---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001332349-26-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKD"
cik: "0001332349"
company_name: "Brookdale Senior Living Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:52:41.385948+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brookdale Q1 2026 weighted avg occupancy 82.1%, up 280 bps YoY

## Summary
- Consolidated Q1 weighted average occupancy of 82.1% improved 280 bps year-over-year; sequential decline of 40 bps from Q4 2025.
- March 2026 weighted average occupancy of 82.0% increased 250 bps YoY; month-end occupancy rose to 83.3%.
- Same community Q1 weighted average occupancy of 82.5% grew 130 bps YoY; March same-community month-end at 83.9%.
- Company notes typical seasonal weakness in Q1; strongest growth period is May through September.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001332349-26-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKD
- cik: 0001332349
- company_name: Brookdale Senior Living Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234926000040/0001332349-26-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234926000040/bkd-20260408.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001332349-26-000040
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001332349-26-000040.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001332349-26-000040.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Brookdale Senior Living Inc. reported preliminary financial results for quarter ended March 31, 2026.
  - Period: quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: On April 8, 2026, Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its occupancy for March 2026 and certain other information regarding the quarter ended March 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234926000040/0001332349-26-000040-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.