Bankruptcy due to the impact of the new corona 16:14 on June 8 to 227 companies nationwide

A private research company found that by the 8th, 227 companies had gone bankrupt under the influence of the new coronavirus.

According to a private credit bureau, Teikoku Databank, companies that went bankrupt due to the influence of the new coronavirus and companies that went bankrupt and went into preparations for legal liquidation on the 8th afternoon 1 There are a total of 227 companies at the time.

By industry, 40 companies have the most hotels and inns, and 30 restaurants such as taverns and restaurants. The number of companies that went bankrupt under the influence of the new coronavirus exceeded 200 on June 1, and has continued to grow at a rapid pace.

On the other hand, including bankruptcies other than the effect of the new coronavirus, in May there were 288 companies that had debts of 10 million yen or more and took legal procedures, 55% from the same month of the previous year. It has decreased to less than half.

This is due to the fact that the court reduced its operations including the bankruptcy-related affairs last month following the declaration of an emergency, and lawyers also narrowed down the procedures.

The survey company said, "With the resumption of economic activities, the response to bankruptcy proceedings such as lawyers is returning to the original level, and we expect that the number of bankruptcies will increase in the future aggregation."