Business registration and bankruptcy index by NACE Rev.2 activity - quarterly data - sts_rb_q

Data - Eurostat

Info

Last observation: 2026Q2 (N = 2107)

First observation: 2015Q1 (N = 2493)

Last data update: 15 aoû 2026, 23:16. Last compile: 18 aoû 2026, 04:24

Structure

Bankruptcy Declarations Index

France, Germany, Italy, Spain

Code
sts_rb_q |>
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES"),
         nace_r2 == "B-S_X_O_S94",
         indic_bt == "BKRT",
         unit == "I21",
         s_adj == "SCA") |>
  quarter_to_date() |>

  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = color)) +
  theme_minimal() + scale_color_identity() + add_flags +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(2015, 2100, 1), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Bankruptcy declarations (index, 2021=100)")

France: Registrations vs. Bankruptcies

Code
sts_rb_q |>
  filter(geo == "FR",
         nace_r2 == "B-S_X_O_S94",
         unit == "I21",
         s_adj == "SCA") |>
  quarter_to_date() |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Indic_bt)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(2015, 2100, 1), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Index, 2021=100") +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.25, 0.85), legend.title = element_blank())

Latest Quarter, All Sectors (Index, 2021=100)

Code
latest_q_rb <- sts_rb_q |>
  filter(nace_r2 == "B-S_X_O_S94",
         unit == "I21",
         s_adj == "SCA",
         geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES"),
         !is.na(values)) |>
  summarise(m = max(time)) |>
  pull(m)

sts_rb_q |>
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES"),
         nace_r2 == "B-S_X_O_S94",
         unit == "I21",
         s_adj == "SCA",
         time == latest_q_rb) |>
  select(indic_bt, Indic_bt, Geo, values) |>
  spread(Geo, values) |>
  print_table_conditional()
indic_bt Indic_bt France Germany Italy Spain
BKRT Bankruptcy declarations 264.8 NA 109.9 148.9
REG Registrations 120.1 113.8 99.0 126.1