Quarterly Non-business Filings by Chapter (1994-2011)

Quarterly Non-business Filings by Chapter (1994-2011)

American Bankruptcy Institute | Quarterly Non-business Filings by Chapter (1994-2011)

Quarterly Non-business Filings by Chapter (1994-2011)


Year Quarter Total Filings Chapter 7 Chapter 11 Chapter 13 Percentage of
Chapter 7 Filings
1994 1st Quarter 192,707 134,275 599 57,833 69.68%
2nd Quarter 202,596 141,628 673 60,295 69.91%
3rd Quarter 195,308 132,706 589 62,013 67.95%
4th Quarter 189,844 128,942 404 60,498 67.92%
Total 780,455 537,551 2,265 240,639 68.88%
1995 1st Quarter 199,503 135,995 377 63,131 68.17%
2nd Quarter 222,086 154,538 379 67,169 69.58%
3rd Quarter 220,945 149,957 305 70,683 67.87%
4th Quarter 231,603 156,397 306 74,900 67.53%
Total 874,642 597,048 1,369 276,225 68.26%
1996 1st Quarter 252,761 175,037 297 77,427 69.25%
2nd Quarter 283,170 200,744 310 82,115 70.89%
3rd Quarter 290,111 198,540 279 91,292 68.44%
4th Quarter 298,244 204,807 284 93,153 68.67%
Total 1,124,286 779,128 1,170 343,987 69.30%
1997 1st Quarter 321,242 226,574 263 94,405 70.05%
2nd Quarter 353,177 255,696 278 97,203 72.40%
3rd Quarter 340,059 238,777 303 100,979 70.21%
4th Quarter 335,032 235,560 227 99,245 70.31%
1998 1st Quarter 341,708 244,898 230 96,580 71.66%
2nd Quarter 361,908 265,031 223 96,654 73.23%
3rd Quarter 350,859 251,099 201 99,559 71.57%
4th Quarter 343,220 246,443 207 96,570 71.80%
1999 1st Quarter 321,604 228,285 155 93,164 70.98%
2nd Quarter 335,578 242,366 170 93,042 72.22%
3rd Quarter 314,564 223,533 2,283 97,530 69.09%
4th Quarter 309,614 215,535 175 93,904 69.61%
2000 1st Quarter 302,879 210,140 168 92,571 69.38%
2nd Quarter 312,486 219,937 181 92,368 70.38%
3rd Quarter 300,507 204,049 175 96,283 67.90%
4th Quarter 301,756 204,450 162 97,144 67.75%
2001 1st Quarter 356,836 254,895 191 101,750 71.06%
2nd Quarter 390,064 287,040 218 102,804 73.23%
3rd Quarter 349,981 244,713 168 105,000 69.92%
4th Quarter 354,908 244,590 212 110,106 68.92%
2002 1st Quarter 369,237 259,447 261 109,527 70.26%
2nd Quarter 390,991 280,891 254 109,843 71.84%
3rd Quarter 391,873 275,594 245 116,033 70.33%
4th Quarter 385,629 270,527 224 114874 70.15%
2003 1st Quarter 404,154 285,154 242 118,029 70.74%
2nd Quarter 430,926 312,221 251 118,452 72.45%
3rd Quarter 404,543 287,187 235 117,119 70.99%
4th Quarter 385,054 270,519 226 114,308 70.26%
2004 1st Quarter 397,006 285,787 280 110,939 71.99%
2nd Quarter 412,861 302,803 214 109,843 73.34%
3rd Quarter 388,864 274,196 213 114,454 70.51%
4th Quarter 363,890 254,518 253 109,116 69.94%
2005 1st Quarter 393,086 289,239 201 103,646 73.58%
2nd Quarter 458,597 356,389 190 102,017 77.71%
3rd Quarter 532,526 422,467 225 109,833 79.33%
4th Quarter 654,633 560,654 263 93,714 85.64%
Total 2,039,214 1,631,011 877 407,322 79.98%
2006 1st Quarter 112,685 63,250 121 49,314 56.13%
2nd Quarter 150,975 91,674 131 59,170 60.72%
3rd Quarter 165,862  96,442  140  69,280  58.15%
4th Quarter 172,013  98,824  134  73,052  57.45%
Total 597,965 349,012  520  248,430  58.37%
2007 1st Quarter 187,361 113,659 123 73,579 60.66%
2nd Quarter 203,744 127,180 144 76,420 62.42%
3rd Quarter 211,742 127,192 173 84,376 61.06%
4th Quarter 218,428 132,192 181 86,055 60.52%
Total 822,590 500,613 617 321,359 60.86%
2008 1st Quarter 236,982 152,543 200 84,239 64.37%
2nd Quarter 266,767 180,353 230 86,184 67.61%
3rd Quarter 280,787 187,227 227 93,333 66.68%
4th Quarter 288,416 193,246 234 94,935 67.00%
Total 1,074,225 714,389 888 358,947 66.50%
2009 1st Quarter 316,158 223,760 248 92,150 70.77%
2nd Quarter 365,059 265,368 383 99,308 71.80%
3rd Quarter 373,308 265,721 445 107,142 71.18%
4th Quarter 357,183 253,153 437 103,593 70.87%
Total 1,412,838 1,008,870 1,506 402,462 71.41%
2010 1st Quarter 373,551 272,048 440 101,051 72.83%
2nd Quarter 407,609 299,369 511 107,727 73.45%
3rd Quarter 398,423 280,006 524 117,893 70.28%
4th Quarter 357,050 248,526 466 108,057 69.61%
Total 1,536,799 1,100,116 1,939 434,739 71.58%
2011 1st Quarter 353,082 252,338 458 101,006 71.3%
2nd Quarter 367,486 265,759 441 101,286 72.32%
3rd Quarter 336,930 233,577 451 102,900 69.33%
4th Quarter 302,626 205,380 410 96,836 67.87%
Total 1,362,847 958,634 1,757 402,454 70.34%