Total bankruptcy filings were 47,104 in October 2024, a 16% increase from the October 2023 total of 40,674, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. read more
NOV 6, 2024 - 6:17 am
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
Commercial chapter 11 filings increased 40% in July 2024 to 510 from the 364 filings in July 2023, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Overall commercial filings also increased 17% in July 2024 to 2,335 from 2,004 in July 2023. read more
AUG 6, 2024 - 6:16 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
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
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
According to Epiq, 2020 had the lowest number of bankruptcy filings in the U.S. since 1968, with a total of 529,068 filings across all chapters. However, Chapter 11 filings continued to grow year-over-year, rising 29% to 7,128 new filings in 2020 compared with 5,518 in 2019. read more
JAN 6, 2021 - 6:52 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
According to Epiq, continuing the trend from August, commercial Chapter 11 filings in September were up 78% compared with September 2019, with 747 new filings vs. 420 during September of last year. read more
OCT 6, 2020 - 7:24 am
Commercial Chapter 11 filings rose 17% in August 2020 compared with August 2019, according to Epiq, with 525 new filings in the month up from 449 in the same month last year. read more
SEP 8, 2020 - 7:56 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