Fiscal Year Bankruptcy Filings Continue Fall

Bankruptcy statistics for fiscal year 2015 were released October 28, 2015.

Bankruptcy cases filed in federal courts for the fiscal year 2015—the 12-month period ending September 30, 2015—totaled 860,182, down 11 percent from the 963,739 bankruptcy filings in FY 2014. This is the lowest number of bankruptcy filings for any 12-month period since 2007, and the fifth consecutive fiscal year filings have fallen.

Fiscal year 2015 bankruptcy statistics by district are available at http://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/caseload-statistics-data-tables.

Source (US Courts web site): http://www.uscourts.gov/news/2015/10/28/fiscal-year-bankruptcy-filings-continue-fall