Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
District of Maryland
Every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcy petition recorded in the District of Maryland, sourced from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 10,241
- Total filings FY2024
- 5,446
- Chapter 7
- 4,642
- Chapter 13
- 521
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
District of Maryland: 10,241 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, Chapter 7 accounting for 53%, a gain of 11.9% from FY2023.
- 53%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 45%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
- 5.1%
- 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.
Consumer vs business on a heavy-volume book, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 10,241 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Heavy-volume filing history (#16 of 90)
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 10,241 | 5,446 | 149 | 4 | 4,642 |
| FY2023 | 9,150 | 5,086 | 122 | 5 | 3,937 |
| FY2022 | 8,181 | 5,054 | 89 | 5 | 3,033 |
| FY2021 | 8,728 | 5,736 | 92 | 6 | 2,894 |
| FY2020 | 11,489 | 7,463 | 136 | 5 | 3,885 |
| FY2019 | 16,352 | 8,952 | 128 | 3 | 7,269 |
| FY2018 | 16,455 | 9,069 | 126 | 3 | 7,257 |
| FY2017 | 16,199 | 9,374 | 134 | 4 | 6,687 |
| FY2016 | 16,764 | 10,192 | 137 | 5 | 6,430 |
| FY2015 | 17,819 | 10,872 | 142 | 4 | 6,801 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
53%
Chapter 7 share
9,720
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 5,446 (53%)
- Chapter 13 4,642 (45%)
- Chapter 11 149 (1%)
- Chapter 12 4 (0%)
FY2024 filings by chapter: 10,241 total across Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13.
From FY2023 to FY2024, the District of Maryland's filing volume went up 11.9%.
Heavy-third district caseload
District of Maryland in the heavy-volume third
10,241 FY2024 filings put District of Maryland in the heaviest third of federal districts (#16 of 90).
Looking back to FY2015, the District of Maryland has lost 42.5% in filing volume through FY2024, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5%.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many bankruptcy filings did the District of Maryland have in FY2024?
In FY2024, 10,241 bankruptcy cases were filed in the District of Maryland, ranking it 16 out of 90 federal judicial districts by volume.
What share of filings in this district are business cases?
The District of Maryland had 521 business filings and 9,720 non-business (consumer) filings in FY2024.
Nationwide peers of a heavy-volume district
Two AOUSC peer sets for this heavy-volume District of Maryland book in FY2024, both outside Maryland . 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 (10,241 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.