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Arizona bankruptcy filings

A source-linked tracker of filings, chapter filters, pro se counts, and court-division totals.

Latest complete comparison

7,842

filings, Jan–Jul 2026 · 7.8% higher than Jan–Jul 2025

Filings by year

Arizona bankruptcy filings by yearFull calendar years 2021 through 2025 and a January through July 2026 comparison period. The 2026 bar is partial and should not be read as a full-year total.05,00010,00014,0002021: 9,885 filings9,88520212022: 8,960 filings8,96020222023: 9,601 filings9,60120232024: 11,340 filings11,34020242025: 12,890 filings12,89020252026 Jan–Jul: 7,842 filings (partial period)7,8422026 Jan–Jul2026 is January–July only

Arizona recorded 7,842 filings from January through July 2026, compared with 7,274 in the same months of 2025. The final bar is a comparable partial period, not a forecast or full-year estimate.

Source: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona · retrieved 2026-08-15 · updated 2026-08-15.

Arizona bankruptcy filings
PeriodFilingsStatus
20219,885Full calendar year
20228,960Full calendar year
20239,601Full calendar year
202411,340Full calendar year
202512,890Full calendar year
2026 Jan–Jul7,842Comparable Jan–Jul period

Chapter mix

Arizona bankruptcy filings by chapterChapter 7, 11, and 13 filings in Arizona from January through July 2026. The three dashboard filters total two fewer cases than the all-chapters total, which is disclosed below the chart.Chapter 7: 6,375 filings6,375Chapter 7 · 6,375Chapter 11: 89 filingsChapter 11 · 89Chapter 13: 1,376 filings1,376Chapter 13 · 1,376

The Chapter 7, 11, and 13 filters show the mix among filings from January through July 2026. Their total is 2 below the all-chapters total; the court dashboard does not expose a fourth chapter filter here, so it is left unclassified rather than named.

Source: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona · retrieved 2026-08-15 · updated 2026-08-15.

Chapter filters · January–July 2026
FilterFilingsShare of all filings
Chapter 76,37581.3%
Chapter 11891.1%
Chapter 131,37617.5%

Pro se share

Arizona pro se share of bankruptcy filingsThe share of all Arizona bankruptcy filings recorded as pro se rose from 13.4 percent in 2021 to 16.5 percent through August 15, 2026. The final point is partial.0%5%10%15%20%2021: 13.4%, 1,323 pro se filings13.4%20212022: 14.4%, 1,290 pro se filings14.4%20222023: 14.9%, 1,432 pro se filings14.9%20232024: 14.8%, 1,675 pro se filings14.8%20242025: 14.5%, 1,864 pro se filings14.5%20252026 through Aug. 15: 16.5%, 1,379 pro se filings16.5%2026** through Aug. 15, 2026

The dashboard shows 1,379 pro se filings out of 8,337 total filings through August 15, 2026: 16.5%. The last point is a partial-year share and is not a full-year result.

Source: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona · retrieved 2026-08-15 · updated 2026-08-15.

Pro se filings as a share of Arizona filings
PeriodPro seAll filingsShare
20211,3239,88513.4%
20221,2908,96014.4%
20231,4329,60114.9%
20241,67511,34014.8%
20251,86412,89014.5%
2026 through Aug. 151,3798,33716.5%

Phoenix and Tucson division filings

Phoenix and Tucson division bankruptcy filingsArizona bankruptcy filing counts filtered by the Phoenix and Tucson court divisions. The 2026 values are partial through August 15.03,0006,0009,0002021: Phoenix 6,714, Tucson 2,34220212022: Phoenix 6,090, Tucson 2,21620222023: Phoenix 6,440, Tucson 2,41920232024: Phoenix 7,509, Tucson 2,90420242025: Phoenix 8,579, Tucson 3,24920252026 through Aug. 15: Phoenix 5,590, Tucson 2,062 (partial period)2026*PhoenixTucson* through Aug. 15, 2026

The source supports court-division filters for Phoenix and Tucson. They are reported as divisions, not counties; the two series do not represent the statewide total and should not be used as a population comparison.

Source: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona · retrieved 2026-08-15 · updated 2026-08-15.

Court-division filing filters
PeriodPhoenixTucson
20216,7142,342
20226,0902,216
20236,4402,419
20247,5092,904
20258,5793,249
2026 through Aug. 155,5902,062

Methodology and limits

How to check this tracker

Source and refresh

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona — Interactive Case Filing Statistics Dashboard. Pulled 2026-08-15; refresh monthly.

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Reproduce

Downloaded the court dashboard feed on 2026-08-15 and retained the full aggregate snapshot. The published CSV is a compact, reader-ready extract of the rows used on this page.

The reproducible scraper and aggregate snapshot are maintained with the site source. The downloadable CSV is the compact extract used above.

  • These are filing counts, not the number of unique people or households. The court includes case re-openings.
  • The court updates the dashboard throughout the day and says historical totals may change as filing records settle.
  • 2026 is incomplete. This page uses January–July for the year-over-year filing comparison and labels every other partial-period figure.
  • Phoenix and Tucson are court-division filters in the source dashboard. They are not a county map, and they do not add up to the statewide total because the court also reports other offices.
  • This compilation uses aggregate public counts only. It does not include case numbers, party names, addresses, or any other personal case data.
Citation: “Source: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona, Interactive Case Filing Statistics Dashboard; compiled by Arizona Legal Co.; updated 2026-08-15.” You may cite the official source directly or this compilation—no link is requested or required.

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