Monthly Bankruptcy Filings
Monthly debtor bankruptcy filings during the most recent 24 complete months.
Three-Month Rolling Average
A three-month rolling average reduces short-term monthly fluctuations and makes the underlying bankruptcy filing trend easier to see.
A Filing Count Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
These charts reveal changes in bankruptcy activity, but the numbers alone cannot explain what is driving those changes.
One Company Can Move the Numbers
A large business or retail chain with multiple locations may account for a meaningful portion of filings in a given period. A higher count does not necessarily mean that the same number of unrelated businesses have failed.
Industry and Geography Matter
Financial stress is rarely distributed evenly. One industry, market, or geographic area may experience significantly more bankruptcy activity while conditions elsewhere remain relatively stable.
Look Beyond a Single Month
Economic conditions, filing patterns, business structure, and individual cases can create short-term movement. The three-month rolling average helps reduce some of that volatility and makes the broader direction easier to see.
Live Bankruptcy Data
NACM South Atlantic updates this data weekly using bankruptcy filings collected from approximately 90 federal courts throughthe PACER system.
