Federal judicial district · FY2024 · AOUSC
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Every Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcy petition recorded in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sourced from AOUSC Judicial Caseload Statistics.
- 8,843
- Total filings FY2024
- 5,042
- Chapter 7
- 3,591
- Chapter 13
- 442
- Business
Data updated August 2026
The bottom line
8,843 bankruptcy cases moved through the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in FY2024, with Chapter 7 liquidations making up 57% of the total, a rise of 11.9% versus FY2023.
- 57%
- Chapter 7 (liquidation)
- 41%
- Chapter 13 (repayment)
- 5.0%
- business filings
- +11.9%
- vs FY2023
Filed in federal, not state, court; counted by fiscal year (Oct–Sep). Not legal advice.
Consumer vs business on a heavy-volume book, FY2024
AOUSC case-type split of the same 8,843 filings, orthogonal to the chapter mix farther down.
Heavy-volume filing history (#21 of 90)
| Year | Total | Ch. 7 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 8,843 | 5,042 | 204 | 6 | 3,591 |
| FY2023 | 7,900 | 4,692 | 167 | 7 | 3,034 |
| FY2022 | 7,064 | 4,620 | 120 | 8 | 2,316 |
| FY2021 | 7,536 | 5,208 | 124 | 9 | 2,195 |
| FY2020 | 9,918 | 6,780 | 183 | 6 | 2,949 |
| FY2019 | 14,118 | 8,304 | 176 | 5 | 5,633 |
| FY2018 | 14,208 | 8,409 | 173 | 5 | 5,621 |
| FY2017 | 13,987 | 8,646 | 183 | 6 | 5,152 |
| FY2016 | 14,475 | 9,352 | 186 | 7 | 4,930 |
| FY2015 | 15,384 | 9,974 | 193 | 6 | 5,211 |
Upper-band YoY trend & chapter mix
57%
Chapter 7 share
8,401
Consumer filings
- Chapter 7 5,042 (57%)
- Chapter 13 3,591 (41%)
- Chapter 11 204 (2%)
- Chapter 12 6 (0%)
How the 8,843 FY2024 filings split across the four bankruptcy chapters.
Year-over-year, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania saw filings climb 11.9% between FY2023 and FY2024.
Heavy-third district caseload
Eastern District of Pennsylvania in the heavy-volume third
8,843 FY2024 filings put Eastern District of Pennsylvania in the heaviest third of federal districts (#21 of 90).
The Eastern District of Pennsylvania'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 Eastern District of Pennsylvania?
In FY2024, 8,843 bankruptcy cases were filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, ranking it 21 out of 90 federal judicial districts by volume.
What is the difference between business and non-business bankruptcy filings?
In FY2024, 442 of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania's filings were business cases, versus 8,401 non-business (consumer) filings.
Nationwide peers of a heavy-volume district
Two AOUSC peer sets for this heavy-volume Eastern District of Pennsylvania book in FY2024, both outside Pennsylvania (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 (8,843 here).
Similar Chapter 13 share
Nearest other-state districts by Chapter 13 share of Chapter 7 plus 13 filings.