Small business bankruptcy filings, captured as Subchapter V elections within Chapter 11, increased 81% year over year in April, according to Epiq Bankruptcy. All Chapter 11 filings increased 32% year over year in April. read more

MAY 3, 2023 - 6:57 am

According to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, new bankruptcy filings in March 2023 registered year-over-year increases across all U.S. major filing categories for the third month in a row. read more

APR 4, 2023 - 7:07 am

New bankruptcy filings in February registered double-digit year-over-year increases across all major U.S. filing categories, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, including an 83% increase in Chapter 11 filings. read more

MAR 6, 2023 - 7:14 am

According to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data, new bankruptcy filings were up year over year across Chapters 7, 11, 13 and 15 in January. read more

FEB 6, 2023 - 7:16 am

Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased by 2% to 3,816 in calendar year 2022 from the previous year’s total of 3,726. Subchapter V elections within Chapter 11 also experienced an increase in calendar year 2022, as the 1,433 filings represented a 13% jump from the 1,263 filings recorded in 2021, according to Epiq Bankruptcy. read more

JAN 6, 2023 - 7:19 am

Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 74% to 345 in November 2022 from the 198 filings recorded in November 2021, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. read more

DEC 9, 2022 - 7:10 am

According to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 2% year over year in October while decreasing 32% on a month-over-month basis. In addition, Subchapter V elections increased 28% year over year and decreased 16% month over month.   read more

NOV 4, 2022 - 7:02 am

According to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data, there were 212 commercial Chapter 11 filings registered in July 2022, a decrease of 13% from the 245 filings in July 2021. read more

AUG 5, 2022 - 7:03 am

According to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data, there were 330 commercial Chapter 11 filings registered in May 2022, an increase of 34% from the 246 filings in May 2021. read more

JUN 6, 2022 - 7:35 am

Total bankruptcy filings fell more than 40% in January 2021 compared to last year, according to data provided to the ABI by Epiq. Commercial chapter 11 filings in January 2021 totaled 479, a 24% drop from the 631 commercial chapter 11 filings in January 2020. read more

FEB 8, 2021 - 5:00 am

Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 46% in November 2020 compared with November of last year, according to data provided by Epiq. read more

DEC 8, 2020 - 7:20 am

Total U.S. bankruptcy filings in October decreased 41% from last year, according to data provided by Epiq Systems. Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased slightly, with the 550 filings in October 2020 up 4% over the 530 recorded in October 2019. read more

NOV 10, 2020 - 7:20 am

Total commercial Chapter 11 filings in July 2020 increased 52% from the previous year, according to data provided by Epiq. read more

AUG 6, 2020 - 7:34 am

The ABI reported total commercial Chapter 11 filings during the first six months of 2020 increased 26% to 3,604 from the 2,855 total filings during the same period in 2019, according to data provided by Epiq. read more

JUL 7, 2020 - 6:29 am

ABI statistics showed that 471 small businesses have elected to file for bankruptcy relief under the new Subchapter V to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code since it was enacted.  read more

JUN 26, 2020 - 6:40 am