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CountryPublisherWhat we reuseLicence or terms
GBUnited KingdomThe Gazette (The Stationery Office, on behalf of the King’s Printer)Corporate insolvency noticesOpen Government Licence v3.0Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GBUnited KingdomCompanies HouseCompany register data, accounts filed online and insolvency recordsOpen Government Licence v3.0Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
FRFranceDirection de l’information légale et administrative (DILA), BODACCCollective procedure judgments and noticesLicence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab)Data reworked: our own vocabulary, French terms translated, notices about individuals left out.
FRFranceInstitut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), SIRENECompany sector and statusLicence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab)Data reworked: joined to cases, sole traders left out.
ATAustriaBundesministerium für Justiz, EdiktsdateiInsolvency edicts, held only while publishedPublic notices under the Insolvenzordnung
HRCroatiaMinistarstvo pravosuđa, e-Oglasna ploča sudovaCourt notices about company bankruptciesPublic court notices
CZCzechiaMinisterstvo spravedlnosti, veřejné rejstříky (open data)Register extracts of companies in insolvency or liquidationPublic registers open dataPublished by the Ministry of Justice.
EEEstoniaRegistrite ja Infosüsteemide Keskus, e-Business RegisterCompany register and rulingsCC BY 4.0
FIFinlandPatentti- ja rekisterihallitus (PRH), YTJ open dataCompany register eventsCC BY 4.0
IEIrelandCompanies Registration Office (CRO)Company registerCC BY 4.0
LVLatviaUzņēmumu reģistrsInsolvency proceedings of legal personsCC0 1.0
NONorwayBrønnøysundregistrene, EnhetsregisteretRegister changes for companies in bankruptcy or liquidationNLOD 2.0Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data.
PLPolandMinisterstwo Sprawiedliwości, Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy (KRS)Proceedings in section 6 of company extractsOpen public register data
PTPortugalCitius, publicidade de insolvênciasInsolvency noticesPublic notices required by law
RORomaniaOficiul Național al Registrului Comerțului (ONRC), on data.gov.roCompany register snapshotsOGL-ROU-1.0Open Government Licence Romania 1.0.
SKSlovakiaŠtatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky, register of legal persons (RPO)Companies in liquidation or bankruptcyCC BY 4.0
ESSpainAgencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado, BORMEInsolvency acts in the commercial registry gazetteBOE open reuse conditionsReused with the source named.
SESwedenBolagsverketOrganisations with an ongoing bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganisationEU high-value datasetUnder EU Regulation 2023/138, free to reuse.
USUnited StatesUS Bankruptcy Courts (public feeds) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)Business bankruptcy filings and 8-K Item 1.03 reportsPublic domainWorks of the US government are in the public domain.
BEBelgiumStatbel (Directorate-General Statistics)Monthly bankruptcy counts by sector and regionCC BY 4.0
NLNetherlandsKamer van Koophandel (KVK), Business Register Open Data SetCounts of companies by insolvency statusCC BY 4.0
DKDenmarkDanmarks Statistik, StatBankMonthly bankruptcy countsFree reuse, source named
GBUnited KingdomThe Insolvency Service, company insolvency statisticsOfficial counts of company insolvenciesOpen Government Licence v3.0Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
FRFranceInstitut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), company failuresOfficial counts of company failures, France and its overseas departmentsLicence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab)Source: INSEE.
FIFinlandStatistics Finland (Tilastokeskus), bankruptciesOfficial counts of company bankruptciesCC BY 4.0Source: Statistics Finland.
NONorwayStatistics Norway (SSB), bankruptciesOfficial counts of company bankruptcies, Norway and Svalbard and Jan MayenCC BY 4.0Source: Statistics Norway.
USUnited StatesAdministrative Office of the US Courts, bankruptcy statisticsOfficial counts of business bankruptcy filingsPublic domainWorks of the US government are in the public domain.
NLNetherlandsCentraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS), StatLineOfficial monthly counts of bankruptcies declaredCC BY 4.0Source: CBS.
HKHong KongOfficial Receiver's Office, through DATA.GOV.HKOfficial monthly counts of compulsory winding-up petitions and ordersDATA.GOV.HK Terms and Conditions of UseFree reuse, commercial or not.
SGSingaporeInsolvency Office, Ministry of Law, through data.gov.sgOfficial monthly counts of companies in compulsory liquidationSingapore Open Data LicenceContains information from data.gov.sg, made available under the Singapore Open Data Licence.
CHSwitzerlandState Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SHAB/FOSC)Company bankruptcy notices: decision dates, suspension and closing, claims deadlinesOfficial publicationsData reworked: notices turned into cases; notices about people left out.
DEGermanyThe insolvency courts of the German states, through the joint insolvency notices portal (insolvenzbekanntmachungen.de)Company insolvency notices: court, case number, register entry and decision typePublic notices required by § 9 InsOData reworked: notices turned into cases; consumer insolvencies and anything about a person left out.
AUAustraliaAustralian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Company Dataset on data.gov.auCompanies in external administration, from the weekly company register fileCC BY 3.0 AUSource: Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Data reworked: weekly snapshots turned into cases.
LTLithuaniaState Enterprise Centre of Registers (Registru centras), Register of Legal Entities open dataCompany legal status (bankruptcy, restructuring, liquidation) and the date it beganOpen data: reuse for any lawful purpose with the source creditedSource: Register of Legal Entities, State Enterprise Centre of Registers. Data reworked: statuses turned into cases; individual enterprises left out.
AUAustraliaAustralian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), insolvency statistics series 1Official monthly counts of companies entering external administration for the first timePublished statistics; counts reused with attributionSource: Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
JPJapanSupreme Court of Japan, judicial statistics (monthly preliminary figures)Official monthly counts of bankruptcy cases opened at district courts, other than individuals' own petitionsGovernment statistics; counts reused with attributionSource: Supreme Court of Japan, judicial statistics. Data reworked: individuals' own petitions taken out.
CACanadaOffice of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, through open.canada.caOfficial monthly counts of business insolvenciesOpen Government Licence - CanadaContains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
ZASouth AfricaStatistics South Africa, P0043.1 Statistics of liquidationsOfficial monthly counts of liquidations of companies and close corporationsReuse with acknowledgement (Statistics South Africa)Source: Statistics South Africa.
NZNew ZealandCompanies Office, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)Official monthly counts of companies put into liquidation, receivership and voluntary administrationCC BY 4.0Contains data sourced from the Companies Office, MBIE, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
ISIcelandStatistics Iceland (Hagstofa Islands)Official monthly counts of bankruptcies of registered companiesCC BY 4.0Contains data from Statistics Iceland, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.
UAUkraineState Judicial Administration of Ukraine, open data portal (data.gov.ua)Bankruptcy case notices about companies: case number, court, notice datesCC BY 4.0Contains data from the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine published on data.gov.ua under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.
SISloveniaAgency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services (AJPES)Official monthly counts of bankruptcy proceedings started against companiesPublic sector information, reused under the Slovenian Public Information Access ActSource: AJPES, reports on proceedings due to insolvency.
CZCzechiaCzech Statistical Office (Český statistický úřad), open dataOfficial quarterly counts of bankruptcies of economic subjectsOpen data, free reuse with the source namedSource: Czech Statistical Office.
CHSwitzerlandFederal Statistical Office (Bundesamt für Statistik), opendata.swissOfficial yearly counts of bankruptcies opened against companiesOpen use, the source must be provided (opendata.swiss terms)Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
SISloveniaAgency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services (AJPES), e-ObjaveCourt decisions and filings published in insolvency proceedings about companies: case number, procedure, datesPublic sector information, reused under the Slovenian Public Information Access ActSource: AJPES, publications in proceedings due to insolvency.
KRSouth KoreaSupreme Court of Korea, court notices in rehabilitation and bankruptcy (회생·파산 공고)Corporate bankruptcy and corporate rehabilitation notices: court, case number, notice datesPublic court notices, published under the Debtor Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy ActSource: courts of the Republic of Korea, public notices.
ITItalyChamber of Commerce of the Marche (Camera di Commercio delle Marche), open data service, from the companies registerOfficial monthly counts of bankruptcies opened among registered businessesCC BY 4.0Contains data from the Camera di Commercio delle Marche open data service, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.
EUEuropean UnionEurostatBankruptcy declarations index, unemployment, inflationEurostat reuse policyFree reuse with the source named. © European Union.
EAEuro areaEuropean Central BankPolicy and money market ratesECB statisticsReused with the source named.
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