District of Arizona

Name: District of Arizona Bankruptcy Filings FY2024
Creator: PlainBankruptcy
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Every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcy petition recorded in the District of Arizona, sourced from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.

Compiled by PlainBankruptcy

14,823
Total filings FY2024: 10,199
Chapter 7: 4,422
Chapter 13: 721
Business

Data updated August 2026

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The bottom line

The District of Arizona recorded 14,823 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, 69% of them Chapter 7 liquidations - up 11.9% from FY2023.

69%
Chapter 7 (liquidation): 30%
Chapter 13 (repayment): 4.9%
business filings: +11.9%
vs FY2023

Fiscal year runs Oct–Sep; all cases here are federal, not state, filings. Not legal advice.

Consumer vs business on a heavy-volume book, FY2024

AOUSC case-type split of the same 14,823 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.

Nonbusiness (consumer) 14,102 filings (95%) Business 721 filings (5%)

Heavy-volume filing history (#7 of 90)

Total bankruptcy filings in the District of Arizona by fiscal year. Source: AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.

Year	Total	Ch. 7	Ch. 11	Ch. 12	Ch. 13	Business
FY2024	14,823	10,199	190	12	4,422	721
FY2023	13,245	9,383	154	15	3,693	644
FY2022	11,842	8,979	108	15	2,740	576
FY2021	12,632	9,952	109	18	2,553	614
FY2020	16,629	13,009	163	13	3,444	810
FY2019	23,668	16,629	163	10	6,866	1,151
FY2018	23,817	16,808	160	10	6,839	1,158
FY2017	23,447	17,074	167	11	6,195	1,140
FY2016	24,265	18,233	168	13	5,851	1,181
FY2015	25,792	19,426	174	12	6,180	1,255

Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix

69%

Chapter 7 share

14,102

Consumer filings

Most common

Chapter 7 10,199 (69%)
Chapter 13 4,422 (30%)
Chapter 11 190 (1%)
Chapter 12 12 (0%)

How the 14,823 FY2024 filings split across the four bankruptcy chapters.

Filings increased 11.9% from FY2023 to FY2024 in the District of Arizona.

Heavy-third district caseload

District of Arizona in the heavy-volume third

14,823 FY2024 filings put District of Arizona in the heaviest third of federal districts (#7 of 90).

Looking back to FY2015, the District of Arizona has lost 42.5% in filing volume through FY2024, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5%.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many bankruptcy cases were filed in the District of Arizona in FY2024?

In FY2024, 14,823 bankruptcy cases were filed in the District of Arizona, ranking it 7 out of 90 federal judicial districts by volume.

What is the difference between business and non-business bankruptcy filings?

The District of Arizona had 721 business filings and 14,102 non-business (consumer) filings in FY2024.

Nationwide peers of a heavy-volume district

Two AOUSC peer sets for this heavy-volume District of Arizona book in FY2024, both outside Arizona . Volume peers are nearest other-state districts by total filings; Chapter 13 peers are nearest by Ch.13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.

Similar filing volume

Nearest other-state districts by FY2024 total filings (14,823 here).

Northern Illinois 14,852 Southern Texas 14,980 Southern Florida 14,142 Eastern California 13,915

Similar Chapter 13 share

Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.

New Mexico 30% Ch.13 Connecticut 30% Ch.13 South Dakota 29% Ch.13 North Dakota 32% Ch.13

Data sourced from Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Judicial Caseload Statistics. See our methodology for details. District of Arizona FY2024 profile (#7 of 90 volume · #70 of 90 Ch.13 share · heavy-third district caseload) retrieved and formatted by PlainBankruptcy.