In the first seven months of the year, 15,124 companies went insolvent, compared to 17,458 in the same period the year before. Of these, 2,093 went insolvent in July, 2,000 in June, 2,149 in May, 2,089 in April, 2,115 in March, 2,631 in February, and 2,054 in January.
Most of the companies that closed shop in January-July operated in retail, followed by in constructions and manufacturing.
Also, the number of companies that suspended operations in January-July stood at 9,951, 29.6% fewer than in the same period in 2013.
The number of newly registered companies in the first seven months dropped 24.33% year-on-year, to 63,331.
At the end of July, the Trade Registry had records of around 1.1 million active companies.