March Total Bankruptcy Filings Increase 34 Percent from Previous Month
NEW YORK, April 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The total 36,049 bankruptcy filings for March represented a 33.5 percent increase over the 26,993 filings during the previous month of February, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.
- NEW YORK, April 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The total 36,049 bankruptcy filings for March represented a 33.5 percent increase over the 26,993 filings during the previous month of February, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.
- Similarly, the 34,244 total noncommercial filings for March represented a 34 percent increase from the February 2022 noncommercial filing total of 25,565.
- The 1,805 total commercial filings in March represented a 26.4 percent increase from the 1,428 total commercial filings during the previous month.
- March is typically the month with the largest number of new bankruptcy filings on an annual basis, says Chris Kruse, senior vice president at Epiq.