Business failures Monthly data from 2000 to 2025
tableauBusiness failures
Month¹ | Number of business failures |
---|---|
May 2025 | 5,433 |
April 2025 | 5,773 |
March 2025 | 5,750 |
February 2025 | 5,788 |
January 2025 | 5,366 |
December 2024 | 5,925 |
November 2024 | 5,985 |
October 2024 | 5,729 |
September 2024 | 5,833 |
August 2024 | 4,369 |
July 2024 | 5,482 |
June 2024 | 5,961 |
- 1. Judgement date.
- Note: revised data; data corrected to compensate for seasonal variations and business days. Business failures are actually failures of legal units.
- Reading note: in May 2025, the number of business failures is 5,433.
- Coverage: France.
- Source: Banque de France (data extracted on 11 July 2025).
graphiqueBusiness failures

- Note: revised data; data corrected to compensate for seasonal variations and business days; data as of date of judgement. Business failures are actually failures of legal units.
- Reading note: in May 2025, the number of business failures is 5,433.
- Coverage: France.
- Source: Banque de France (data extracted on 11 July 2025).