Now the figures for December have been released, and it was a difficult end to the year for the companies in Kalmar county.
Compared to December 2021, the number of bankruptcies in the county increased by 200 percent.
The result over the entire year, 116 companies in the county threw in the towel, which is 22 more than in 2021, an increase of 23 percent.
The total increase in the country during 2022 was nine percent.
In Kronoberg, 125 companies gave up in 2022, which is exactly the same number as in 2021.
Support must be repaid
According to the credit information company Syna, there are many indications that the trend of more bankruptcies will continue in the future.
- Not least in view of the fact that many companies, above all small and medium-sized ones, must now start repaying the support and tax breaks they received during the Corona pandemic, says Karl Stjerna, CEO of Syna, in a press release.