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  "dataset": "UK company insolvency tracker",
  "documentation": "https://ltdturnaround.co.uk/data/uk-company-insolvency-tracker/api/",
  "source": {
    "publisher": "The Insolvency Service",
    "title": "Company Insolvency Statistics August 2026",
    "month": "2026-08",
    "monthLabel": "August 2026",
    "published": "18 September 2026",
    "nextRelease": "20 October 2026",
    "releaseUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/company-insolvencies-august-2026",
    "commentaryUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/company-insolvencies-august-2026/commentary-company-insolvency-statistics-august-2026",
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    "retrievedAt": "2026-09-23T14:09:00+00:00"
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
    "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/"
  },
  "attribution": "Insolvency Service, Company Insolvency Statistics August 2026 (accredited official statistics, published 18 September 2026). Compulsory liquidations from the Insolvency Service; other procedures from Companies House. Crown Copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Compiled by LTD Turnaround, https://ltdturnaround.co.uk/data/uk-company-insolvency-tracker/",
  "headline": {
    "area": "England and Wales",
    "month": "2026-08",
    "total": 1946,
    "previousMonth": {
      "month": "2026-07",
      "total": 1934
    },
    "yearEarlier": {
      "month": "2025-08",
      "total": 2007
    },
    "ratePer10k12m": 50.1,
    "ratePer10k12mYearEarlier": 52.5,
    "oneInCompanies12m": 200,
    "cvlSharePct": 74
  },
  "procedures": [
    {
      "procedure": "cvl",
      "label": "Creditors voluntary liquidation",
      "count": 1431,
      "countPreviousMonth": 1495,
      "countYearEarlier": 1579,
      "sharePct": 74,
      "shareBasis": "published"
    },
    {
      "procedure": "compulsory_liquidation",
      "label": "Compulsory liquidation",
      "count": 314,
      "countPreviousMonth": 291,
      "countYearEarlier": 298,
      "sharePct": 16,
      "shareBasis": "calculated"
    },
    {
      "procedure": "administration",
      "label": "Administration",
      "count": 182,
      "countPreviousMonth": 126,
      "countYearEarlier": 114,
      "sharePct": 9,
      "shareBasis": "calculated"
    },
    {
      "procedure": "cva",
      "label": "Company voluntary arrangement",
      "count": 19,
      "countPreviousMonth": 22,
      "countYearEarlier": 16,
      "sharePct": 1,
      "shareBasis": "calculated"
    },
    {
      "procedure": "receivership",
      "label": "Receivership appointment",
      "count": 0,
      "countPreviousMonth": 0,
      "countYearEarlier": 0,
      "sharePct": 0,
      "shareBasis": "calculated"
    }
  ],
  "receiverships12m": 3,
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      "month": "2025-08",
      "total": 2007,
      "compulsoryLiquidations": 298,
      "cvls": 1579,
      "administrations": 114,
      "cvas": 16,
      "receiverships": 0
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-04",
      "total": 2083,
      "compulsoryLiquidations": 384,
      "cvls": 1498,
      "administrations": 180,
      "cvas": 20,
      "receiverships": 1
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-05",
      "total": 1860,
      "compulsoryLiquidations": 283,
      "cvls": 1417,
      "administrations": 135,
      "cvas": 25,
      "receiverships": 0
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-06",
      "total": 1850,
      "compulsoryLiquidations": 277,
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      "administrations": 187,
      "cvas": 14,
      "receiverships": 0
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-07",
      "total": 1934,
      "compulsoryLiquidations": 291,
      "cvls": 1495,
      "administrations": 126,
      "cvas": 22,
      "receiverships": 0
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-08",
      "total": 1946,
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      "cvas": 19,
      "receiverships": 0
    }
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    "period": "12 months to August 2026",
    "shareBasis": "Share of cases where an industry was recorded, as published",
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        "rank": 1,
        "industry": "Construction",
        "insolvencies": 3866,
        "sharePct": 17
      },
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        "rank": 2,
        "industry": "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles",
        "insolvencies": 3395,
        "sharePct": 15
      },
      {
        "rank": 3,
        "industry": "Accommodation and food service activities",
        "insolvencies": 3201,
        "sharePct": 14
      },
      {
        "rank": 4,
        "industry": "Administrative and support service activities",
        "insolvencies": 2212,
        "sharePct": 10
      },
      {
        "rank": 5,
        "industry": "Professional, scientific and technical activities",
        "insolvencies": 1913,
        "sharePct": 8
      },
      {
        "rank": 6,
        "industry": "Manufacturing",
        "insolvencies": 1827,
        "sharePct": 8
      }
    ]
  },
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    {
      "nation": "England and Wales",
      "insolvencies": 1946,
      "changeVsYearEarlierPct": -3,
      "ratePer10k12m": 50.1,
      "rateChangeVsYearEarlier": -2.4,
      "seasonallyAdjusted": true
    },
    {
      "nation": "Scotland",
      "insolvencies": 73,
      "changeVsYearEarlierPct": -23,
      "ratePer10k12m": 48.5,
      "rateChangeVsYearEarlier": -2.4,
      "seasonallyAdjusted": false
    },
    {
      "nation": "Northern Ireland",
      "insolvencies": 7,
      "changeVsYearEarlierPct": -42,
      "ratePer10k12m": 40.5,
      "rateChangeVsYearEarlier": 3.3,
      "seasonallyAdjusted": false
    }
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  "notes": [
    "England and Wales compulsory liquidations, CVLs and administrations are seasonally adjusted; CVAs and receiverships are not, because volumes are too low. Monthly figures are as revised in the August 2026 release. The Insolvency Service revises earlier months in each release, so an earlier copy of this file can differ.",
    "Shares marked shareBasis \"calculated\" were worked out by us from the published counts and rounded. The CVL share and the industry shares are the release's own figures.",
    "Scotland and Northern Ireland figures are not seasonally adjusted."
  ],
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