Business Bankruptcy

Description:
An overview of whether the business has ever filed for bankruptcy, and if it has, the details of the filing (chapter_type, filing date and case number).

Child attributes (and data file structure):

Column Name	Data Type	Description	Example
`bankruptcy_flag`	string	Boolean indicator of whether the business or business location has any associated bankruptcy filings.	Yes
`bankruptcy_records`	object	Object containing the chapter_type, filing date and case number of any bankruptcy filings associated with the business.	`chapter_type`: "11", `filing_date`: "2020-03-15", `case_number`: "2:13-bk-39635"

Instructions to access this attribute

The business bankruptcy attribute must first be added to your account to access. If you are interested in using this attribute, please contact our sales team to have it added to your account.

Once the attribute has been added to your account, you can retrieve it by using the attrs parameter. Enter the desired set of attributes using this parameter. More than one attribute can be passed by using a comma (,) separated list. By default a number of basic attributes will be returned.

Request Example using ID endpoint:

GET /businesses/B00233ee1f5e?attrs=business_bankruptcy
...

Request Example using KYB endpoint:

POST /v1/kyb/?package=kyb&top_n=1&attrs=business_bankruptcy
...

Response Example:

"business_bankruptcy": {
                "bankruptcy_flag": true,
        "bankruptcy_records": [
        {
                        "chapter_type": "11",
                "filing_date": "2020-03-15"
                "case_number": "2:13-bk-39635"
        },
        {
                        "chapter_type": "7",
                "filing_date": "2020-04-19",
                "case_number": "2:14-bk-17090"
        }
   ]
}

Coverage:

Business: 100%
Business Locations: 100%

Time structure:

Event stream. Each bankruptcy is an event.

Data sources:

Enigma covers chapter 7 and chapter 11 bankruptcy records.
- Enigma has bankruptcy filings going back to the 1980s
These bankruptcy records are sourced from Public Access to Court Electronic Records

Methodology:

Enigma has 100% fill rate on business bankruptcy, with the flag marked as ‘true’ if there are any business bankruptcy records associated with the business or location, or ‘false’ if there are no bankruptcy records associated with the business or location.
- When the flag is ‘true’, the information about each business bankruptcy record is contained in the attribute.