Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
District of New Hampshire
Federal bankruptcy filing counts for the District of New Hampshire, covering Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13, from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 1,821
- Total filings FY2024
- 1,342
- Chapter 7
- 449
- Chapter 13
- 98
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
1,821 bankruptcy cases moved through the District of New Hampshire in FY2024, with Chapter 7 liquidations making up 74% of the total, a rise of 11.9% versus FY2023.
- 74%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 25%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
- 5.4%
- business filings
- +11.9%
- vs FY2023
Filed in federal, not state, court; counted by fiscal year (Oct–Sep). Not legal advice.
Consumer vs business filings, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 1,821 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Light-volume filing history (#78 of 90)
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 1,821 | 1,342 | 28 | 2 | 449 |
| FY2023 | 1,627 | 1,229 | 23 | 2 | 373 |
| FY2022 | 1,455 | 1,163 | 16 | 3 | 273 |
| FY2021 | 1,552 | 1,280 | 16 | 3 | 253 |
| FY2020 | 2,043 | 1,676 | 24 | 2 | 341 |
| FY2019 | 2,908 | 2,187 | 24 | 2 | 695 |
| FY2018 | 2,926 | 2,208 | 24 | 2 | 692 |
| FY2017 | 2,880 | 2,230 | 25 | 2 | 623 |
| FY2016 | 2,981 | 2,369 | 25 | 2 | 585 |
| FY2015 | 3,169 | 2,523 | 26 | 2 | 618 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
74%
Chapter 7 share
1,723
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 1,342 (74%)
- Chapter 13 449 (25%)
- Chapter 11 28 (2%)
- Chapter 12 2 (0%)
Chapter breakdown of the 1,821 FY2024 filings in the District of New Hampshire.
District of New Hampshire filings rose 11.9% year-over-year, from FY2023 to FY2024.
Light-third district caseload
District of New Hampshire in the light-volume third
1,821 FY2024 filings put District of New Hampshire in the lightest third of federal districts (#78 of 90).
Over FY2015–FY2024, filings in the District of New Hampshire fell 42.5%, roughly tracking the national decline of 42.5% over the same span.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the FY2024 bankruptcy filing count for the District of New Hampshire?
District of New Hampshire recorded 1,821 bankruptcy filings in FY2024, placing it 78th among the nation's 90 federal districts.
How many business vs. non-business bankruptcy filings were there?
In FY2024, 98 of the District of New Hampshire's filings were business cases, versus 1,723 non-business (consumer) filings.
Nationwide peers of a light-volume district
Two AOUSC peer sets for this light-volume District of New Hampshire book in FY2024, both outside New Hampshire . 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 (1,821 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.