businesses per quarter - Source frequency: quarterly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's business insolvencies was 14k businesses per quarter as of January 2026. The long-term trend is getting worse, though the recent 12-month direction is rising. Number of companies entering formal insolvency proceedings each quarter. Note: Insolvency is a formal legal process and is not the same as business closure. Many businesses exit voluntarily without entering insolvency. Rising insolvencies signal financial distress in the business sector. Insolvencies are distinct from total business exits — they represent only those businesses that cannot meet their debts. Data is sourced from ASIC Insolvency Statistics and updated quarterly.
Number of companies entering formal insolvency proceedings each quarter. Note: Insolvency is a formal legal process and is not the same as business closure. Many businesses exit voluntarily without entering insolvency.
Rising insolvencies signal financial distress in the business sector. Insolvencies are distinct from total business exits — they represent only those businesses that cannot meet their debts.
GREEN = favourable trend within acceptable band of baseline. AMBER = flat or mild change. RED = unfavourable trend beyond threshold.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ASIC Insolvency Statistics), updated quarterly. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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