A wave of bankruptcies is sweeping across Germany – in 2025, a company went bankrupt every 20 minutes
In 2025, around 24,000 companies in Germany filed for insolvency. This was almost ten percent more than the previous year and the highest number since 2014. On average, this wave of insolvencies hit a company every 20 minutes. High energy costs, increasing bureaucracy, geopolitical risks, and weak demand are increasingly burdening Germany as a business […]















