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Top Debt Collectors
July 2022 - March 2025
Out of 258 debt collectors in DeKalb County, the top 10 (3.9%) are responsible for 1,076 (42.6%) of 2,526 lawsuits.
- LVNV Funding LLC
250 lawsuits (9.9%) - Midland Credit Management
155 lawsuits (6.1%) - Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
113 lawsuits (4.5%) - Discover Bank
91 lawsuits (3.6%) - Money Matters Professional Collections LLC
90 lawsuits (3.6%) - Snow & Sauerteig LLP
84 lawsuits (3.3%) - Capital One
80 lawsuits (3.2%) - Affiliated Family Dentists Pc
73 lawsuits (2.9%) - Sac Finance Inc
73 lawsuits (2.9%) - Indiana Physical Therapy
67 lawsuits (2.7%) - Other
1,450 lawsuits (57.4%)
Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year
March typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 104 filings, accounting for 10.2% of the filings for the year.
Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits
July 2022 - March 2025
DeKalb County is split into 9 tracts. On the map you can see debt collection lawsuit statistics, shown as circles, and ACS statistics, shown as shaded backgrounds, for each census tract.
Select American Community Survey (2023, 5 year estimate) statistic:Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract
July 2022 - March 2025
The table to the right shows data for the 9 Census tracts in DeKalb County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.
Last updated: March 2025
| Location | Lawsuits | Lawsuits Trend Jul '22 - Mar '25 | Default Judgments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Census Tract 205 | 1,816 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 204 | 1,380 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 206.02 | 1,015 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 203 | 965 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 202 | 808 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 206.01 | 761 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 201 | 559 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 207 | 552 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 208 | 518 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
| The top 10 tracts by number of lawsuits listed above are based on defendants' home addresses. Click the table headers to change sorting metrics for the entire dataset. Use search to find a specific location. | |||||
Debt Collection Lawsuits by Neighborhood Demographics
Census tracts have been categorized by their racial/ethnic majority, based on data from the American Community Survey.
Number of Lawsuits by Neighborhood Racial Majority
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