Court-supervised takeover

Take over a company in Martinique

Every insolvency proceeding opened in Martinique over the last twelve months, read from a buyer's point of view: how many files still accept offers, which departments, sectors and courts concentrate the openings, and which companies to study first.

Openings since 31 Jul 2026

105

Safeguards, receiverships and liquidations

Takeover windows open

101

Offers still accepted, no ruling yet

Companies with 10+ employees

7

Out of 56 known headcounts

Openings over 12 months (BODACC)

527

+4 % year on year · 15th of 19

What the figures say

Between 31 Jul 2026 and 23 Oct 2026, the French official gazette of civil and commercial notices (BODACC) published 105 opening judgments in Martinique: 78 judicial liquidations, 27 receiverships and 0 safeguard proceedings.

Over the last twelve months, the BODACC lists 527 openings in the region against 508 the year before, which ranks it 15th of the 19 French regions by number of business failures.

101 of these proceedings are still in the period during which a buyer can submit an offer to the court-appointed administrator or liquidator, with no ruling on their fate so far. This is the pool you can actually act on.

Among the 56 companies whose headcount is known in the national register, 7 employ at least ten people: these are the files where the court looks hardest for a buyer to save jobs.

Rulings already handed down on these files: 0 sale plans, 0 continuation plans, 3 conversions into liquidation and 0 closures.

Over the same period, 11 business sales were published with a stated price, at a median price of €75,000. This benchmark sets the price of a healthy business against a court-supervised takeover.

Most affected departments

Opening judgments published in the BODACC since 31 Jul 2026
DepartmentOpenings
Martinique (972)105​

Most affected sectors

Opening judgments published in the BODACC since 31 Jul 2026
SectorOpenings
Construction20​
Retail and wholesale19​
Manufacturing15​
Hotels and restaurants12​
Consulting and engineering8​
Personal services6​

Busiest courts

Opening judgments published in the BODACC since 31 Jul 2026
CourtOpenings
Tribunal Mixte de Commerce de Fort-de-France105​

No proceeding meets all of our priority criteria today. The latest openings below remain available.

Latest proceedings opened

The most recent opening judgments, with their takeover interest score.

How a court-supervised takeover works

In receivership as in judicial liquidation, the court can order the sale of all or part of the business. The administrator or liquidator sets a deadline for offers and informs the candidates; after that date an offer can only be changed in a way that better serves the aims of the sale. In safeguard proceedings, a sale only covers part of the business, as part of the plan.

The offer is made in writing and states, among other things, the scope taken over, the price and how it is paid, the business and financing forecasts, the level and outlook of employment and the guarantees given (article L. 642-2 of the French Commercial Code). The court picks the offer that best secures lasting jobs, the payment of creditors and the strongest guarantees of performance, not necessarily the highest price.

The company's managers and their relatives cannot, as a rule, bid. Contracts needed for the business (lease, equipment leasing, supplies) can be transferred with it by court order. Deadlines are short: spot files early, ask the court officer for the documents and arrange financing in parallel.