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January 6, 2025
Source: GlobeNewswire
NEW YORK and ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Commercial chapter 11 filings increased 20 percent in calendar year 2024 to 7,879 from 6,583 filings the previous year, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Overall commercial filings increased 17 percent to 30,009 from the 25,731 registered the previous year.
Small business subchapter V elections within chapter 11 also experienced a substantial increase in calendar year 2024, as the 2,381 filings represented a 32 percent increase from the 1,808 recorded in 2023. Note that the pace of subchapter V and consumer chapter 13 filing increases slowed after enhanced debt limits for both filing categories expired on June 21, 2024.
Total bankruptcy filings in calendar year 2024 were 508,758, a 14 percent increase from the 445,286 registered during calendar year 2023. While representing a substantial year-over-year increase, total bankruptcy filings remain lower than the pre-pandemic total of 757,816 recorded in CY2019.
“As anticipated, we saw a steady increase in bankruptcy filings throughout 2024 and expect that growth trend to continue throughout 2025,” said Michael Hunter, Vice President of Epiq AACER. “If the current trend continues, new bankruptcy filings will return to pre-pandemic normalized volumes over the next 24-30 months. Modest rises in household debt and elevated delinquency rates reveal the stress households are experiencing and are reflected in the steady increased bankruptcy filing trends.”
Overall consumer filing totals for calendar year 2024 were 478,749, representing a 14 percent increase from the 419,555 consumer filings the previous year. Consumer chapter 7 filings increased 19 percent to 288,968 in CY 2024 from the previous year’s total of 242,919. The 188,934 consumer chapter 13 bankruptcy filings during calendar year 2024 registered a 7 percent increase over 2023’s total of 175,977.
"The continued increase in bankruptcies over the past year reflects the growing list of economic challenges faced by consumers and businesses," said ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss. "Rising interest rates, inflation, increasing geopolitical tensions and shifts in post-pandemic consumer spending have more struggling businesses and families turning to bankruptcy for a financial fresh start from their growing debt loads."
Total bankruptcy filings were 38,121 in December 2024, an 11 percent increase from the December 2023 total of 34,486. The consumer bankruptcy filing total of 35,793 also represented an 11 percent increase from the 32,391 consumer filings in December 2023. Consumer chapter 7 filings were 21,918 in December 2024, up 17 percent from the 18,718 chapter 7 filings in December 2023, while consumer chapter 13s only increased 1 percent to 13,804 in December from 13,629 the previous year.
Overall commercial filings also increased 11 percent in December 2024, as the 2,328 filings were up from the 2,095 commercial filings registered in December 2023. The 553 commercial chapter 11 filings in December represented an 8 percent increase from the 510 chapter 11 filings in December 2023. Subchapter V elections within chapter 11 increased slightly, as the 188 filings in December 2024 were up 2 percent over the 185 filings recorded in December 2023.
ABI has partnered with Epiq AACER to provide the most current bankruptcy filing data for analysts, researchers, and members of the news media. Epiq AACER is the leading provider of data, technology, and services for companies operating in the business of bankruptcy. Its Bankruptcy Analytics subscription service provides on-demand access to the industry’s most dynamic bankruptcy data, updated daily. Learn more at https://bankruptcy.epiqglobal.com/analytics.
About Epiq
Epiq, a global technology-enabled services leader to the legal industry and corporations, takes on large-scale, increasingly complex tasks for corporate counsel, law firms, and business professionals with efficiency, clarity, and confidence. Clients rely on Epiq to streamline the administration of business operations, class action, and mass tort, court reporting, eDiscovery, regulatory, compliance, restructuring, and bankruptcy matters. Epiq subject-matter experts and technologies create efficiency through expertise and deliver confidence to high-performing clients around the world. Learn more at www.epiqglobal.com.
About ABI
ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abi.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.
Press Contacts
Carrie Trent
Epiq, Director of Communications & Public Relations
Carrie.Trent@epiqglobal.com
John Hartgen
ABI, Public Affairs Officer
jhartgen@abi.org
Small business subchapter V elections within chapter 11 also experienced a substantial increase in calendar year 2024, as the 2,381 filings represented a 32 percent increase from the 1,808 recorded in 2023. Note that the pace of subchapter V and consumer chapter 13 filing increases slowed after enhanced debt limits for both filing categories expired on June 21, 2024.
Total bankruptcy filings in calendar year 2024 were 508,758, a 14 percent increase from the 445,286 registered during calendar year 2023. While representing a substantial year-over-year increase, total bankruptcy filings remain lower than the pre-pandemic total of 757,816 recorded in CY2019.
“As anticipated, we saw a steady increase in bankruptcy filings throughout 2024 and expect that growth trend to continue throughout 2025,” said Michael Hunter, Vice President of Epiq AACER. “If the current trend continues, new bankruptcy filings will return to pre-pandemic normalized volumes over the next 24-30 months. Modest rises in household debt and elevated delinquency rates reveal the stress households are experiencing and are reflected in the steady increased bankruptcy filing trends.”
Overall consumer filing totals for calendar year 2024 were 478,749, representing a 14 percent increase from the 419,555 consumer filings the previous year. Consumer chapter 7 filings increased 19 percent to 288,968 in CY 2024 from the previous year’s total of 242,919. The 188,934 consumer chapter 13 bankruptcy filings during calendar year 2024 registered a 7 percent increase over 2023’s total of 175,977.
"The continued increase in bankruptcies over the past year reflects the growing list of economic challenges faced by consumers and businesses," said ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss. "Rising interest rates, inflation, increasing geopolitical tensions and shifts in post-pandemic consumer spending have more struggling businesses and families turning to bankruptcy for a financial fresh start from their growing debt loads."
Total bankruptcy filings were 38,121 in December 2024, an 11 percent increase from the December 2023 total of 34,486. The consumer bankruptcy filing total of 35,793 also represented an 11 percent increase from the 32,391 consumer filings in December 2023. Consumer chapter 7 filings were 21,918 in December 2024, up 17 percent from the 18,718 chapter 7 filings in December 2023, while consumer chapter 13s only increased 1 percent to 13,804 in December from 13,629 the previous year.
Overall commercial filings also increased 11 percent in December 2024, as the 2,328 filings were up from the 2,095 commercial filings registered in December 2023. The 553 commercial chapter 11 filings in December represented an 8 percent increase from the 510 chapter 11 filings in December 2023. Subchapter V elections within chapter 11 increased slightly, as the 188 filings in December 2024 were up 2 percent over the 185 filings recorded in December 2023.
ABI has partnered with Epiq AACER to provide the most current bankruptcy filing data for analysts, researchers, and members of the news media. Epiq AACER is the leading provider of data, technology, and services for companies operating in the business of bankruptcy. Its Bankruptcy Analytics subscription service provides on-demand access to the industry’s most dynamic bankruptcy data, updated daily. Learn more at https://bankruptcy.epiqglobal.com/analytics.
About Epiq
Epiq, a global technology-enabled services leader to the legal industry and corporations, takes on large-scale, increasingly complex tasks for corporate counsel, law firms, and business professionals with efficiency, clarity, and confidence. Clients rely on Epiq to streamline the administration of business operations, class action, and mass tort, court reporting, eDiscovery, regulatory, compliance, restructuring, and bankruptcy matters. Epiq subject-matter experts and technologies create efficiency through expertise and deliver confidence to high-performing clients around the world. Learn more at www.epiqglobal.com.
About ABI
ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abi.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.
Press Contacts
Carrie Trent
Epiq, Director of Communications & Public Relations
Carrie.Trent@epiqglobal.com
John Hartgen
ABI, Public Affairs Officer
jhartgen@abi.org