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Business Insolvency Statistics

Company insolvency figures, updated June 2025.

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Chapter 1

Overview

In June 2025, 2,353 businesses across the UK and Northern Ireland entered insolvency, a 6% drop from May and 2% lower than the same time last year.

While June saw a modest drop, overall volumes remain elevated following a steep rise in March and persistently high figures in the months since. With international trade tensions continuing to strain the global supply chain, businesses face significant headwinds for the remainder of the year.

June at a glance:

  • Total Insolvencies: 2,353 insolvencies across the UK and Northern Ireland.
  • Month-over-Month Change: Down 6% from May
  • Year-on-Year Change: Down 2% from June 2024
  • Sector Impact: Construction remains the most affected sector, with 389 insolvencies

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Chapter 1

Insolvencies by Month

Total number of insolvencies by month.

A total of 2,353 businesses across the UK and Northern Ireland became insolvent in June 2025. This represents a 6% decrease from April but remains 2% higher than the same period last year. Although the numbers are broadly unchanged, insolvencies continue to hover well above the pre-pandemic average.

Many companies are grappling with relentless cost pressures, such as increased wage bills and the recent National Insurance rise, squeezing profit margins.

Rising tensions in the Middle East are also adding to the uncertainty, with the potential to drive energy and commodity prices even higher. This could disrupt entire supply chains, putting additional financial pressures on margins and threatening operational stability.

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Insolvencies by Sector

The total number of insolvencies by sector YTD.

Construction remained the UK’s hardest-hit sector in June, with 389 firms entering insolvency, accounting for 17% of all business failures that month.

Notable insolvencies this month include Elements Europe, a modular unit construction firm, and Building for Humanity, both of which entered administration amid ongoing financial pressures.

Elements Europe, a modular construction firm based in Telford, entered administration in June 2025 due to significant financial difficulties. The company reported a turnover of £42 million for the year ending December 31, 2023, but incurred a pre-tax loss of £29.5 million.

Building for Humanity CIC, a not-for-profit social housing developer, went into liquidation on June 2, 2025. The company had been planning the UK's first 3D-printed housing development in Accrington, but faced financial difficulties leading to its insolvency. Reports indicate that the company owed approximately £1.4 million at the time of liquidation.

The table below provides a year-to-date (January–December 2025) breakdown of insolvencies by sector, comparing trends over the past four years (2021–2025) to highlight sector-specific shifts and challenges.

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Whether you want to understand the impact of Insolvencies across a group of sectors or the likelihood of an individual company becoming insolvent, you can find all of this data and more within the Creditsafe platform.

Chapter 1

Methodology

Creditsafe uses the following statuses to determine if a company has become insolvent and will count insolvency based on its first insolvency trigger from one of the statuses below:

  • In Liquidation.
  • Administrator Appointed.
  • Appointment of Liquidator.
  • Meeting of Creditors.
  • In Administration.
  • In Receivership.
  • Administrative Receiver Appointed.
  • Administration Order.
  • The company is wound-up.

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