New Generation Research

What New Generation Research does

New Generation Research, operating under its BankruptcyData brand, is a 40-year-old private publisher and data company founded in 1986 by George Putnam III. It operates the industry's most extensive structured database of U.S. business bankruptcy information, covering all 94 U.S. Bankruptcy Courts with editorialized case data including plans of reorganization, disclosure statements, DIP financing terms, professional fee and retention data, 363 sales motions, key employee incentive plans, monthly operating reports, claim transfer activity, and securities pricing. The platform also offers pre-bankruptcy distress identification, allowing investors to surface potential filings before they occur and law firms to source new business leads.

The product surface consists of three offerings: (1) the BankruptcyData subscription platform (web app at app.bankruptcydata.com) with custom alerts and case querying, (2) custom bankruptcy research services delivering financial analysis, litigation support, and forecasting to leading practitioners, and (3) bulk data licensing distributing millions of records annually to banks, insurance companies, investment firms, and data aggregators. The technology stack centers on a structured data compilation layer backed by in-house editorial teams with over 100 years of collective bankruptcy domain experience, rather than on automated ML pipelines.

The business model combines recurring subscription revenue, professional services fees, and data monetization. The go-to-market is primarily sales-led into enterprise accounts — AmLaw 100 law firms, hedge funds, private equity firms, restructuring firms, lenders, and financial institutions — augmented by a self-service trial funnel on the homepage and content marketing through free educational resources (glossary, court directory, trustee directory). The company operates from a single headquarters in Manchester, Massachusetts, with no disclosed headcount, revenue, funding rounds, or institutional ownership.

Name

New Generation Research

Legal name

New Generation Research

Website

https://bankruptcydata.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Short description

New Generation Research, operating as BankruptcyData, publishes a subscription database of U.S. business bankruptcy filings covering all 94 federal bankruptcy courts, serving AmLaw 100 law firms, hedge funds, private equity, restructuring firms, lenders, and data aggregators since 1986.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bankruptcy Data and Restructuring Intelligence

NAICS

Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131), Credit Bureaus (56145), Activities Related to Credit Intermediation (5223)

SIC

Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies (7320), Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159)

akta.pro primary industry

Insolvency, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Administration (BPAHABAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency Law (BPAHAAAH), Distressed Debt & Special Situations (FSAAAHAI)

Keywords

• Bankruptcy data research
• Restructuring intelligence platform
• Distressed asset analytics
• Creditor claim tracking
• Corporate bankruptcy filings

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription Platform Access: Subscription-based access to the BankruptcyData platform allowing subscribers to query and export bankruptcy filing data, set alerts based on custom criteria, and access structured case information.
2. Custom Bankruptcy Research: Bespoke research services for leading bankruptcy practitioners including financial analysis, litigation support, and forecasting.
3. Data Licensing: Bulk licensing of bankruptcy data records to banks, insurance companies, investment firms, and data aggregators for use in in-house applications.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

New Generation Research operates the BankruptcyData platform, a subscription-based database and intelligence service covering all 94 U.S. Bankruptcy Courts. It provides structured case data (plans of reorganization, disclosure statements, DIP financing, professional fee and retention data, 363 sales, KEIPs, monthly operating reports, claim transfers, securities pricing, and committee information), daily priority case tracking, configurable alerts, and pre-bankruptcy distress identification for law firms, investors, lenders, restructuring advisors, and other bankruptcy professionals. Adjacent offerings include custom bankruptcy research and bulk data licensing to enterprise customers.

Product overview

New Generation Research operates BankruptcyData, a single unified platform providing comprehensive bankruptcy case information and intelligence. The company's portfolio consists of three main offerings: BankruptcyData (the core database platform), Custom Bankruptcy Research (specialized research services), and Data Licensing (bulk data distribution). The platform streams dockets from U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, provides a research platform for querying and exporting bankruptcy filing data, tracks priority cases daily, and supplies professional retention data. The company serves as the central hub of business bankruptcy information trusted since 1986.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BankruptcyData BankruptcyData is a subscription-based web platform (app.bankruptcydata.com) that provides comprehensive case tracking, document access, and analytics for bankruptcy and restructuring professionals across all 94 U.S. Bankruptcy Courts. It includes plans of reorganization, disclosure statements, DIP financing, professional fee and retention data, 363 sales motions, KEIPs, monthly operating reports, claim transfer activity, securities pricing, and committee information, with daily priority case tracking, configurable alerts, and pre-bankruptcy distress identification.
• Custom Bankruptcy Research Bespoke research services for leading bankruptcy practitioners and other clients, offering financial analysis, litigation support, forecasting, and expert commentary on bankruptcy matters.
• Data Licensing Bulk licensing of bankruptcy data records (millions of records annually) to banks, insurance companies, investment firms, business service data aggregators, and other organizations for integration into in-house applications and downstream business services.

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Debtwire (Acuris): Debtwire provides distressed debt news, intelligence, and data on bankruptcy and restructuring situations globally, directly overlapping with NGR's investor-focused customer use cases around identifying distressed opportunities and tracking existing positions.
• Xtract Research: Xtract Research provides distressed debt and bankruptcy analysis, covenant research, and case commentary to institutional investors and law firms, overlapping with NGR's investment-professional customer segment and editorial research offerings.
• Epiq (BankruptcyWatch): Epiq's BankruptcyWatch provides automated notification, docket monitoring, and case tracking across U.S. bankruptcy courts, competing head-to-head with BankruptcyData's core case-alerting and docket-tracking functionality for legal professionals.
• Reorg Research: Reorg is the most direct competitor to NGR's BankruptcyData, providing subscription-based distressed credit and bankruptcy news, data, and analysis to hedge funds, investment firms, and restructuring professionals. Both monetize a similar niche via subscription and serve overlapping buyer personas.

Broad incumbents

• S&P Global Market Intelligence (Capital IQ): S&P Global Market Intelligence provides broad credit, bankruptcy, and corporate financial data via Capital IQ Pro. It overlaps with NGR's data licensing and corporate bankruptcy tracking for institutional customers but is a much broader, non-specialized offering.
• Westlaw (Thomson Reuters): Westlaw is a leading legal research platform used by AmLaw 100 firms and overlaps with NGR in serving bankruptcy practitioners. It does not specialize in bankruptcy court case structuring or pre-filing distress identification, positioning it as an adjacent incumbent.
• LexisNexis (Legal & Professional): LexisNexis offers legal research, dockets, and news that includes bankruptcy coverage for the same AmLaw 100 buyer segment. It competes on legal research workflows but does not match NGR's specialist bankruptcy case structuring and pre-filing distress identification.
• Wolters Kluwer (Bankruptcy Law Daily / CCH): Wolters Kluwer publishes bankruptcy law content, treatises, and practice tools serving restructuring professionals. It overlaps in end-customer persona but does not offer NGR's specialized case-database and distress-identification capabilities.
• FactSet: FactSet is a major financial data platform serving investment professionals with corporate, credit, and bankruptcy-related data. It overlaps with NGR's investor customer segment for distressed monitoring but as a broad data provider rather than a bankruptcy specialist.
• Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg offers broad financial market data and news that includes bankruptcy and distressed-debt coverage as part of its much larger terminal ecosystem. It competes for the same hedge fund and PE budgets as NGR but does not specialize in U.S. bankruptcy court case structuring.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bankruptcydata

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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