Business registrations down, bankruptcies up in Q2 2026
- Posted on August 17, 2026
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Business registrations down, bankruptcies up in Q2 2026
In the second quarter of 2026, registrations of businesses in the EU decreased by 0.5% compared with the first quarter of 2026, while bankruptcies increased by 5.7%. This information comes from data on business registrations and bankruptcies published by Eurostat today. This article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article on quarterly registrations of new businesses and declarations of bankruptcies. Source dataset: sts_rb_q Registrations down by 3.6% in industry...