This report examines trends in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings starting in January 2005. Unless specified otherwise, the bankruptcies analyzed in this report involve public and private companies with over $100 million in assets at the time of bankruptcy filing.
Trends in Large Corporate Bankruptcy and Financial Distress
Midyear 2024 Update
Large corporate bankruptcy filings continued to climb in the latter half of 2023 through the first half of 2024.
Midyear 2023 Update
The increase in large corporate bankruptcies in the first half of 2023 marked a reversal from a gradual decline in filings since the start of 2021.
Midyear 2022 Update
Following the spike in large corporate bankruptcy filings triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, filings in 2021 and the first half of 2022 fell to levels below historical averages.
Midyear 2021 Update
The COVID-19 pandemic set off an increase in corporate bankruptcy filings not seen since the financial crisis.
2005-Q3-2020
The economic disruptions that the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked worldwide have triggered a wave of large corporate bankruptcy filings in 2020.
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