Bankruptcy Statistics

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September 2024 Year-Over-Year Highlights
  • Bankruptcy filings including all chapters totaled 42,532, a 14% increase from the September 2023 total of 37,360.
  • Commercial chapter 11 filings increased 26 percent to 734 in September 2024 from the 585 filings recorded in September 2023.
  • Commercial filings were 2,422, a 9 percent increase in September 2024 compared to the 2,225 filed in September 2023.
  • Subchapter V small business elections increased 9 percent to 167 in September 2024 from the 153 filings last September.
  • Individual filings increased 14% to 40,110 in September 2024 from the 35,135 filed in September 2023.
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 Total Bankruptcy Filings Increase 14 Percent In September Over the Same Period Last Year
 
 
 
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Archive of monthly statistical sheets from Epiq. (March 2022-April 2012)

 

Weekly Bankruptcy Analysis

 
Bankruptcy Filings October 14-20, 2024
Type of Case Number Filed Percent Change From Same Week
  2024 2023 2022 2021 2019
(Pre-Pandemic)
Total 9,682 6.3% 29.1% 29.5% -31.4%
Chapter 7 5,735 9.7% 34.9% 20.4% -34.6%
Chapter 11 147 -42.1% 119.4% -2.6% 70.9%
Chapter 13 3,794 4.7% 18.9% 48.6% -27.6%
Other Cases* 200.0% N/A  -25.0% -53.8%

*Ch. 9, 12,15

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

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State Filing Trends