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Here are the best sources of data about bankruptcy filings in the United States in 2025:
United States Courts:
Official Statistics and Data: The official website of the United States Courts (uscourts.gov) provides comprehensive bankruptcy statistics and data.
Quarterly and Annual Reports: They release reports on bankruptcy filings for various periods, including quarterly and 12-month periods.
Data Visualization Dashboard: This dashboard offers data on bankruptcy cases, adversary proceedings, and various filtering options (by district, chapter, county, etc.).
Partnership with Epiq: ABI collaborates with Epiq Bankruptcy Analytics to provide up-to-date bankruptcy data.
Press Releases and Reports: They regularly release press releases and reports analyzing bankruptcy trends.
Epiq Bankruptcy Analytics:
Leading Data Provider: Epiq is a leading provider of bankruptcy data, technology, and services.
Bankruptcy Analytics Subscription Service: This service provides on-demand access to bankruptcy data.
BankruptcyWatch:
Real-time Statistics: BankruptcyWatch offers real-time bankruptcy statistics to help businesses make decisions.
Data and Trends: They provide market research reports, statistics, analysis, and data on bankruptcy trends.
Key Data Points and Trends in 2025:
Rising Filings: Bankruptcy filings generally have been increasing in 2024 and 2025, rebounding from a decline seen from 2015 to 2023.
Increase Over Previous Year: There was a 13.1% increase in bankruptcy filings in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2025, compared to the previous year. Total filings reached 529,080 cases in the year ending March 31, 2025.
Consumer Filings Rise: Consumer bankruptcy filings have risen, particularly in the first quarter of 2025, with Chapter 7 filings increasing by 5.29% and Chapter 13 filings rising by 5.11%. Year-over-year changes show a significant increase in consumer filings, with Chapter 7 up 12.74% and Chapter 13 up 5.99% in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024.
Commercial Filings Soften: While overall bankruptcy filings are increasing, commercial filings have softened recently.
Small Business Distress: An uptick in small business Subchapter V elections signals persistent distress among smaller businesses.
Factors Contributing to Increases: Rising living costs, increasing housing and insurance expenses, high interest rates, mounting debt, and the resumption of student loan collections are cited as factors pushing consumers toward bankruptcy.
These sources offer valuable data and analysis to track and understand bankruptcy trends in the United States in 2025.
To Always Be a Human Being First, and My Role Second. To First, Do No Harm, then to provide the best legal outcome, smoothest process, best value, and to make a positive difference in the life of every client.
Christopher S. Mulvaney’s Mantra:
May I be filled with loving kindness for all life. May I be safe from dangers within and without. May I be healthy in body, mind, socially, and spiritually. May I be at ease and happy, doing good in the world.
May You be filled with loving kindness for all life. May You be safe from dangers within and without. May You be healthy in body, mind, socially, and spiritually. May You be at ease and happy, doing good in the world.
I am an experienced solo estate planning, debtor bankruptcy, and real estate attorney. At my law firm in Bellevue, Washington between Eastgate and Factoria, I do things a little differently. I am passionate about helping people take control of their lives.
One of my primary practice areas is urgent (bankruptcy), and the other is important, but not urgent (estate planning). Not letting the urgent crowd out the important is key. I have made a choice to include the positive difference I make in the life of each client in how I calculate profit. This means I have higher job satisfaction, and happy clients who confidently give referrals.
My goal is that my work is transformative for people during a challenging time in their lives. At Mulvaney Law Offices, PLLC (MLO), you will not find a gatekeeper. There are no forgotten cases hiding on an associate’s cluttered desk. It’s just me, working with each one of my clients one-on-one to resolve their legal concerns as favorably as possible.
As your lawyer, I will personally handle every aspect of your case. My office is not a factory churning out thousands of filings per year, where each case matters little. You, and your case, matter to me. You can see what clients have said about me, and leave your own reviews at these links.
Mulvaney Law Offices, PLLC is located in Bellevue, Washington, representing estate planning & chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcy, clients in all 39 Washington Counties.
Washington State residents can meet with me in Zoom/DocuSign from anywhere in the world, and I can notarize their electronic signatures because I am a remote online notary. Just email me an image of your photo ID.
Admitted 2003 to the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Number 33595
Proud Member of the MetLife Legal Plans Attorney Panel Since 2007.
Broken chains at the feet of the Statue of Liberty dedicated October 18, 1886.The inside of Lincoln's jacket when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865: "One Country One Destiny"
