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Business Bankruptcy Filings

Business bankruptcy filings in U.S. federal courts, per quarter

6,965 in Q2 2026the highest in data back to 2021+2,734 since Q1 2021
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Forecast availableOffContinuationForesight™
Current·Data to Q2 2026

Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.

Business bankruptcy cases filed each quarter, from the U.S. Courts. Filings rise as credit tightens and fall when financing is easy.

What this chart reads

Sources

Business Bankruptcy Filings · Quarterly (US Courts F-2). Source: uscourts.gov, Bankruptcy Filings data tables, Table F-2 (three-month period). Public.

Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.

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