Bankruptcy Statistics

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June 2024 Year-Over-Year Highlights
  • Bankruptcy filings including all chapters totaled 40,267, a 7% increase from the June 2023 total of 37,790.
  • Commercial chapter 11 filings increased 70 percent to 987 in June 2024 from the 582 filings recorded in June 2023.
  • Commercial filings were 2,753, a 28 percent increase in June 2024 compared to the 2,154 filed in June 2023.
  • Subchapter V small business elections increased 78 percent to 309 in June 2024 from the 174 filings last June.
  • Individual filings increased 5% to 37,514 in June 2024 from the 35,636 filed in April 2023.
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Archive of monthly statistical sheets from Epiq. (March 2022-April 2012)

 

Weekly Bankruptcy Analysis

 
Bankruptcy Filings September 30-October 6, 2024
Type of Case Number Filed Percent Change From Same Week
  2024 2023 2022 2021 2019
(Pre-Pandemic)
Total 10,934 24.4% 25.8% 15.3% -35.6%
Chapter 7 6,481 33.5% 40.3% -1.1% -35.6%
Chapter 11 151 10.2% 0.7% 39.8% -13.7%
Chapter 13 4,297 13.2% 10.0% 53.2% -36.0%
Other Cases* 5 -16.7% -72.2% -76.2% -73.7%

*Ch. 9, 12,15

Weekly filing data compiled from PACER and is subject to slight revisions.

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State Filing Trends