The UK Insolvency Service publishes regular, high-quality official statistics that track the number of individuals and companies entering formal insolvency procedures in the United Kingdom 2, 8 . These statistics serve as crucial indicators of the economic health of the UK, providing invaluable insights to policymakers, financial institutions, and researchers 4 

The UK Insolvency Service provides public statistics spanning corporate and personal insolvency 2, 8. The data covers England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland 8. However, because Scotland and Northern Ireland operate under different legal frameworks, their data is often reported separately or sourced differently 1 .

The official statistics suite is comprised of the following key outputs:

• Company Monthly Statistics

  These provide a high-frequency look at the state of personal corporate failures 4, 11 . Since April 2024, they have been published as separate monthly reports from those related to individuals. They also incorporate seasonally adjusted figures and rates per 10,000 active companies 2, 3 .

• Individual Insolvencies (Annual)

  They are organized by Location, Age and Gender. This is a highly granular, demographic publication focusing on personal insolvencies in England and Wales 6 . It breaks down bankruptcies, Debt Relief Orders (DROs), and Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs) by gender, age groups, and geographical locations (down to local authority, parliamentary constituency, and ward level) 6.

• Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) (Annual)

  This report concerns Outcomes and Providers. It focuses specifically on IVAs in England and Wales 8. It tracks the market share of different IVA providers and reports on the success, cancellation, or termination rates of these arrangements over multi-year periods 6.

• Business Insolvency Demography (Annual)

  A structural business statistics release that breaks down company insolvencies by corporate characteristics, including business turnover, number of employees, industry sector, company age, and geographic region 5 .

• Long-Run Time Series

  Alongside written commentary and monthly reports, the Insolvency Service maintains long-run historical datasets in CSV and Excel formats 7 8. Some historical monthly series date back to 2000, and archived quarterly indicators stretch as far back as 1960 8.

Referenced internet pages dealing with IS (Insolvency Service) on-line information:

• 1 – IS – Commentary – Individual Insolvencies April 2026
• 2 – UK-GOV – Insolvency Service Official Statistics
• 3 – UK-GOV – Monthly Insolvency Statistics
• 4 – IS – Monthly Insolvency Service Statistics – Methodology and Quality Document
• 5 – UK-GOV – Company insolvency statistics releases
• 6 – UK-GOV – Individual Insolvency Statistics Releases
• 7 – UK-GOV – Individual insolvencies, March 2026
• 8 – IS – Guide to Insolvency Statistics