In the 1^st quarter of 2026

Number of bankruptcy, insolvency and enterprise recovery cases filed in the first-instance courts of the Madeira District decreased quarter-on-quarter and increased year-on-year

According to information supplied by the Directorate-General for Justice Policy (DGPJ), the number of incoming cases filed in the Madeira District relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and enterprise recovery decreased from 57, in the 4^th quarter of 2025, to 48 proceedings, in the 1^st quarter of 2026 (-15.8%). Compared with the same quarter the previous year (42 proceedings), an increase of 14.3% was observed.

In the 1^st quarter of 2026, 62 proceedings were concluded (+51.2% compared with the 1^st quarter of 2025), 53 (85.5%) of which ended in bankruptcy or insolvency being declared. This number of bankruptcies/insolvencies was higher than that recorded in the previous quarter (49) and the same quarter the previous year (37), corresponding to changes of +8.2% and +43.2%, respectively.

Regarding the type of person involved in the bankruptcies/insolvencies declared, natural persons predominated, accounting for 62.3% of the total number of cases. Indeed, of the 53 bankruptcies/insolvencies declared in this quarter, 33 involved natural persons and 20 involved legal persons.

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