CRIF, bankruptcies down in 2016 – The Republic

Rome – Failures in decline in the first half of 2016. The second quarter of 2016, detected by D & amp; B, the CRIF Group company in fact confirm the positive trend of the first, a sharp turnaround after recent years seen a worrying increase in business closures, which reached its peak in 2014. in the second quarter of 2016 Italian enterprises that have brought books in court were 3,740, a decrease of 2.5% compared to a year ago, when the failures have touched 3,777 fee. YTD 7343 are the bankrupt companies, with an average of 58 closings daily. Compared to 2014 the decline in failures instead of 7.6%. Even though the distant pre-crisis levels: in fact remains a large negative gap compared to 2009 if we compare today’s data with that of seven years ago bankruptcies were up 59.9%.
“The relevant data the second quarter of 2016 confirm the good impressions emerged from the data for the first three months of the year, leaving room for cautious optimism – commented Marco Preti, CEO of D & amp; B – After years of a steady increase in the number of failures, which in 2014 had reached a record, at the end of 2015 was a decrease, which was also confirmed in the first six months of 2016. the numbers on companies that have brought books in court are also confirmed by the data on payments , photography most current and “fresh” the companies state of health, which show a reduction of the important delays by 14% over the same period of the same year “.

The distribution of failures on the national territory is closely related to the density of companies active in different areas of the country. And in fact the head is Lombardy, with an incidence on total Italy 20.2%, 1,480 cases during 2016. From 2009 to today there are 20,883 Lombard businesses failed. The second most affected region is the Lazio, with 866 companies closed in 2016 and representing 11.8% of the total Italian. Followed by Veneto with 640 cases, and impact of 8.7%. Next, to complete the top ten, Campania with 636 failures, Tuscany (592), Emilia Romagna (529), Piedmont (491), Sicily (464), Puglia (354) and Marche (245).

but, looking to the sectors, retail trade is the crisis in the sector with its 2,261 bankruptcies in the course of 2016, however, with a decline of 4.8% compared to a year ago . It follows the building with 1,480 cases and a decrease of 6% compared to the same period of 2015. And ‘then the turn of industry, with 1,469 cases and a minus 0.5% recorded last year. The various services finally close the ranking with 1,090 companies and an increase of 3.9% compared to 2015.

Arguments:

d & amp; b

failures

Stakeholders :

Marco Preti