Alameda County


8,513

lawsuits from July 2022 to November 2023

100.0%

of defendants did not have legal representation

54.4%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

July 2022 - March 2025

Out of 193 debt collectors in Alameda County, the top 10 (5.2%) are responsible for 5,598 (65.8%) of 8,513 lawsuits.

  • Discover Bank
    739 lawsuits (8.7%)
  • JP Morgan Chase
    700 lawsuits (8.2%)
  • Bank Of America
    694 lawsuits (8.2%)
  • Capital One
    619 lawsuits (7.3%)
  • Cavalry SPV
    575 lawsuits (6.8%)
  • One Main Financial Group LLC
    537 lawsuits (6.3%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    493 lawsuits (5.8%)
  • American Express Centurion Bank
    452 lawsuits (5.3%)
  • Wells Fargo Bank Na
    400 lawsuits (4.7%)
  • Citibank
    389 lawsuits (4.6%)
  • Other
    2,915 lawsuits (34.2%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

May typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 664 filings, accounting for 11.1% of the filings for the year.

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Data for the Debt Collection Tracker was collected and prepared by our partners at JanuaryAdvisors.

County-level data from 2009 onward, and census tract data from 2022 onward, are available at the link below

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