Total commercial chapter 11 filings during the first six months of the year (Jan. 1-June 30) increased 5 percent to 2,854 from the 2,716 total filings during the same period in 2018. Total commercial filings also increased slightly to 19,531 during the first six months of 2019, a 2 percent increase from the 19,210 total commercial filings during the same period a year ago. Total bankruptcies were nearly unchanged with a 0.04 percent increase, as the 388,463 filings during the first half of 2019 were slightly more than the 388,324 filings during the first six months of 2018. The 368,932 total consumer filings for the first half of 2018 represented a 0.05 percent drop from the consumer filing total of 369,114 for the first half of 2018.
