Technology, software, media and telecommunications: company insolvencies in Australia

In Technology, software, media and telecommunications, 263 companies entered external administration in 2025-26, 1.9% of the year's total.

That was down 20.8% on 2024-25.

Source: ASIC, Australian insolvency statistics, Series 1, retrieved 26 Oct 2026. Grouped by industry and summarised by onestepright. No company is named. Series 1 to 4 Oct 2026, released 19 Oct 2026. Series 3.1 to 2024-25. Both change as ASIC publishes.

ASIC's statistics are not exhaustive. They are based on the information available to ASIC at the time of publication.

In 2024-25, administrators' reports in Technology, software, media and telecommunications most often named inadequate cash flow or high cash use (61.4%) and trading losses (58.2%).

Causes named in Technology, software, media and telecommunications, share of reports, 2024-25More than one cause may be named in a report, so the shares add to more than 100%.
  • Inadequate cash flow or high cash use: 61.4%
  • Trading losses: 58.2%
  • Poor strategic management of business: 52.3%
  • Other: 40.9%
  • Under capitalisation: 37.3%
  • Poor financial control including lack of records: 29.5%
  • Poor economic conditions: 18.6%
  • Poor management of accounts receivable: 12.7%
  • Dispute among directors: 2.7%
  • Industry restructuring: 2.7%
  • Business restructuring: 1.4%
  • Fraud: 1.4%
  • Natural disaster: 0.9%
  • DOCA failed: 0.5%

Source: ASIC, Australian insolvency statistics, Series 3.1, retrieved 26 Oct 2026. Grouped by industry and summarised by onestepright. No company is named. Series 1 to 4 Oct 2026, released 19 Oct 2026. Series 3.1 to 2024-25. Both change as ASIC publishes.

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