Commercial Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filings Increase 54% Y/Y in August
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.
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.
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.
According to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the 2,973 total commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcies filed during the first six months of 2023 represented a 68% increase over the 1,766 filed during the same period in 2022. Individual Chapter 13 filings increased by 23% during the same period.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased by 2% to 3,816 in calendar year 2022 from the previous year’s total of 3,726, according to Epiq Bankruptcy.
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.