The 195 commercial chapter 11 filings in November 2021 represented a 70 percent decrease from the 654 in November 2020, according to data provided by Epiq. Commercial bankruptcy filings totaled 1,565 in November 2021, a 33 percent decrease from the 2,345 commercial filings in November 2020. The 29,325 total bankruptcies in November 2021 were down 15 percent from the 34,486 filings in November 2020. Consumer bankruptcies decreased 14 percent in November 2021, as the 27,760 filings dropped from the 32,141 consumer filings registered in November 2020.
