Statistics and Analysis Directorate:Statistics Release - 4 November 2005

5. BANKRUPTCIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES - INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) 

 
  2004 2005
INDUSTRY 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004   Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
 
SELF EMPLOYED  
 
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE 155 157 183 173 183 132 151 204   47 65 57 51 68
 
MANUFACTURING  
  Food, drink and tobacco 18 21 17 18 10 19 14 7   4 0 2 5 3
  Chemicals 5 7 4 2 2 6 2 6   2 0 2 0 1
  Metals and engineering 413 378 385 306 339 257 242 376   148 62 109 52 62
  Textiles and clothing 76 81 87 81 75 33 46 27   15 2 4 6 12
  Timber and furniture 98 96 94 90 88 59 82 65   21 19 17 17 18
  Paper, printing and publishing 104 101 112 80 75 70 58 63   19 11 18 19 24
  Other 116 110 111 84 79 111 100 90   19 16 31 33 27
  TOTAL 830 794 810 661 668 555 544 634   228 110 183 132 147
 
CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSPORT  
  Construction 2,182 1,919 1,911 1,741 1,783 1,637 1,781 1,658   434 402 368 474 500
  Transport and communication 1,162 1,060 1,187 1,120 1,134 1,095 1,116 1,249   306 313 305 297 391
  TOTAL 3,344 2,979 3,098 2,861 2,917 2,732 2,897 2,907   740 715 673 771 891
 
WHOLESALING  
  Food, drink and tobacco 62 53 45 49 40 48 33 28   10 4 6 2 2
  Motor vehicles 28 20 22 29 20 14 15 13   3 3 2 4 4
  Other 78 92 83 83 61 44 47 40   14 13 5 11 12
  TOTAL 168 165 150 161 121 106 95 81   27 20 13 17 18
 
RETAILING  
  Food, drink and tobacco 546 514 438 424 347 311 251 280   77 66 70 55 77
  Motor vehicles and filling stations 276 238 241 237 199 138 128 136   33 39 35 22 33
  Other 1,048 971 1,032 801 792 680 609 621   146 151 171 162 173
  TOTAL 1,870 1,723 1,711 1,462 1,338 1,129 988 1,037   256 256 276 239 283
 
SERVICES  
  Insurance 105 79 54 45 39 31 24 28   8 8 7 3 9
  Other financial & business services  1,117 1,057 1,162 1,127 1,107 1,057 1,023 1,242   337 298 283 338 368
  Hotels and catering          1,603 1,309 1,376 1,263 1,187 1,041 1,038 951   226 221 218 202 271
  TOTAL 2,825 2,445 2,592 2,435 2,333 2,129 2,085 2,221   571 527 508 543 648
 
OTHER 2,077 2,157 2,179 2,199 2,279 2,071 2,379 2,480   586 607 662 693 780
 
TOTAL SELF EMPLOYED             11,269 10,420 10,723 9,952 9,839 8,854 9,139 9,564   2,455 2,300 2,372 2,446 2,835
 
OTHER INDIVIDUALS  
 
  Employees 2,625 3,141 4,357 4,601 5,525 5,900 7,101 9,528   2,397 2,534 2,446 2,774 3,449
  No occupation and unemployed 3,051 3,384 4,457 4,856 5,848 6,965 8,978 12,643   3,146 3,344 3,056 3,681 4,304
  Directors & promoters of companies 310 272 330 296 328 323 420 458   127 123 125 113 137
  Occupation unknown 2,637 2,430 1,744 1,845 1,937 2,250 2,383 3,705   935 1,014 1,000 1,174 1,613
 
TOTAL OTHER INDIVIDUALS 8,623 9,227 10,888 11,598 13,638 15,438 18,882 26,334   6,605 7,015 6,627 7,742 9,503
 
 
TOTAL BANKRUPTCIES 19,892 19,647 21,611 21,550 23,477 24,292 28,021 35,898   9,060 9,315 8,999 10,188 12,338

Last updated on 04 November, 2005

 

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