Stacked bar chart of number of U.S. bankruptcy filings between 2010 and 2023, comparing the number of filings that occurred between January and May versus the remainder of the year. The total number of bankruptcy filings has declined from 828 in 2010 to 375 in 2022. Generally, around 40% of filings occur in the first five months of the year, but the number of filings during that period in 2023 (286 filings) was the highest since 2010.