San Bernardino County


22,827

lawsuits from July 2022 to November 2023

99.4%

of defendants did not have legal representation

34.5%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

July 2022 - March 2025

Out of 268 debt collectors in San Bernardino County, the top 10 (3.7%) are responsible for 13,873 (60.8%) of 22,827 lawsuits.

  • Cavalry SPV
    2,172 lawsuits (9.5%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    1,724 lawsuits (7.6%)
  • LVNV Funding LLC
    1,721 lawsuits (7.5%)
  • Discover Bank
    1,687 lawsuits (7.4%)
  • TD Bank
    1,271 lawsuits (5.6%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    1,227 lawsuits (5.4%)
  • Capital One
    1,199 lawsuits (5.3%)
  • One Main Financial Group LLC
    1,016 lawsuits (4.5%)
  • Citibank
    966 lawsuits (4.2%)
  • Bank Of America
    890 lawsuits (3.9%)
  • Other
    8,954 lawsuits (39.2%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

August typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 1,740 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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