Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
District of Massachusetts
Every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcy petition recorded in the District of Massachusetts, sourced from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 7,821
- Total filings FY2024
- 5,483
- Chapter 7
- 2,145
- Chapter 13
- 521
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
The District of Massachusetts recorded 7,821 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, 70% of them Chapter 7 liquidations - up 11.9% from FY2023.
- 70%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 27%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
- 6.7%
- business filings
- +11.9%
- vs FY2023
Fiscal year runs Oct–Sep; all cases here are federal, not state, filings. Not legal advice.
Business-heavy case split, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 7,821 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Heavy-volume filing history (#27 of 90)
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 7,821 | 5,483 | 191 | 2 | 2,145 |
| FY2023 | 6,988 | 5,040 | 154 | 2 | 1,792 |
| FY2022 | 6,248 | 4,812 | 108 | 3 | 1,325 |
| FY2021 | 6,665 | 5,321 | 109 | 3 | 1,232 |
| FY2020 | 8,774 | 6,949 | 162 | 2 | 1,661 |
| FY2019 | 12,488 | 8,977 | 165 | 2 | 3,344 |
| FY2018 | 12,566 | 9,072 | 161 | 2 | 3,331 |
| FY2017 | 12,371 | 9,192 | 168 | 2 | 3,009 |
| FY2016 | 12,803 | 9,796 | 168 | 2 | 2,837 |
| FY2015 | 13,609 | 10,436 | 175 | 2 | 2,996 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
70%
Chapter 7 share
7,300
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 5,483 (70%)
- Chapter 13 2,145 (27%)
- Chapter 11 191 (2%)
- Chapter 12 2 (0%)
How the 7,821 FY2024 filings split across the four bankruptcy chapters.
District of Massachusetts filings rose 11.9% year-over-year, from FY2023 to FY2024.
Heavy-third district caseload
District of Massachusetts in the heavy-volume third
7,821 FY2024 filings put District of Massachusetts in the heaviest third of federal districts (#27 of 90).
The District of Massachusetts'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 District of Massachusetts?
District of Massachusetts recorded 7,821 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, placing it 27th among the nation's 90 federal districts.
What share of filings in this district are business cases?
Of the District of Massachusetts's FY2024 filings, 521 were business cases and 7,300 were non-business (consumer) cases.
Nationwide peers of a heavy-volume district
Two AOUSC peer sets for this heavy-volume District of Massachusetts book in FY2024, both outside Massachusetts . 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 (7,821 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.