Last updated: 28 October 2026 · Latest data: September 2026 · Compiled by IVA Advice Online from Insolvency Service official statistics
This page shows how many new IVAs each IVA company registers in England and Wales, by year since 2016 and month by month since January 2023. The figures come from the Insolvency Service's official statistics, which record the firm responsible for every new IVA. Choose a year to see the league table, or pick a firm to see its monthly totals.
IVA company league table
The table shows the firms that registered the most new IVAs in each year. 2026 covers January to September 2026 only.
| # | Firm | New IVAs | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Insolvency Group | 14,213 | 19.8% |
| 2 | My Debt Plan | 5,471 | 7.6% |
| 3 | PayPlan Partnership | 5,150 | 7.2% |
| 4 | Bennett Jones Insolvency | 4,260 | 5.9% |
| 5 | J3 Debt Solutions | 4,222 | 5.9% |
| 6 | Creditfix | 3,740 | 5.2% |
| 7 | UK Debt Expert Group | 3,708 | 5.2% |
| 8 | Anchorage Chambers | 3,667 | 5.1% |
| 9 | AFA Insolvency | 3,340 | 4.6% |
| 10 | Lawson Fox | 3,125 | 4.3% |
| 11 | United Insolvency | 2,476 | 3.4% |
| 12 | McCambridge Duffy | 2,264 | 3.2% |
| 13 | Advice Centre Group | 1,903 | 2.6% |
| 14 | Freeman Jones | 1,782 | 2.5% |
| 15 | IVA Help | 1,757 | 2.4% |
| All other firms | 10,765 | 15.0% | |
| Total | 71,843 | 100% |
Source: Insolvency Service, individual insolvency statistics, September 2026, Table 7b.1 Shares are calculated from the published counts.
- In 2025 the largest firm was The Insolvency Group, with 14,213 new IVAs (19.8% of the total), followed by My Debt Plan (5,471) and PayPlan Partnership (5,150).1
- In the 12 months from October 2025 to September 2026, the largest firms were The Insolvency Group (12,058), UK Debt Expert Group (7,013), My Debt Plan (6,512), Lawson Fox (4,855), PayPlan Partnership (4,703).1
- Creditfix was the largest IVA firm every year from 2016 to 2023. Its new IVAs fell from 26,409 in 2021 to 3,740 in 2025.1
Monthly IVAs by firm
Pick a firm to see how many new IVAs it registered each month from January 2023 to September 2026.
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Source: Insolvency Service, Table 7b.1 Monthly figures are not seasonally adjusted. The Insolvency Service moved to a new case management system on 1 November 2025, which caused a temporary backlog of IVAs agreed in November that were registered in December.2
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Market share over time
The IVA market has become much less concentrated. In 2016 the five largest firms registered 71% of new IVAs. By 2025 that had fallen to 46%.
| Year | New IVAs | Largest firm | Largest firm share | Top 5 share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 49,255 | Creditfix | 48.8% | 70.6% |
| 2017 | 59,105 | Creditfix | 43.2% | 68.5% |
| 2018 | 70,667 | Creditfix | 37.6% | 68.9% |
| 2019 | 77,930 | Creditfix | 27.6% | 65.9% |
| 2020 | 78,425 | Creditfix | 27.5% | 65.4% |
| 2021 | 81,179 | Creditfix | 32.5% | 65.3% |
| 2022 | 87,841 | Creditfix | 29.1% | 64.1% |
| 2023 | 64,012 | Creditfix | 20.7% | 54.2% |
| 2024 | 67,083 | The Insolvency Group | 14.1% | 50.5% |
| 2025 | 71,843 | The Insolvency Group | 19.8% | 46.4% |
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 63,005 | The Insolvency Group | 13.7% | 40.6% |
Source: Insolvency Service, Table 7b.1 Calculated by IVA Advice Online from the published counts.
All firms, all years
View every named firm, 2016 to 2026
| Firm | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (Jan–Sep) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creditfix | 24,016 | 25,518 | 26,604 | 21,536 | 21,562 | 26,409 | 25,557 | 13,275 | 7,668 | 3,740 | 0 |
| The Insolvency Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 326 | 5,156 | 10,962 | 8,203 | 7,230 | 9,475 | 14,213 | 8,634 |
| Hanover Insolvency | 2,946 | 4,626 | 7,089 | 10,939 | 12,894 | 4,388 | 1,888 | 55 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
| Financial Support Systems | 0 | 0 | 689 | 6,984 | 8,646 | 6,528 | 8,614 | 4,104 | 20 | 12 | 2 |
| PayPlan Partnership | 1,585 | 2,671 | 2,881 | 3,927 | 2,925 | 2,219 | 3,034 | 4,079 | 3,841 | 5,150 | 3,112 |
| Debt Movement UK | 2,263 | 4,599 | 8,099 | 6,028 | 3,055 | 2,735 | 4,376 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1,271 |
| Bennett Jones Insolvency | 77 | 1,085 | 1,359 | 1,189 | 1,687 | 3,248 | 4,479 | 6,003 | 4,124 | 4,260 | 2,863 |
| Anchorage Chambers | 264 | 569 | 545 | 1,077 | 1,356 | 4,039 | 8,405 | 3,128 | 3,433 | 3,667 | 1,872 |
| Freeman Jones | 3,963 | 3,065 | 4,014 | 5,847 | 2,683 | 1,301 | 1,368 | 576 | 1,330 | 1,782 | 1,653 |
| McCambridge Duffy | 1,046 | 962 | 981 | 1,331 | 2,115 | 2,976 | 2,294 | 2,147 | 1,686 | 2,264 | 1,773 |
| My Debt Plan | 4 | 10 | 374 | 604 | 729 | 885 | 3,093 | 2,362 | 3,024 | 5,471 | 4,914 |
| Fresh Start Insolvency | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1,135 | 3,027 | 4,731 | 5,567 | 633 | 2 | 535 | 2,937 |
| Advice Centre Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 3,635 | 8,800 | 1,903 | 0 |
| AFA Insolvency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 351 | 1,691 | 3,248 | 3,436 | 3,340 | 2,014 |
| StepChange | 1,235 | 1,620 | 1,346 | 1,226 | 1,096 | 983 | 696 | 703 | 778 | 844 | 699 |
| PayPlan Bespoke Solutions | 615 | 618 | 1,107 | 1,348 | 946 | 631 | 831 | 1,035 | 1,431 | 1,690 | 1,725 |
| MoneyPlus Insolvency | 404 | 249 | 244 | 372 | 140 | 603 | 860 | 2,008 | 3,683 | 1,087 | 379 |
| J3 Debt Solutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 365 | 2,806 | 4,222 | 2,955 |
| Lawson Fox | 292 | 364 | 319 | 227 | 523 | 488 | 325 | 170 | 1,124 | 3,125 | 3,788 |
| IVA Help | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 559 | 1,399 | 1,493 | 1,757 | 1,251 |
| United Insolvency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 1,890 | 2,476 | 2,662 |
| NDH Financial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 429 | 774 | 474 | 616 | 732 | 722 | 774 |
| UK Debt Expert Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,708 | 5,115 |
| Insolvency Guidance Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 874 | 1,528 | 1,990 |
| Arkle Insolvency | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 146 | 3 | 208 | 834 | 1,540 |
| Pacific Financial Solutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 445 | 284 | 1,946 |
| Parkfield Insolvency | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 136 | 291 | 520 |
| SLWB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,384 |
| Clarity Insolvency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 758 |
| Assure Insolvency | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,405 |
| Other firms | 10,545 | 13,145 | 14,995 | 13,827 | 9,444 | 6,906 | 5,189 | 6,937 | 4,637 | 2,924 | 2,062 |
| Total | 49,255 | 59,105 | 70,667 | 77,930 | 78,425 | 81,179 | 87,841 | 64,012 | 67,083 | 71,843 | 63,005 |
About the data
- The figures are new IVAs registered with the Insolvency Service in England and Wales. They don't include IVAs in Northern Ireland or trust deeds in Scotland.
- Firms are named if they're responsible for at least 1% of IVAs registered in the past three months, or 1% of all ongoing IVAs. Smaller firms are grouped as "other firms".1
- Each IVA is counted against the firm recorded when the data was extracted. Where IVAs have moved between firms, the move isn't always reflected, so historic figures for some firms can change between releases.1
- The annual IVA outcomes and providers release uses the same source and may show slightly different figures for some firms because it was extracted at a different date.2
- How many IVAs a firm sets up says nothing about the quality of its service. See our guide on how to choose an IVA company.
Common questions
Which company does the most IVAs?
In 2025, The Insolvency Group registered the most new IVAs in England and Wales (14,213, 19.8% of all new IVAs), followed by My Debt Plan (5,471) and PayPlan Partnership (5,150). In the first 9 months of 2026 the largest was The Insolvency Group (8,634). Source: Insolvency Service.
How many IVAs are set up each month?
8,224 new IVAs were registered in England and Wales in September 2026. Over the 12 months from October 2025 to September 2026 there were 82,219, an average of about 6,852 a month. Source: Insolvency Service.
How many IVA companies are there?
The Insolvency Service names 30 firms in its latest figures, because each handles at least 1% of recent or ongoing IVAs; 29 of them registered new IVAs in the 12 months to September 2026. Many smaller firms are grouped together as 'other'. The largest five firms registered 46% of new IVAs in 2025, down from 71% in 2016.
Is the IVA market becoming less concentrated?
Yes. The five largest firms registered 71% of new IVAs in 2016 and 46% in 2025. Creditfix, the largest firm every year from 2016 to 2023, registered 26,604 IVAs in 2018 and 3,740 in 2025.
Where do these IVA company figures come from?
They come from the Insolvency Service's official monthly individual insolvency statistics (Table 7b), which record the firm responsible for each new IVA registered in England and Wales. Firms are recorded as at the date the data was extracted, so IVAs transferred between firms may not always be reflected.
Using these statistics
You're welcome to use the figures on this page. Please credit the original source shown for each figure, and link to this page if it helped you find them:
Source: IVA Advice Online, "IVA Company Statistics", https://ivaadviceonline.com/iva-company-statistics/Download the data (CSV) – new IVAs by firm, each year from 2016 and each month from January 2023 to September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Sources
- Insolvency Service, Individual insolvency statistics: September 2026, published 20 October 2026. Table 7b (IVAs by case firm) and Table 1b.
- Insolvency Service, Individual Voluntary Arrangements outcomes and providers 2025, published 27 February 2026.
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