Despite its importance, Chapter 12 bankruptcy is only used in a few cases. Chapter 12 bankruptcy is only available to a small percentage of debtors. There were only 498 Chapter 12 bankruptcy filings in 2018, compared to almost 766,000 Chapter 13 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases, the majority of which were consumer-related. There have been more than 10 million overall Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings in the previous decade, compared to 5,039 Chapter 12 filings. Chapter 12 bankruptcy filings have accounted for fewer than five-hundredths of one percent of all consumer and company bankruptcy files over this time.