The number of bankruptcies rose in June. According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), there was an increase of 37 companies that were declared bankrupt in June compared to a month earlier. This is a rise of 11 percent. According to CBS, the number of bankruptcies has been trending upward for the last two years.
In the first six months of 2024, 40 percent more companies were declared bankrupt than in the same period a year earlier. The number of bankruptcies was also higher than in the same time period in the three years before the coronavirus, CBS reported.
June saw 349 companies and institutions, including sole proprietorships, be declared bankrupt. Of all the sectors, construction had the most bankruptcies, with 54. This is 29 percent mo…
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