Insolvency proceeding
Retrieve an insolvency proceeding
Get the full record of a single insolvency proceeding, including its complete event history. Each proceeding is assembled from the official insolvency announcements and tracks the case from the first security measures through opening, distributions, and discharge. Cost: 10 creditsProceeding Data Structure
The response covers the whole lifecycle of a case:- Status:
current_statusreflects where the proceeding stands (e.g.preliminary,opened,rejected_no_assets,lifted,discharge_granted) - Debtor: name, kind (legal or natural person), legal form, and — where resolvable — the linked
company_idfor direct lookup of the debtor company - Administration: administrator name and address, administration kind (external administration, self administration, protective shield)
- Deadlines and distributions:
claims_filing_deadline, opening and closing dates, and distribution figures (distribution_claims_total,distribution_available) - Events: every published announcement as a structured event with a summary, decision and publication dates, and typed
details(administrator appointments, meetings, discharge decisions, distribution records)
Use Cases
Case Tracking: Follow a specific proceeding over time — new events appear as the courts publish announcements, from preliminary measures to the final discharge decision. Due Diligence: Reconstruct the full insolvency history of a counterparty, including past proceedings, administrators involved, and how the case was resolved. Legal Research: Access structured summaries of each announcement together with meeting dates and locations, without parsing the original court publications yourself.Authorizations
API Key Authentication Provide your API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.
Path Parameters
The id of the insolvency proceeding
Response
Successfully retrieved insolvency proceeding data
An insolvency proceeding with all of its published events.
Unique identifier of the insolvency proceeding.
Insolvency court handling the proceeding.
Case number of the proceeding at the court. Example: "36d IN 3382/25"
Unique company identifier of the debtor, if the debtor is a registered company. Example: DE-HRB-F1103-267645
Name of the debtor as published by the court.
Grounds for the insolvency (e.g. Zahlungsunfähigkeit, Überschuldung).
Current status of the insolvency proceeding.
preliminary, opened, rejected_no_assets, mass_insufficient, plan_supervised, lifted, discontinued, discharge_pending, discharge_granted, discharge_denied, discharge_revoked, unknown All published events of the proceeding, ordered by date.
Kind of debtor the proceeding concerns. Null when unknown.
legal_person, natural_person Legal form of the debtor as published by the court.
Kind of insolvency proceeding. Null when unknown.
regular_insolvency, consumer_insolvency Kind of administration ordered for the proceeding. Null when unknown.
external_administration, self_administration, protective_shield Total registered claims in the distribution, in euros.
Amount available for distribution, in euros.
Name of the insolvency administrator.
Address of the insolvency administrator.
Date the proceeding was opened. Format: ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)
Date the proceeding was closed. Format: ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)
Deadline for creditors to file their claims. Format: ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)
Publication date of the first known event of the proceeding. Format: ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)
Publication date of the most recent known event of the proceeding. Format: ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)

