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5. BANKRUPTCIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES - INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS
         
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED          
2004 2005    
INDUSTRY 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005   Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
SELF EMPLOYED
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE 157 183 173 183 132 151 204 195 57 51 68 39 37
MANUFACTURING
  Food, drink and tobacco 21 17 18 10 19 14 7 15 2 5 3 4 3
  Chemicals 7 4 2 2 6 2 6 2 2 0 1 0 1
  Metals and engineering 378 385 306 339 257 242 376 228 109 52 62 76 38
  Textiles and clothing 81 87 81 75 33 46 27 28 4 6 12 4 6
  Timber and furniture 96 94 90 88 59 82 65 82 17 17 18 23 24
  Paper, printing and publishing 101 112 80 75 70 58 63 67 18 19 24 15 9
  Other 110 111 84 79 111 100 90 140 31 33 27 42 38
  TOTAL 794 810 661 668 555 544 634 562 183 132 147 164 119
CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSPORT
  Construction 1,919 1,911 1,741 1,783 1,637 1,781 1,658 1,976 368 474 500 531 471
  Transport and communication 1,060 1,187 1,120 1,134 1,095 1,116 1,249 1,334 305 297 391 330 316
  TOTAL 2,979 3,098 2,861 2,917 2,732 2,897 2,907 3,310 673 771 891 861 787
WHOLESALING
  Food, drink and tobacco 53 45 49 40 48 33 28 29 6 2 2 15 10
  Motor vehicles 20 22 29 20 14 15 13 12 2 4 4 0 4
  Other 92 83 83 61 44 47 40 40 5 11 12 7 10
  TOTAL 165 150 161 121 106 95 81 81 13 17 18 22 24
RETAILING
  Food, drink and tobacco 514 438 424 347 311 251 280 256 70 55 77 58 66
  Motor vehicles and filling stations 238 241 237 199 138 128 136 121 35 22 33 35 31
  Other 971 1,032 801 792 680 609 621 772 171 162 173 233 204
  TOTAL 1,723 1,711 1,462 1,338 1,129 988 1,037 1,149 276 239 283 326 301
SERVICES
  Insurance 79 54 45 39 31 24 28 22 7 3 9 6 4
  Other financial & business services                      1,057 1,162 1,127 1,107 1,057 1,023 1,242 1,416 283 338 368 385 325
  Hotels and catering          1,309 1,376 1,263 1,187 1,041 1,038 951 1,125 218 202 271 278 374
  TOTAL 2,445 2,592 2,435 2,333 2,129 2,085 2,221 2,563 508 543 648 669 703
OTHER 2,157 2,179 2,199 2,279 2,071 2,379 2,480 2,979 662 693 780 769 737
TOTAL SELF EMPLOYED             10,420 10,723 9,952 9,839 8,854 9,139 9,564 10,839 2,372 2,446 2,835 2,850 2,708
OTHER INDIVIDUALS
  Employees 3,141 4,357 4,601 5,525 5,900 7,101 9,528 13,626 2,446 2,774 3,449 3,623 3,780
  No occupation and unemployed 3,384 4,457 4,856 5,848 6,965 8,978 12,643 17,105 3,056 3,681 4,304 4,532 4,588
  Directors & promoters of companies          272 330 296 328 323 420 458 503 125 113 137 97 156
  Occupation unknown 2,430 1,744 1,845 1,937 2,250 2,383 3,705 5,218 1,000 1,174 1,613 1,154 1,277
TOTAL OTHER INDIVIDUALS 9,227 10,888 11,598 13,638 15,438 18,882 26,334 36,452 6,627 7,742 9,503 9,406 9,801
TOTAL BANKRUPTCIES 19,647 21,611 21,550 23,477 24,292 28,021 35,898 47,291 8,999 10,188 12,338 12,256 12,509
                             

Last updated on 04 May, 2006

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