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Understanding the Bankruptcies database
Who is this article for?Users who want to learn about the Bankruptcies database.
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1. General overview
- The Audit Analytics Bankruptcies database tracks bankruptcy declarations under Chapters 7, 11, and 15 by court and date for SEC filings since 2000.
- Per SEC requirements this includes all '33 and '34 Act filers.
2. Common uses
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- Determining which SEC registrants have declared bankruptcy in the last calendar year
- Filter bankruptcy declarations by court, industry, and location
- Access online, download into CSV, or purchase data feeds for building internal applications
The Bankruptcies database is available online, through WRDS, and as a data feed [Feed21] with the relevant subscription.
- Saved Search Alert: Yes
- Daily Summary Email: No
3. Collection methodology
- This data is sourced from Chapters 7, 11, and 15 bankruptcies mentioned in Item 1.03 in a public company’s 8-K disclosures.
- If a public company’s subsidiary is named in the bankruptcy filing (and the parent/filer is not), the name/s of the subsidiary or subsidiaries is also tracked
- Also monitoring the US Bankruptcy dockets located on PACER (US Court Electronic Records)
- “End Dates” are sourced from PACER
4. Searching
- The Bankruptcies search page offers the following filters:
| Name | Description | Data Dictionary Field(s) | Sort By? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search by Ticker or CIK Code | Filter results to a specific population. (Paste either Tickers or CIK Codes into box.) |
CIK Code Ticker |
Yes |
| Market Index | Filter for principal exchange | Market | No |
| Court | Name of court disclosed in bankruptcy notification | Court name | No |
| Bankruptcy type | Bankruptcy type, either Chapter 7, Chapter 11, or Chapter 15 | Bankruptcy type | No |
| Assets | Filter by range of year end total assets | Assets ($) | Yes |
| Revenues | Filter by a range of past year’s total revenue | Revenue ($) | Yes |
| Search Industries | Filter by companies’ industry(s) |
SIC Code NAICS Code |
No |
| Company Location | Filter by company location |
State Code State Name Region County City |
Yes |
| Disclosure Date | Filter by disclosure date that bankruptcy ended | Bankruptcy end date | No |
| Bankruptcy Date | Filter by range of when the bankruptcy notification was submitted to the SEC | Bankruptcy begin date | Yes |
5. Results
- View results at the bottom of the page.
- Access the following via the hyperlinks:
- Download Bankruptcies Data Dictionary
- Download CSV files of results
- CSV fields are defined in the Data Dictionary
- Overview of individual companies’ profiles