W In the first 4th of 2025, the number of applications for the closure of single-person business decreased by little than 2% compared to the same period last year. However, experts of the subject argue that the conditions for doing business have not changed importantly in the last fewer months. At the same time, they pay attention to the expanding costs, regulatory changes and uncertainty of the planned reforms. In turn, the number of applications for suspension of JDG in the first 3 months of this year was almost identical to the year before. As experts point out, the data itself should besides be viewed from the position that any companies operate seasonally.
According to data from the Ministry of improvement and Technology, in the first 4th of this year, 55.1 1000 applications were received in the CEIDG registry (Central registry and Information on Business Activity). This is 1.6% little than in the same period of 2024, erstwhile 56,000 specified cases were reported. In the opinion of legal advisor Łukasz Goszczyński from the law firm of GKPG, these numbers are not large compared to, for example, how many JDGs are registered in Poland at all. However, in the first 4th of 2024 it was almost identical, only then the decrease was 6.2% in relation to the same period in 2023.
– A slight decrease in the number of closed-down economical activities may show comparative marketplace stableness in this area. However, it does not necessarily mean improving the conditions for the conduct and improvement of micro-enterprises. In the last fewer months they have not changed significantly. While inflation growth has fallen, it remains above the inflation target. The advanced minimum wage, complicated legal regulations and crucial fiscal burdens proceed to negatively affect both the improvement of existing companies and the establishment of fresh ones," commented Radosław Twaruzzek, manager of the Business Department at Bank Pekao.
As the legal advisor and restructuring advisor Adrian Parol emphasizes, the most crucial thing is that the moods of entrepreneurs have not worsened, due to the fact that I think this is how the data should be read. They are stable, but the owners of the companies anticipate concrete changes, primarily related to the simplification of operating costs, including fiscal burdens. In addition, they anticipate recovery in the economy.
– Among the main reasons for closing down companies in 2024, I would point to inflation, cost force and the effects of erstwhile crises specified as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war. In 2025, rising costs stay the dominant factor. However, regulatory changes and uncertainties related to planned reforms besides play an expanding role. Most of these reasons are long-term and consequence from persistent structural problems in the economical environment," adds an expert from Bank Pekao.
In turn, according to Adrian Parol, there was no dramatic increase in operating costs. The expert points out that the economical environment has become more predictable during the year. Entrepreneurs were not amazed by crucial legal changes, which usually entailed increased burdens. It's crucial due to the fact that business requires peace and predictability.
– It is the fact that the business environment has become more predictable over the past year. Nevertheless, in my opinion, it is inactive not adequate to talk of any improvement. Entrepreneurs, especially those who operate in this form of activity, are looking forward to real change. It can besides be added that they are becoming impatient. They want concretes, not just plans, although it is known that all changes always begin with planning – adds Mr. Łukasz Goszczyński.
During the periods analysed there were less applications to close JDG than to open (I 4th of this year 55.1 1000 vs. 73.7 thousand, I 4th of last year 56 1000 vs. 75.3 thousand). However, in the beginning of this year there were more applications for liquidation in 12 voivodships than about the start of JDG. It is Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Lublin, Lubuskie, Łódź, Opole, Podlaskie, Pomeranian, Silesian, Świętokrzyskie, Warmian-Masurian, Wielkopolska and West Pomeranian. At the same time, the applicant does not request to indicate the voivodship of the activity. And specified conclusions were the most in this area. However, in the first 4th of this year their number was lower than the applications for beginning JDG (12.1 1000 – 34.3 thousand).
– Of course, the conditions for doing business – especially the smallest 1 – vary widely in different regions of the country. And this is alternatively a average marketplace phenomenon. It is mainly about the size of the area and its wealth," says Mr. Łukasz Goszczyński from the law firm of GKPG.
According to the Ministry data, 91.5 1000 applications for JDG suspension were received in the first 4th of 2025. erstwhile rounding up the data, it is the same as in the same period of 2024 (the exact difference is the increase of 3 requests). As Advocate Adrian Parol notes, there are besides seasonal businesses in the market. For them, temporary suspensions are more advantageous. Thanks to this, entrepreneurs are not more burdened, among others, by social safety contributions. After a while, however, there is simply a request to resume.
The suspension scale remains stable. However, in any cases this is only an introduction to the full liquidation of the company. People moving JDG, opting to suspend, frequently take up work at this time on the staff. but for individual or wellness situations. erstwhile the period of suspension exceeds 12 months, it usually means a permanent cessation of activities," says Radosław Twaruzzek.
Mr. Łukasz Goszczyński agrees with the above arguments. At the same time, summarizing, he adds that most suspended companies fall down in the short term. The reasons are of course different, but the main denominator are financial issues. To put it plainly, entrepreneurs are not worth further business. That's why they're looking for a fresh way to make money, which is frequently no longer a business. However, to a tiny extent, the company's behaviour tries to defend itself from liquidation, but to a large degree it is only slowed down during the closure process.
text and photograph source: MondayNews.pl
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