Skip to content

Insolvency Radar · Registro Público Concursal and BORME

Spanish insolvency proceedings, in data.

Every published insolvency proceeding, organised by province, sector and phase, with a company checker by CIF or name.

Source: the Public Insolvency Register, the BORME and the social courts. A single insolvency generates several publications over its life, so the publication count is not the number of insolvencies · Data last updated: 17 Oct 2026

173,168
insolvencies declared
624,903
publications in an open procedure
53
territories with data
54,192
debt discharge orders (EPI)

THE DUTY AND ITS CLOCK

Two months. And the clock starts earlier than it looks.

Article 5.1 of the consolidated Spanish Insolvency Act requires the debtor to file for insolvency within two months of the date on which they knew, or should have known, of their state of insolvency. Not from the day the decision is taken, nor from the day cash runs out: from the day it should have been known. That distinction is what later decides the culpability ruling.

  • Insolvency is presumed culpable

    Breaching the duty to file makes the insolvency presumed culpable unless proven otherwise. The burden of proving otherwise shifts to the director.

    art. 444.1 TRLC
  • Disqualification of two to fifteen years

    A ruling of culpable insolvency disqualifies the natural persons concerned from administering other people's assets and from representing any person, and it is recorded at the Mercantile and Land Registries.

    art. 455.2.2 TRLC
  • Covering the shortfall from personal assets

    Once liquidation opens, the court may order directors and liquidators, whether de jure or de facto, to cover the insolvency shortfall in whole or in part.

    art. 456 TRLC

The data says what the statute says: half of all proceedings close in under four months, and more than 118,000 are processed with no estate at all, opened and closed almost at once because nothing is left to distribute. Filing late does not only worsen the culpability ruling: it shrinks what can still be negotiated.

Two different situations, two different routes

Trading company

While there is a business worth preserving, the route does not start at insolvency. Restructuring plans and the notice of opening negotiations halt enforcement and create room to renegotiate debt before the article 5 duty runs out.

Individual, in business or not

Article 486 TRLC lets a good-faith individual debtor obtain discharge of unpaid debt, whether or not they run a business. This is what is known as the second chance, and it accounts for 91.2% of insolvencies declared in 2025: not a residual procedure, the majority one.

Monthly trend

Nov 24
Dec 24
Jan 25
Feb 25
Mar 25
Apr 25
May 25
Jun 25
Jul 25
Aug 25
Sept 25
Oct 25
Nov 25
Dec 25
Jan 26
Feb 26
Mar 26
Apr 26
May 26
Jun 26
Jul 26
Aug 26
Sept 26
Oct 26

proceedings published   still active

Every August drops to a fraction of its neighbours: art. 183 of the Judiciary Act makes August inhabile for judicial acts other than urgent ones, and the commercial courts stop. The dip is the calendar, not the economy, which is why a quarter is never compared with the previous one but with the same quarter a year earlier.

By province

Madrid 53,483
Barcelona 51,024
Valencia/València 22,537
Murcia 15,525
Alicante/Alacant 13,749
Sevilla 13,715
Las Palmas 11,686
Tarragona 9,964
Girona 9,120
Málaga 8,619
A Coruña 8,617
Illes Balears 7,736
Bizkaia 7,460
Granada 7,048

By sector of activity (CNAE)

Building construction 79,849
Wholesale trade 63,738
Specialised construction 52,913
Retail trade 32,309
Real estate 24,647
Food & beverage services 23,887
Fabricated metal products 17,519
Land transport 15,654
Motor vehicle sale & servicing 12,815
Food industry 11,366
Architecture & engineering services 10,437
Other non-metallic mineral products 8,301

Latest published insolvencies

Judicial activity of recent days, with the court, the province and the procedure type. The debtor is not shown: the registry cross-match that attaches a company to a proceeding takes about a year to complete, so on recent records that link does not exist yet. To find out whether a specific company is in insolvency, the checker resolves it by tax number or company name.

Date Province Court Case no. Type Status
16 Oct 2026 Mercantil - 1 Unclassified Open
16 Oct 2026 Unclassified Open
16 Oct 2026 Unclassified Open
16 Oct 2026 Unclassified Open
16 Oct 2026 Unclassified Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE MADRID N.º 3 Voluntary Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE PALMA N.º 1 Unclassified Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN CIVIL Y DE INSTRUCCIÓN DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE ALCAÑIZ N.º 2 Liquidation Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE A CORUÑA N.º 3 Voluntary Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE A CORUÑA N.º 3 Voluntary Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE A CORUÑA N.º 1 Voluntary Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE A CORUÑA N.º 1 Voluntary Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE MADRID N.º 9 No assets Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE MADRID N.º 9 No assets Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE A CORUÑA N.º 1 Voluntary Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE A CORUÑA N.º 1 Voluntary Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE MADRID N.º 16 No assets Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE MADRID N.º 9 No assets Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE MADRID N.º 16 No assets Open
16 Oct 2026 SECCIÓN DE LO MERCANTIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE INSTANCIA DE MADRID N.º 9 Voluntary Open

What to do, depending on your position

You are a creditor

A customer or debtor in insolvency does not mean the credit is lost: filing your claim on time and in form makes the difference.

Your company is under pressure

Acting before insolvency widens the options: pre-insolvency protection, restructuring or an orderly proceeding.

You are an individual

The Spanish second chance framework can discharge debts you cannot pay. Each case is assessed in a private consultation.

This observatory reports official insolvency publicity data (art. 198 of the consolidated Spanish Insolvency Act and Royal Decree 892/2013 on the Registro Público Concursal). It is informational and does not constitute legal advice. BMC.
Free assessment and quote