Los Angeles County


104,807

lawsuits from July 2022 to November 2023

97.6%

of defendants did not have legal representation

58.5%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

July 2022 - March 2025

Out of 403 debt collectors in Los Angeles County, the top 10 (2.5%) are responsible for 61,486 (58.7%) of 104,807 lawsuits.

  • Cavalry SPV
    8,617 lawsuits (8.2%)
  • Discover Bank
    6,935 lawsuits (6.6%)
  • LVNV Funding LLC
    6,709 lawsuits (6.4%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    6,377 lawsuits (6.1%)
  • Capital One
    5,992 lawsuits (5.7%)
  • TD Bank
    5,831 lawsuits (5.6%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    5,718 lawsuits (5.5%)
  • Bank Of America
    5,401 lawsuits (5.2%)
  • American Express Centurion Bank
    4,991 lawsuits (4.8%)
  • JP Morgan Chase
    4,915 lawsuits (4.7%)
  • Other
    43,321 lawsuits (41.3%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

April typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 7,364 filings, accounting for 10.0% 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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