W In the mediate of 2025, 99,8 1000 applications for the closure of one-man business were received by CEIDG. This is 0.1% more than in the same period of 2024, erstwhile specified cases were reported as 99,6 thousand. It can besides be seen that less closure applications have been submitted in the six months under consideration than for opening. However, in six voivodships it has late been the opposite. Furthermore, the data show that in six months 2025 179.4 1000 applications for suspension of JDG were received in the abovementioned register. That's 0.2% more than a year ago.
In the first half of 2025, 99,8 1000 applications for the closure of one-man business were received in Central registry and Information on economical Activity (CEIDG). This is 0.1% more than in the same period of 2024, erstwhile specified cases were reported 99,6 thousand. The restructuring advisor and legal counsel Adrian Parol sees a symptom of a deterioration in business conditions.
– This is 1 side of the medal. The second shows that entrepreneurs do not announcement any diametric improvement of the situation, facilitation, simplification of operating costs or a chance to increase margin. Therefore, it cannot be said that it is very good, but the trend of expanding negative moods in people with their own activities has been hampered. Negative moods lead to an increase in requests for closure, and this is not the case – described by Mr. Adrian Parol.
According to Sebastian Sajnog of the Polish economical Institute (PIE), the minimum change year-on-year indicates comparatively good operating conditions. It's the consequence of a average but unchangeable economy. You don't see a mass drain from the market. – In the above subject, we should look more broadly, i.e. not only at the closures themselves, but besides at the openings. Only specified a summary gives us a broader view of the situation – comments the legal advisor and restructuring advisor Łukasz Goszczyński from the law firm GKPG.
During the periods analysed, applications for the closure of JDG were little than by beginning (and in mid-2025 – 99.8 1000 vs 149.1 thousand, and mid-2024 – 99.6 1000 vs. 150.7 thousand). However, in the first half of this year in six voivodships was the opposite. It is Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Podlasie, Pomeranian, Silesian, Świętokrzyskie and West Pomeranian. An expert from GKPG points out that specified regional differentiation, where more JDGs have closed than opened, may have respective major reasons. In turn Dr Sebastian Zupok of the University of Business – National Louis University in Nowy Sącz believes that much depends on local economical conditions specified as demography, access to infrastructure and organization support. The industrial structure is besides important. Regions powerfully dependent on seasonal services or micro-traders may be more prone to fluctuations.
– It is besides not possible to ignore the increasing number of reports without indicating the voivodship. This may indicate an increase in distant activity, but besides problems with precise attribution of activity to a peculiar region. The fact that beginning JDG in this category was much more than closing works here in favour of general dynamics," adds Dr Sebastian Zupok.
Analyzing why more one-man activities were closed in the heavy urbanised Silesian state than fresh ones were opened, Adrian Parol points to 1 interesting topic. This is simply a worsening of the situation in the automotive industry, which involves many entrepreneurs there, e.g. contractors and suppliers. car manufacturers limit their manufacturing capacity, so they besides reduce their request for their acquisition of services.
– The change in Zachodniopomorskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Podlaskie and Świętokrzyskie voivodships may consequence from the fact that they are not characterised by a large industrialisation. In specified a situation, even a insignificant issue affecting 1 city in the region can have a large impact on the situation of entrepreneurs throughout the voivodship – says Mr. Adrian Parol.
In turn, Mr Goszczyński adds that his observation, but besides the mostly available investigation shows that the contributions of ZUS are 1 of the biggest brakes on this issue, especially among the above mentioned forms of economical activity. – The sectors with a low margin are the most vulnerable. The economical situation besides translated into more hard operating conditions. We inactive see that the situation in manufacture or construction is judged to be difficult. At the same time, it is much better in services late – says an expert from the Polish economical Institute.
In addition, data show that in the first half of 2025 179.4 1000 applications for suspension of JDG were received in the CEIDG register. This is 0.2% more than in the same period of 2024, erstwhile specified cases were 179.1 thousand. Dr Sebastian Zupok does not think that the number of applications mentioned above must be worrying.
– This is just 0.2% more than a year ago, which is more indicative of a sustained trend than a crisis. The suspension of activities is frequently utilized as a flexible tool present – both in the case of seasonality, e.g. in seasonal gastronomy and tourist services, as well as in the strictly life situations of owners, e.g. in the case of maternity leave or illness. This is frequently a ‘waiting form’ alternatively than a forecast of the definitive end of operations,” explains the expert.
In addition, Sebastian Sajnog adds that entrepreneurs suspend activities for various reasons. These include weak economical conditions, temporary financial difficulties, individual problems, but besides strategical decisions specified as changes in the legal form. In fresh months, rising costs, including social security, have besides been affected.
– The number of suspensions alone is not a surprise. It's even somewhat bigger than last year. This phenomenon is repetitive and mostly seasonal. For many single-person entrepreneurs, suspension is simply a form of temporary withdrawal without closing the company. However, not the fact of suspension, but its dimension and causes are crucial," explains Sebastian Sajnog.
This is besides seen by Mr. Łukasz Goszczyński, who emphasizes that the suspension of operations is frequently a defensive mechanism, not an announcement of the company's collapse. His practice shows that the longer it lasts, the chance to close the company increases. The expert besides admits that in comparison with the number of active JDGs it is simply a natural fluctuation alternatively than a crisis signal.
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