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Bankruptcy in Kansas: market data
What public records say about the market for bankruptcy in Kansas: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.
Demand: what courts and agencies count
Counts of filings, crashes, complaints and enforcement in the records each agency keeps. A count shows where problems were recorded, not how many people will hire a lawyer.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business bankruptcy cases | 186 cases, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-09-30 | Kansas state | bankruptcy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739952 record bankruptcy-20 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases | 2,060 cases, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-09-30 | Kansas state | bankruptcy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739952 record bankruptcy-20 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases | 2,358 cases, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-09-30 | Kansas state | bankruptcy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739952 record bankruptcy-20 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Bankruptcy cases filed | 4,494 cases, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-09-30 | Kansas state | bankruptcy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739952 record bankruptcy-20 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CFPB debt or credit management complaints | 17 complaints, 12 months | 12 months from 2025-10-01 | Kansas state | consumer-complaints v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733731 record cfpb-ks-debt-management · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Business bankruptcy cases | 192 cases, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-09-30 | District of Kansas federal district | bankruptcy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739952 record bankruptcy-ks · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases | 2,061 cases, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-09-30 | District of Kansas federal district | bankruptcy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739952 record bankruptcy-ks · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases | 2,364 cases, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-09-30 | District of Kansas federal district | bankruptcy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739952 record bankruptcy-ks · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Bankruptcy cases filed | 4,504 cases, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-09-30 | District of Kansas federal district | bankruptcy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739952 record bankruptcy-ks · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Rising or falling
The change between the last two periods each source publishes. No threshold and no smoothing.
| Measure | Before | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business bankruptcy cases Kansas · record bankruptcy-20 | 190 2026-06-30 | 186 2026-09-30 | falling (-2.1%) |
| Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases Kansas · record bankruptcy-20 | 2,010 2026-06-30 | 2,060 2026-09-30 | rising (+2.5%) |
| Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases Kansas · record bankruptcy-20 | 2,348 2026-06-30 | 2,358 2026-09-30 | rising (+0.4%) |
| Bankruptcy cases filed Kansas · record bankruptcy-20 | 4,439 2026-06-30 | 4,494 2026-09-30 | rising (+1.2%) |
| CFPB debt or credit management complaints Kansas · record cfpb-ks-debt-management | 14 prior 12 months | 17 12 months from 2025-10-01 | rising (+21.4%) |
Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 427 lawyers a year | 2025 | Kansas state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record ks-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 14 counties | 2026-Q1 | Kansas state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-20 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 13 counties | 2026-Q1 | Kansas state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-20 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 2.3 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | Kansas state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-20 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 1,122 firms | 2022 | Kansas state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-ks-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 1,114,083,000 US dollars | 2022 | Kansas state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-ks-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 4.3 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | Kansas state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-20 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 1,649 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | Kansas state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-20 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 1,280 establishments | 2026-Q1 | Kansas state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-20 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 4,190 jobs | May 2025 | Kansas state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:KS:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 106,650 US dollars a year | May 2025 | Kansas state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:KS:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Counties with the most demand per law office
Of the 25 counties in Kansas with the most bankruptcy cases filed, the ten with the most per private law office. Both counts are shown with their records.
| County | Demand | Law offices | Per office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County, KS | 36 record bankruptcy-20087 | 1 record law-offices-20087 | 36 |
| Leavenworth County, KS | 145 record bankruptcy-20103 | 10 record law-offices-20103 | 14.5 |
| Reno County, KS | 131 record bankruptcy-20155 | 13 record law-offices-20155 | 10.08 |
| Dickinson County, KS | 27 record bankruptcy-20041 | 3 record law-offices-20041 | 9 |
| Wyandotte County, KS | 348 record bankruptcy-20209 | 45 record law-offices-20209 | 7.73 |
| Miami County, KS | 46 record bankruptcy-20121 | 6 record law-offices-20121 | 7.67 |
| Butler County, KS | 82 record bankruptcy-20015 | 11 record law-offices-20015 | 7.45 |
| Franklin County, KS | 42 record bankruptcy-20059 | 6 record law-offices-20059 | 7 |
| Geary County, KS | 44 record bankruptcy-20061 | 7 record law-offices-20061 | 6.29 |
| Atchison County, KS | 27 record bankruptcy-20005 | 5 record law-offices-20005 | 5.4 |
Bankruptcy cases filed (bankruptcy v1.0.0, 12 months ending 2026-09-30) ÷ Private law offices (law-offices v1.0.0, 2026-Q1). ratio = bankruptcy.filings / law-offices.qcew_estabs, rounded to 2 decimals; ranked highest first, among the 25 units with the most demand. Units with zero supply are listed apart (ratio undefined); units without a published value are listed as missing.
Spanish-language demand
People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) | not published lawyers | 2020-2024 | Kansas state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:KS:lawyers-spanish · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | not published people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | Kansas state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:KS:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 91,513 ±3,164 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Kansas state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:KS:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 91,513 ±2,964 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Kansas state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-ks · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in Kansas have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.
| Topic | Status | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | No filing or prior review. A lawyer keeps a copy or recording of each ad for two years after its last use, with a record of when and where it ran (KRPC 7.2(b)). Comment [5] says the rule does not require advertising to be reviewed before it runs. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | P primary source | Every ad includes the name of at least one lawyer responsible for its content (KRPC 7.2(d)). A targeted written, recorded or electronic solicitation carries the words "Advertising Material" on the outside envelope, if any, and at the beginning and ending of a… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | P primary source | The rules set no waiting period. KRPC 7.3 bars in-person, live telephone and real-time electronic solicitation when a significant motive is the lawyer's gain (with exceptions), and any solicitation after a refusal or involving coercion, duress or harassment. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | P primary source | No clause bans testimonials outright. A communication is false or misleading if it is likely to create an unjustified expectation about results or compares services without factual substantiation (7.1(b), (c)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | A lawyer may not give anything of value for recommending the lawyer's services, except reasonable ad costs and the usual charges of a not-for-profit lawyer referral service or other legal service organization (KRPC 7.2(c)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | P primary source | Kansas defines breach of privacy to include knowingly and without lawful authority intercepting a telephone message without the consent of the sender or receiver, so the consent of either end of the call suffices. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Texting | P primary source | Kansas regulates unsolicited consumer telephone calls, including those made with an automatic dialing-announcing device, and makes a violation an unconscionable act under the Kansas consumer protection act, so private suits run through that act. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Drug and device injury ads (state statute) | P primary source | K.S.A. 50-6,144 (L. 2022, ch. 72, S.B. 150) (effective 2022-07-01): Kansas covers a "legal advertisement" in television, radio, internet (including a domain name), newspapers and periodicals, outdoor displays and any other written, electronic or recorded… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | Kansas: no filing or review of lawyer ads is required. official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | Lawyers in different firms may split a fee, including a part paid only for referring the case, if the total fee is reasonable and the client is told and does not object; there is no proportion or joint-responsibility test. official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-27 |
Prices and pay (national)
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted) | 1,249 thousand jobs | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CPI-U: legal services | 230 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: offices of lawyers | 338 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
What is missing
Datasets linked to this practice that have no figure here, and values the source withholds. We never fill these in.
- federal-filings-county (demand): no record for Kansas at this geography; the state or another geography may have one
- findings (demand): the dataset has no records for Kansas (it covers other places)
- firm-web-census (supply): the dataset has no records for Kansas (it covers other places)
- language (spanish): Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) (Kansas): value withheld by the source (status U)
- language (spanish): Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer (Kansas): value withheld by the source (status U)
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The rows behind this page, with every dataset, version, DOI, record id and check date.
Cite as: Probative Growth, Bankruptcy filings by chapter, court district, state and county, quarterly (U.S. Courts) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739952); The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); CFPB complaints about debt collection, credit reporting and debt management, by state and month v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733731); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/kansas/bankruptcy/
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