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Bankruptcy and Default 8-Ks by Sector
Form 8-K filings reporting a bankruptcy or a debt acceleration, by the filer's SIC division, 12-month totals
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Original Form 8-K filings by every SEC registrant, counted by filing date; amendments are not counted and a filing made jointly by a parent and its subsidiaries counts once. Private companies do not file 8-Ks. Sector is the SIC division of the filer's industry code as EDGAR holds it today.
Where corporate distress is concentrated. Energy busts show up in mining, oil and gas; the 2008-09 crisis in finance and real estate; the pandemic in retail.
What this chart reads·6 series
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- Bankruptcy and Debt Acceleration 8-Ks, Trailing 12 Months (Mining, oil and gas)as “Mining, oil and gas”latest 2026-09-01
- Bankruptcy and Debt Acceleration 8-Ks, Trailing 12 Months (Manufacturing)as “Manufacturing”latest 2026-09-01
- Bankruptcy and Debt Acceleration 8-Ks, Trailing 12 Months (Services)as “Services”latest 2026-09-01
- Bankruptcy and Debt Acceleration 8-Ks, Trailing 12 Months (Finance, insurance and real estate)as “Finance and real estate”latest 2026-09-01
- Bankruptcy and Debt Acceleration 8-Ks, Trailing 12 Months (Transportation, communications and utilities)as “Transport, telecom, utilities”latest 2026-09-01
- Bankruptcy and Debt Acceleration 8-Ks, Trailing 12 Months (Retail trade)as “Retail”latest 2026-09-01
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Bankruptcy and Debt Acceleration 8-Ks, Trailing 12 Months (Mining, oil and gas). Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR: the item codes each company lists on its Form 8-K (EDGAR submissions data, https://www.sec.gov/edgar/sec-api-documentation), counted by Palanor. SEC: "Information presented on sec.gov is considered public information and may be copied or further distributed by users of the web site without the SEC's permission."
Bankruptcy and Debt Acceleration 8-Ks, Trailing 12 Months (Manufacturing). Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR: the item codes each company lists on its Form 8-K (EDGAR submissions data, https://www.sec.gov/edgar/sec-api-documentation), counted by Palanor. SEC: "Information presented on sec.gov is considered public information and may be copied or further distributed by users of the web site without the SEC's permission."
Bankruptcy and Debt Acceleration 8-Ks, Trailing 12 Months (Services). Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR: the item codes each company lists on its Form 8-K (EDGAR submissions data, https://www.sec.gov/edgar/sec-api-documentation), counted by Palanor. SEC: "Information presented on sec.gov is considered public information and may be copied or further distributed by users of the web site without the SEC's permission."
Bankruptcy and Debt Acceleration 8-Ks, Trailing 12 Months (Finance, insurance and real estate). Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR: the item codes each company lists on its Form 8-K (EDGAR submissions data, https://www.sec.gov/edgar/sec-api-documentation), counted by Palanor. SEC: "Information presented on sec.gov is considered public information and may be copied or further distributed by users of the web site without the SEC's permission."
Bankruptcy and Debt Acceleration 8-Ks, Trailing 12 Months (Transportation, communications and utilities). Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR: the item codes each company lists on its Form 8-K (EDGAR submissions data, https://www.sec.gov/edgar/sec-api-documentation), counted by Palanor. SEC: "Information presented on sec.gov is considered public information and may be copied or further distributed by users of the web site without the SEC's permission."
Bankruptcy and Debt Acceleration 8-Ks, Trailing 12 Months (Retail trade). Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR: the item codes each company lists on its Form 8-K (EDGAR submissions data, https://www.sec.gov/edgar/sec-api-documentation), counted by Palanor. SEC: "Information presented on sec.gov is considered public information and may be copied or further distributed by users of the web site without the SEC's permission."
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