Bankruptcy Statistics

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January 2024 Year-Over-Year Highlights
  • Bankruptcy filings including all chapters totaled 36,607, a 17% increase from the January 2023 total of 31,176.
  • Commercial chapter 11 filings increased 22 percent to 460 in January 2024 from the 378 filings recorded in January 2023.
  • Commercial filings were 2,092, a 21 percent increase in January 2024 compared to the 1,728 filed in January 2023.
  • Subchapter V small business elections increased 43 percent to 176 in January 2024 from the 123 filings last January.
  • Individual filings increased 17% to 34,515 in January 2024 from the 29,448 filed in January 2023.
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Total Bankruptcy Filings Increase 17 Percent Year-over-Year in January 2024
 
 
 
 
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Archive of monthly statistical sheets from Epiq. (March 2022-April 2012)

 

Weekly Bankruptcy Analysis

 
Bankruptcy Filings March 11-17, 2024
Type of Case Number Filed Percent Change From Same Week
  2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Total 9,845 10.3% 23.5% 10.1% -38.0%
Chapter 7 6,148 11.6% 23.5% -6.7% -42.3%
Chapter 11 119 5.3% 56.6% 25.3% -22.7%
Chapter 13 3,564 8.1% 22.4% 58.8% -29.5%
Other Cases* 14 100.0% 75.0% 55.6% -39.1%

*Ch. 9, 12,15

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

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State Filing Trends