American Bankruptcy Institute (“ABI”) e-newsletter, of 8/5/25, reports that July 2025 Commercial Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filings Increased 78 Percent over Last Year (2024)
Commercial chapter 11 filings totaled 911 in July, an increase of 78 percent over the 512 filings in July 2024, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. The overall July commercial filing total of 2,997 represented a 26 percent increase from the July 2024 commercial filing total of 2,371. Small business filings, captured as subchapter V elections within chapter 11, increased 30 percent to 206 in July 2025 from 159 the previous year.