Nikola Corporation
Automotive
High confidence (90%)
Updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:04 AM
What is happening
Derived by rule set status-rules-2026.09.7
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
Latest material event: Nikola Corporation had its first day hearing (Feb 20, 2025)
Bankruptcy information
Court records associated with this company's legal entities.
- Court
- D. Delaware
- District
- Delaware
- Chapter
- Other
- Case status
- UNKNOWN
- Filed
- Feb 19, 2025
- Judge
- Thomas M Horan
- Trustee
- —
- Reported assets
- —
- Reported liabilities
- —
Affiliated debtors
9 affiliated entities filed with Nikola Corporation and are administered under the same case. Each filed its own petition.
- 4141 E Broadway Road LLC25-10266
- Free Form Factory Inc.25-10264
- Nikola Desert Logistics LLC25-10267
- Nikola Energy Company LLC25-10262
- Nikola H2 2081 W Placentia Lane LLC25-10265
- Nikola Motor Company LLC25-10261
- Nikola Powersports LLC25-10263
- Nikola Properties, LLC25-10259
- Nikola Subsidiary Corporation25-10260
Timeline
Every material event, newest first. History is never overwritten.
Nikola Corporation had its first day hearing
Feb 20, 2025
First day hearing
Nikola Corporation: First Day Hearing. Published by Epiq, the claims and noticing agent appointed in the case.
- Epiq — claims agent case · case 25-10258 — “Nikola Corporation — case 25-10258 — Delaware — before Thomas M Horan — filed Feb 19 2025 — 10 affiliated debtors”
Nikola Corporation filed for bankruptcy
Feb 19, 2025
Bankruptcy filed
Nikola Corporation filed for bankruptcy in D. Delaware as case 25-10258 on Feb 19 2025.
- Epiq — claims agent case · case 25-10258 — “Nikola Corporation — case 25-10258 — Delaware — before Thomas M Horan — filed Feb 19 2025 — 10 affiliated debtors”
Company information
- Founded
- —
- Employees (estimate)
- —
- Industry
- Automotive
- Subindustry
- —
- Website
- nikolamotor.comSource verification pending
- —
- Headquarters
- —
- Also known as
- —
- Legal entities
- Nikola Corporation
Sources
Every material source used to build this profile.
Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration (TIER 1 · UNVERIFIED)
Nikola Corporation — case 25-10258 — Delaware — before Thomas M Horan — filed Feb 19 2025 — 10 affiliated debtors
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Status history
Every derived status, with the rule that produced it.
- BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 18, 2026, 01:30 AM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
- BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 18, 2026, 01:15 AM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
- BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 15, 2026, 12:35 PM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
- BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 14, 2026, 04:47 PM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
- UNKNOWN → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 9, 2026, 09:34 PM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.