POLO Motorrad

POLO Motorrad – bankruptcy protection filing

 

Established as POLO Expressversand in Duesseldorf, Germany in March 1980, Polo Motorrad und Sportswear GmbH (better known simply as POLO Motorrad) filed for self-administration proceedings at the Mönchengladbach District Court on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.

Under German bankruptcy regulations this will secure the chance for an orderly restructuring, while full business operations at the company headquarters in Jüchen, and all branches are able to continue without restrictions. The wages and salaries of the approximately 700 German employees are secured through insolvency benefits until January 2026.

As reported in German by Bike & Business, the move is said to have been triggered by the overall economic climate: despite solid sales growth, the industry-wide reluctance to buy put pressure on liquidity. The locations in Switzerland and Austria are not affected. Polo operates 90 stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and has a substantial online business.

As reported in the latest edition of International Dealer News, trade association data put motorcycle registrations at -25.32% for the YTD through October 2025 - some 25,000 (or more) units behind the same period of 2024.