Computer System Design Services NAICS 541512

Jul 1, 2025 - Commercial Bankruptcies Increase

• Total US commercial bankruptcy filings increased 1% year over year and 8% month over month in May 2025, according to Epiq AACER, a provider of US bankruptcy filing data. Computer system design services may be impacted by changing investment in technology due to bankruptcy filings. Commercial chapter 11 filings increased decreased 4% year over year but increased 62% month over month in May. “The sharp uptick in overall commercial chapter 11 filings in May 2025 underscores the ongoing economic pressures businesses face, from elevated borrower costs, potential tariff impacts and geopolitical uncertainty,” said Michael Hunter, vice president of Epiq AACER.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) is struggling with capacity constraints in its data centers, restricting the cloud division's growth as AI demand surges, CEO Andy Jassy said. Rival Microsoft has also said that its cloud sales growth was hurt because it didn’t have enough data centers to handle demand for its AI products. AWS CEO Jassy said that limited AI chip supply and power capacity are affecting the ability of Amazon Web Services to bring new data centers online.

• A total of 677 major health data breaches affecting more than 182.4 million people occurred in 2024 as of December 20, 2024, according to The US Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights' HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool. Computer facilities management services may be affected if the record number of breaches increases calls for greater computer system security. Business associates were involved in 212, or about a third of the major breaches reported, but those vendor incidents affected more than 131 million individuals - or about 75% of people affected by major health data breaches this year.
• Computer system design service industry employment decreased slightly and average wages for nonsupervisory employees increased slightly during the first four months of 2025, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Revenue for computer system design services increased 5.1% year over year and 2.3% quarter over quarter in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the US Census Bureau. Computer system design service industry sales are forecast to grow at a 2.12% compounded annual rate from 2025 to 2029, slower than the growth of the overall economy, according to Inforum and the Interindustry Economic Research Fund, Inc.