The federal courts' quarterly table for the three months ending September 30, 2025 reported 54,057 business and nonbusiness Chapter 13 cases commenced. The same table reported 148,821 cases across all chapters. These are filing counts for one quarter, not the number of Chapter 13 cases that owned real property.
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The table separates business and nonbusiness cases and identifies the reporting period. A researcher should preserve those fields instead of copying 54,057 into a report as an annual total. The figure also does not tell us whether a case contained a residence, rental, inherited parcel, or no real estate.
For a matter, use the filing statistic only to describe the scale of the court system. Review the docket and filed schedules for the debtor's property, values, liens, and claimed exemptions. Confirm ownership against the relevant land records when the research question is title.
A reproducible note
| Item | Entry |
|---|---|
| Reporting period | Three months ending September 30, 2025 |
| All chapters | 148,821 cases commenced |
| Chapter 13 | 54,057 cases commenced |
| Unit | Cases commenced, not properties |
| Next evidence | Docket, schedules, orders, and land records |
The national bankruptcy filing overview provides the full-year context. The property valuation orders research addresses a narrower source set.
Limitation
The federal table does not turn a Chapter 13 filing count into an estate-property count. Chapter, district, case status, and property evidence must remain separate in a source log.
Source
- Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Business and nonbusiness cases commenced by chapter, three months ending September 30, 2025, accessed August 10, 2026.
**Professional disclaimer:** This is general research, not legal, bankruptcy, title, or fiduciary advice.