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Freight: Insolvency

Asked by Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 1 December 2025UIN 94153

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the number of haulier businesses that have declared insolvency in each year between 2021 and 2024.

Answered by Blair McDougall

Estimated numbers of companies with the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes 49200 (Freight rail transport) and 49410 (Freight transport by road) that entered insolvency in the UK in each calendar year between 2021 and 2024 are presented in the table below.

Calendar Year

49200 – Freight rail transport

49410 – Freight transport by road

Total

2021

0

265

265

2022

0

411

411

2023

0

503

503

2024

3

471

474

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