Additionally, 10,596 companies halted operations in the first five months of the year, compared with 10,182 companies in January-May 2011.
In May, the number of companies that defaulted on their debt rose to 1,802 from 1,211 in April.
Most of the companies that closed their doors in the January-May period operated in the retail sector, followed by construction and manufacturing companies.
On the other hand, around 63,000 new companies were enrolled with the Trade Registry in January-May 2012, up from around 56,000 companies in the same period in 2011. End-May, the Registry included over 969,000 companies.