10,000 of them.

share_of_casesnumberIts share of all cases, 0 to 1.

An example answer

A real answer from this morning’s data, made by the call Try it opens on, with the first 2 of its 21 rows.

Example answerCopy

{
  "data": [
    {
      "sector": "F",
      "label": "Construction",
      "cases": 4931,
      "closed": 5001,
      "companies": 571869,
      "per_10000_companies": 86.2,
      "share_of_cases": 0.148
    },
    {
      "sector": "G",
      "label": "Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles",
      "cases": 4229,
      "closed": 4278,
      "companies": 747054,
      "per_10000_companies": 56.6,
      "share_of_cases": 0.127
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "country": "gb",
    "months": {
      "from": "2025-11",
      "to": "2026-10",
      "count": 12
    },
    "register": "UK company register, live companies today",
    "built_at": "2026-10-31T00:50:40Z",
    "note": "Counted from the cases held, rebuilt every day. The latest month fills in as late publications arrive."
  }
}

Errors it can return

400bad_requestA value is wrong, such as a date in another format. The message says which.401unauthorizedThe key is missing, wrong or no longer valid.403upgrade_requiredYour plan does not include this. The answer names the plan that does.422unknown_parameterA parameter this endpoint does not take. The answer lists the ones it does.429rate_limitedToo many calls in one minute. Wait for the seconds in Retry-After.429quota_exceededYour calls for the day or month are used. The answer says when they reset.