“Mom-and-Pop Business Bankruptcies Hit a Record as Debts Pile Up”
December 10, 2025
“…More than 2,200 people and small firms filed bankruptcy this year under the so-called Subchapter V rules, which make it cheaper and faster to win relief from creditors, according to data provider Epiq Bankruptcy Analytics…
Year to date through November, Subchapter V cases increased more than 8% to 2,221, compared to the same period last year, Epiq data show. At the same time, Chapter 11 petitions are up about 1% to a little more than 6,000. Epiq collects information from the federal courts on the various types of bankruptcies filed every day in the US…”