The 6,067 total commercial chapter 11 bankruptcies filed during the first nine months of 2024 represented a 36% increase over the 4,561 filed during the same period in 2023, according to Epiq AACER, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. read more

OCT 4, 2024 - 6:19 am

Overall commercial bankruptcy filings increased 8% in August 2024 to 2,562 from 2,358 in August 2023, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. read more

SEP 5, 2024 - 6:21 am

The 987 total commercial chapter 11 bankruptcies filed during the first six months of 2024 represented a 70% increase over the 582 filed during the same period in 2023, according to Epiq AACER, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. read more

JUL 3, 2024 - 6:17 am

Small business filings, captured as subchapter V elections within chapter 11, registered a 53% increase to 228 in May 2024 from 149 in May 2023, according to data provided by Epiq AACER. Commercial chapter 11 filings, as well as overall commercial filings, increased 11%. read more

JUN 5, 2024 - 6:40 am

Small business filings increased 60% year over year to 233 in April 2024, according to data provided by Epiq AACER. Commercial chapter 11 filings increased 40% year over year in April 2024 to 542. Overall commercial filings increased 39% year over year in April 2024 to 2,569. read more

MAY 6, 2024 - 6:58 am

New bankruptcy filings during Q1/24 registered year-over-year increases across all major filing categories in the U.S., according to Epiq Bankruptcy, with total commercial Chapter 11 filings registering the largest increase, rising 43% year over year. read more

APR 3, 2024 - 6:47 am

Commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings climbed 118% year over year in February 2024, with the 822 filings during the month comparing to the 377 filings in February 2023, according to Epiq Bankruptcy. The sizable increase in commercial Chapter 11 filings in February was spurred by a large number of related filings in two large commercial Chapter 11 proceedings. read more

MAR 5, 2024 - 6:28 am

Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings increased 22% year over year in January, while small business filings, captured as Subchapter V elections within Chapter 11, increased 43%, according to Epiq Bankruptcy. read more

FEB 5, 2024 - 6:38 am

Commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings increased 72% to 6,569 in 2023 from the previous year’s total of 3,819, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. read more

JAN 4, 2024 - 6:51 am

The bankruptcy filing by WeWork in November propelled November commercial Chapter 11 filings to 842, an increase of 141% compared with the 349 filings registered in November 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy. read more

DEC 5, 2023 - 6:49 am

There were 631 commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings registered in the U.S. in October, an increase of 106% from the 306 filings registered in October 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy. read more

NOV 3, 2023 - 6:58 am

The 4,553 total commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcies filed during the first nine months of 2023 represented a 61% increase over the 2,837 filed during the same period in 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy. read more

OCT 4, 2023 - 6:38 am

There were 634 commercial Chapter 11 filings registered in August, an increase of 54% from the 411 filings registered in August 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy. read more

SEP 6, 2023 - 7:22 am

There were 362 commercial Chapter 11 filings registered in July 2023, an increase of 71% from the 212 filings registered in July 2022, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy. read more

AUG 3, 2023 - 6:54 am

According to Epiq Bankruptcy, commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 105% in May 2023 to 680 versus the 332 filings in May 2022. Nearly half of the Chapter 11 filings were made by corporate subsidiaries. read more

JUN 5, 2023 - 6:59 am