Business notifications, Insolvencies – Insolvencies

Regional breakdown	2010
	Insolvency proceedings				prospective claims
	opened	rejected for lack of assets	plan for the settlement of debts accepted	total proceedings
	number				EUR 1,000
Baden-Württemberg	15,141	1,531	479	17,151	3,495,907
Bayern	17,144	1,646	211	19,001	4,673,622
Berlin	7,122	738	50	7,910	1,747,103
Brandenburg	5,797	272	61	6,130	784,172
Bremen	2,111	123	26	2,260	308,564
Hamburg	4,344	170	16	4,530	1,074,697
Hessen	10,973	816	205	11,994	3,043,346
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3,135	146	91	3,372	600,979
Niedersachsen	19,250	1,165	185	20,600	2,844,293
Nordrhein-Westfalen	36,042	3,264	480	39,786	14,343,882
Rheinland-Pfalz	7,241	663	132	8,036	1,813,479
Saarland	2,182	186	23	2,391	279,145
Sachsen	7,713	978	21	8,712	1,566,408
Sachsen-Anhalt	4,721	317	60	5,098	726,437
Schleswig-Holstein	6,772	446	69	7,287	1,003,949
Thüringen	3,861	309	30	4,200	692,226
Germany	153,549	12,770	2,139	168,458	38,998,210

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