Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
Northern District of California
Federal bankruptcy filing counts for the Northern District of California, covering Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13, from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 11,384
- Total filings FY2024
- 7,874
- Chapter 7
- 3,156
- Chapter 13
- 868
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
The Northern District of California recorded 11,384 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, 69% of them Chapter 7 liquidations - up 11.9% from FY2023.
- 69%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 28%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
- 7.6%
- business filings
- +11.9%
- vs FY2023
Counted by federal fiscal year (Oct–Sep); every case here is filed in federal, not state, court. Not legal advice.
Business-heavy case split, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 11,384 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Heavy-volume filing history (#11 of 90)
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 11,384 | 7,874 | 347 | 7 | 3,156 |
| FY2023 | 10,172 | 7,246 | 281 | 8 | 2,637 |
| FY2022 | 9,094 | 6,933 | 196 | 9 | 1,956 |
| FY2021 | 9,701 | 7,673 | 199 | 10 | 1,819 |
| FY2020 | 12,770 | 10,016 | 296 | 7 | 2,451 |
| FY2019 | 18,177 | 12,934 | 300 | 6 | 4,937 |
| FY2018 | 18,291 | 13,074 | 293 | 6 | 4,918 |
| FY2017 | 18,007 | 13,251 | 306 | 6 | 4,444 |
| FY2016 | 18,635 | 14,129 | 307 | 8 | 4,191 |
| FY2015 | 19,809 | 15,056 | 319 | 7 | 4,427 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
69%
Chapter 7 share
10,516
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 7,874 (69%)
- Chapter 13 3,156 (28%)
- Chapter 11 347 (3%)
- Chapter 12 7 (0%)
Chapter breakdown of the 11,384 FY2024 filings in the Northern District of California.
Year-over-year, the Northern District of California saw filings climb 11.9% between FY2023 and FY2024.
Heavy-third district caseload
Northern District of California in the heavy-volume third
11,384 FY2024 filings put Northern District of California in the heaviest third of federal districts (#11 of 90).
The Northern District of California's decade trend, FY2015-FY2024: filings fell 42.5%, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5%.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the FY2024 bankruptcy filing count for the Northern District of California?
In FY2024, 11,384 bankruptcy cases were filed in the Northern District of California, ranking it 11 out of 90 federal judicial districts by volume.
What is the difference between business and non-business bankruptcy filings?
In FY2024, 868 of the Northern District of California's filings were business cases, versus 10,516 non-business (consumer) filings.
Nationwide peers of a heavy-volume district
Two AOUSC peer sets for this heavy-volume Northern District of California book in FY2024, both outside California (same-state courts stay in Other districts below). 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 (11,384 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.