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Finding U.S. Bankruptcy Filings for Listed Companies

Article Quant Q&A · Author: Mentosovitz
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The document addresses how to find records of U.S. exchange-listed companies that filed for bankruptcy, in the context of a bankruptcy-prediction project. It points to two possible data sources: SEC Form 8-K filings, with bankruptcy event data available through Sharadar, and Bloomberg’s BCY function, which can list U.S. bankruptcies and allow results to be exported and sorted.

The answers identify where a researcher might obtain event records; they do not provide the requested company list or explain how to build and validate one. The document also does not specify coverage dates, definitions of bankruptcy, completeness, costs, or how to link filings to historical security and financial data. Researchers would need to check those details before using either source in a prediction dataset.

Key ideas

  • SEC Form 8-K filings can be used to identify company bankruptcy events.
  • Sharadar provides bankruptcy event data and documentation about its event codes.
  • Bloomberg BCY can display U.S. bankruptcy records for export and sorting.
  • The document does not supply a company list or assess source coverage and completeness.

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EquitiesEvent-drivenUS markets
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# List of public US (NYSE, Nasdaq) companies that filed for bankruptcy in the last 10 years


# List of public US (NYSE, Nasdaq) companies that filed for bankruptcy in the last 10 years












I am working on a Data Science project on bankruptcy prediction. I am looking for a list of listed US companies that filed for bankruptcy in the last 10 years but I am really struggling to find any information at all. I have tried several services (including Eikon/Refinitiv) but to no avail.

Many thanks in advance,

Fred

## Answer by Brian from QuantRocket (score 1)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/58887

These data are reported on SEC Form 8-K and are available from Sharadar. The QuantRocket documentation shows how to use the data and the available event codes.

## Answer by swordfish81 (score 1)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/59321

Bloomberg's BCY lists all the U.S. bankruptcies with the filter to choose all and then you can export the data and sort it according to your requirements.

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