States ›Florida › Northern District of Florida

Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC

Northern District of Florida

Bankruptcy filings for the Northern District of Florida - every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 petition recorded in the district, from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.

4,715
Total filings FY2024
3,033
Chapter 7
1,571
Chapter 13
341
Business

Data updated July 2026

The bottom line

The Northern District of Florida recorded 4,715 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, 64% of them Chapter 7 liquidations - up 11.9% from FY2023.

64%
Chapter 7 (liquidation)
33%
Chapter 13 (repayment)
7.2%
business filings
+11.9%
vs FY2023

Filed in federal, not state, court; counted by fiscal year (Oct–Sep). Not legal advice.

Filing History

3,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,000 FY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24 4,715
Total bankruptcy filings in the Northern District of Florida by fiscal year. Source: AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
Year Total Ch. 7 Ch. 11 Ch. 12 Ch. 13
FY2024 4,715 3,033 109 2 1,571
FY2023 4,212 2,803 88 3 1,318
FY2022 3,766 2,712 62 3 989
FY2021 4,018 3,024 64 3 927
FY2020 5,288 3,944 95 2 1,247
FY2019 7,528 4,977 94 2 2,455
FY2018 7,575 5,034 92 2 2,447
FY2017 7,456 5,133 96 2 2,225
FY2016 7,716 5,506 97 2 2,111
FY2015 8,202 5,869 101 2 2,230

Year-over-Year Trend & Chapter Mix

64%

Chapter 7 share

4,374

Consumer filings

  • Chapter 7 3,033 (64%)
  • Chapter 13 1,571 (33%)
  • Chapter 11 109 (2%)
  • Chapter 12 2 (0%)

Chapter breakdown of the 4,715 FY2024 filings in the Northern District of Florida.

From FY2023 to FY2024, the Northern District of Florida's filing volume went up 11.9%.

Northern District of Florida vs. the National Trend

The Northern District of Florida's decade trend, FY2015-FY2024: filings fell 42.5%, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5%.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many bankruptcy filings did the Northern District of Florida have in FY2024?

Northern District of Florida recorded 4,715 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, placing it 52th among the nation's 90 federal districts.

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

Of the Northern District of Florida's FY2024 filings, 341 were business cases and 4,374 were non-business (consumer) cases.

Data sourced from Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Judicial Caseload Statistics. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBankruptcy Editorial

Every figure on PlainBankruptcy is rendered directly from federal court source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal court source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.