Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
Southern District of California
Bankruptcy filings for the Southern District of California - every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 petition recorded in the district, from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 7,588
- Total filings FY2024
- 5,249
- Chapter 7
- 2,103
- Chapter 13
- 578
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
The Southern District of California recorded 7,588 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
Filed in federal, not state, court; counted by fiscal year (Oct–Sep). Not legal advice.
Business-heavy case split, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 7,588 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Filing history, FY series
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 7,588 | 5,249 | 232 | 4 | 2,103 |
| FY2023 | 6,780 | 4,830 | 187 | 6 | 1,757 |
| FY2022 | 6,062 | 4,622 | 131 | 5 | 1,304 |
| FY2021 | 6,468 | 5,115 | 133 | 7 | 1,213 |
| FY2020 | 8,514 | 6,677 | 197 | 5 | 1,635 |
| FY2019 | 12,117 | 8,623 | 199 | 4 | 3,291 |
| FY2018 | 12,196 | 8,717 | 196 | 4 | 3,279 |
| FY2017 | 12,006 | 8,834 | 204 | 5 | 2,963 |
| FY2016 | 12,424 | 9,420 | 205 | 5 | 2,794 |
| FY2015 | 13,205 | 10,037 | 212 | 5 | 2,951 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
69%
Chapter 7 share
7,010
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 5,249 (69%)
- Chapter 13 2,103 (28%)
- Chapter 11 232 (3%)
- Chapter 12 4 (0%)
How the 7,588 FY2024 filings split across the four bankruptcy chapters.
Southern District of California filings rose 11.9% year-over-year, from FY2023 to FY2024.
Chapter 7-heavy district mix
Southern District of California's Chapter 7-heavy mix
Chapter 13 share ranks #77 of 90 (lower-third repayment share); Chapter 7 liquidations are 69% of FY2024 filings.
Over FY2015–FY2024, filings in the Southern District of California fell 42.5%, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5% over the same span.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many bankruptcy cases were filed in the Southern District of California in FY2024?
Southern District of California recorded 7,588 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, placing it 31th among the nation's 90 federal districts.
What share of filings in this district are business cases?
Of the Southern District of California's FY2024 filings, 578 were business cases and 7,010 were non-business (consumer) cases.
Nationwide districts with similar filing profiles
Two AOUSC peer sets for the Southern District of California in FY2024, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not state containment (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 (7,588 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.