10:34 - 7.01.2024

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January 7, Fineko/abc.az. More than 55,000 companies closed in France in 2023, and this is the highest figure since 2017.

ABC.AZ informs with reference to the report of the Bank of France that in 2023 the number of bankruptcies increased to 55,492 by the end of December.

This indicator is calculated based on the average number of bankruptcies and liquidation of private enterprises over the past 12 months. According to the above-said graph, it was higher in August 2017 and until December 2008. The Bank of France notes that the current level does not exceed the average for the period from 2010 to 2019 (59,342). During the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021), it was twice as low as it is now.

In most cases, speech is about small and medium-sized enterprises (55,435) with staff of up to 250 people. At that, the number of medium-sized and large companies with staff of over 250 people, that closed last year reached 57 - twice as many as in the previous year.