Personal and business bankruptcy filings fell 11.7 percent for the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, 2022. Filings continued a fall that coincided with the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
According to statistics released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the September 2022 annual bankruptcy filings totaled 383,810, compared with 434,540 cases in the previous year.
Business filings fell 18.7 percent, from 16,140 to 13,125 in the year ending Sept. 30, 2022. Non-business bankruptcy filings fell 11.4 percent to 370,685, compared with 418,400 in the previous year.
Filings for Chapter 13 increased 26.6 percent, from 117,784 to 149,077 in the year ending Sept. 30, 2022. This chapter of the Bankruptcy Code provides for adjustment of debts of an individual with regular income.
The following bankruptcy filings statistics tables are available:
Business and non-business bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, 2022 (Table F-2, 12-Month);
Bankruptcy data for the twelve-month periods ending in September 2021 and September 2022 (Table F);
Filings by quarter, (Table F-2, 3 Month); and filings by month (Table F-2, July, August, and September);
Bankruptcy filings by county (Table F-5A).
Business and Non-Business Filings,Years EndingSeptember 30, 2018-2022
Year
Business
Non-Business
Total
2022
13,125
370,685
383,810
2021
16,140
418,400
434,540
2020
22,391
590,170
612,561
2019
22,910
753,764
776,674
2018
22,103
751,272
773,375
Total Bankruptcy Filings By Chapter,Years EndingSeptember 30, 2018-2022
Year
Chapter
7
11
12
13
2022
229,703
4,762
182
149,077
2021
310,597
5,622
344
117,784
2020
409,164
8,188
581
194,384
2019
478,838
7,320
583
289,802
2018
477,248
7,014
468
288,550
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