Last year increased corporate bankruptcy Business continuation was abandoned due to shortage of labor and succession 16:39 on January 14
The number of companies that went bankrupt in the last year has increased from the previous year. The main factor is the increasing number of companies that have no successors or are unable to secure employees due to a shortage of human resources and give up business continuity.
According to a private credit bureau, Teikoku Databank, last year it was legally concluded with a debt of more than 10 million yen, and the number of bankrupt companies was 8,354, 291 compared to the previous year, a rate of It increased by 3.6%.
In summary, the number of bankruptcies has increased for the first time in two years.
Looking at the reasons for bankruptcy, 460 cases were due to abandonment of business continuation due to the lack of a successor to an aged manager.
In addition, 185 cases were due to a lack of necessary employees.
Both were the highest ever, with more companies giving up business continuity due to labor shortages and other factors, which pushed up the total number of bankruptcies.
According to another private credit research firm, Tokyo Shoko Research, the number of bankruptcies last year, including private consolidation, was 8,383, an increase of 1.7% over the previous year.
Since 2008, when the Lehman Brothers were affected by the shock, it has exceeded the previous year for the first time in 11 years.
All credit bureaus are likely to see bankruptcy increase as the burden of small and medium enterprises is increasing due to the rise of labor costs, raw material costs, logistics costs, in addition to successor difficulties and labor shortages. Is.