---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001332349-26-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKD"
cik: "0001332349"
company_name: "Brookdale Senior Living Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-08T20:19:01+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:28:03.332976+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brookdale September 2026 consolidated occupancy 83.4%; Q3 weighted average up 130 bps YoY to 83.1%

## Summary
- September consolidated weighted average occupancy 83.4% vs 82.5% in September 2025; month-end occupancy 84.6% vs 83.8% a year earlier.
- Same community September weighted average occupancy 83.8% and month-end 84.9%, versus 83.5% and 84.8% respectively in September 2025.
- Third quarter 2026 consolidated weighted average occupancy grew 130 basis points year-over-year to 83.1%.
- Sequential consolidated and same community weighted average occupancy each rose 70 basis points, outperforming NIC stabilized senior housing market results.
- Consolidated month-end occupancy rose from 83.3% in January 2026 to 84.6% in September 2026, with weighted average up from 82.3% to 83.4%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001332349-26-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKD
- cik: 0001332349
- company_name: Brookdale Senior Living Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-08T20:19:01+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234926000068/0001332349-26-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1332349/000133234926000068/bkd-20261008.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001332349-26-000068
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001332349-26-000068.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001332349-26-000068.txt

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