Factoid - Tuesday, December 9, 2025
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts reported that 557,376 individuals and businesses filed for bankruptcy protection over the trailing 12-month period ended September 2025, an increase of 10.6% from 504,112 over the same period last year, according to its own release. A total of 24,039 businesses and 533,337 individuals filed for bankruptcy protection over the period, up from 22,762 and 481,350, respectively, over the same period last year. For comparison, bankruptcy filings reached an all-time high of nearly 1.6 million in September 2010.
Posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 @ 10:47 AM

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