Research

Original data research from the PlainBankruptcy editorial team. Every page is rendered server-side from a live SELECT against the portal database; no numbers are hardcoded.

US National Bankruptcy Filing Trends by Chapter

PlainBankruptcy presents the multi-year national bankruptcy filing trend, broken out by Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13, using Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts data. Rendered server-side from a live SELECT against the national_trends table.

Top 10 US States by Bankruptcy Filing Rate

PlainBankruptcy ranks US states by total bankruptcy filings per state population, using Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts data joined to Census state population estimates. Rendered server-side from a live SELECT against the rankings table.

Top 10 US Bankruptcy Districts by Filing Volume

PlainBankruptcy ranks the 90 US Bankruptcy Court districts by total filings in the most recent reported fiscal year, using Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts data. Rendered server-side from a live SELECT against the filings table aggregated by district.