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In 2025, U.S. bankruptcy filings across both corporate and personal sectors reached their highest levels since 2010
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Corporate Bankruptcy Trends 
Corporate filings surged in 2025, driven by persistent high interest rates, inflation, and disruptions from new trade policies. 

    15-Year High: Large corporate bankruptcies (tracked by S&P Global) totaled 717 through November 2025, a 14% increase compared to 2024 and the highest since the Great Recession era.
    "Mega" Bankruptcies: Filings by companies with over $1 billion in assets rose sharply, with 17 such cases in the first half of 2025 alone—the most in any half-year period since 2020.
    Hardest-Hit Sectors: The industrials (manufacturing, construction) and consumer discretionary (retail, fashion) sectors saw the most activity.
    Small Businesses: Small business filings under Subchapter V increased by roughly 10% year-to-date. 

Notable 2025 Corporate Filings 
Multiple high-profile brands sought bankruptcy protection or closed entirely during the year: 

    Retail: Spirit Airlines, Claire's, Rite Aid (second filing, ceased operations), Joann (second filing, closed all stores), and At Home.
    Dining/Consumer: Hooters, Forever 21, 23andMe, and WW International (WeightWatchers).
    Manufacturing: Nikola (electric trucks) and First Brands. 

Personal and Total Filings
Total annual bankruptcy filings for the year ending September 30, 2025, rose to 557,376, a 10.6% increase over the previous year. 

    Non-Business (Personal): Increased by 10.8% to 533,337 filings, largely due to "sticky" inflation and rising cost-of-living pressures.
    Chapter Breakdown: Personal Chapter 7 (liquidation) filings rose by 11% in late 2025, while Chapter 13 (repayment plans) rose by 5%. 

For detailed statistics and local data, you can consult the U.S. Courts Bankruptcy Filings Database. 
These analyses detail the significant increase in 2025 US bankruptcies, including corporate trends and personal filing data:

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/bankruptcy-data-15-year-high-charts-2025-11

 

https://www.aol.com/articles/bankruptcies-soared-15-high-2025-164334785.html

 

More reading:

https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/judiciary-news/2025/11/24/bankruptcy-filings-increase-10-6-percent

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-corporate-bankruptcies-set-hit-15-year-high-amid-credit-jitters-sp-data-shows-2025-11-13/

https://www.cornerstone.com/insights/press-releases/mega-bankruptcies-surge-in-first-half-of-2025/

Happy New Year.

Not surprising, wait another few months and check the stats. to see a increase.

When Powell runs his term out at the FED wait for the unknown appointment by the unnamed political person and the wishes of the unnamed fulfilled with the decrease of interest rates to see inflation and other monetary things just fly.

Though : https://fortune.com/2025/12/03/fed-independence-powell-replacement-bank-of-america-risk/ can break with tradition and stay on after May.

Indeed.

I've noticed a thread on grocery  prices.

IMO, looks like a lot of volatility in the future.

Again

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 AI Overview
Farm bankruptcy filings in the U.S. have
risen sharply in 2025, with the number of cases in the first three months of the year already exceeding the total number of filings for all of 2024. This surge indicates a return to the high financial pressures last seen before the pandemic, around 2018-2019. 
Key Statistics for 2025

    Total Filings: In the first three months of 2025 (Q1), there were 259 Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filings nationwide, the highest first-quarter figure since 2021.
    Comparison to 2024: This Q1 number alone surpassed the total number of 216 filings recorded in the entire 2024 calendar year.
    Year-over-Year Increase: The number of filings in the first half of 2025 (181 cases) represented a nearly 60% increase compared to the same period in 2024 (115 cases). 

Driving Factors
The rise in bankruptcies is attributed to a combination of economic factors: 

    Low Commodity Prices: Prices for agricultural commodities like corn and soybeans are back to 2018-2019 levels.
    High Input Costs: The costs for essential items like seed, fertilizer, and diesel have remained high and have not declined significantly.
    Trade Environment Concerns: Unpredictable tariffs and trade disputes have created uncertainty and led to a loss of export markets (e.g., China shifting soybean purchases to Brazil).
    Federal Reserve Actions: Higher interest rates have increased refinancing costs for farmers.
    Government Policy: Cuts to federal programs, frozen USDA funding, and labor shortages due to immigration crackdowns have compounded the pressure. 

These pressures have forced farmers to use up cash reserves and working capital, leading to increased loan repayment problems and a surge in bankruptcies across the sector, particularly affecting row crop and dairy farmers. 

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Further reading

https://www.fb.org/market-intel/farmers-urgently-need-economic-assistance

A new concern, land values declining.

https://thebusinessjournal.com/year-in-review-2025-farmland-values-soften-as-water-financing-pressures-persist/