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Top Debt Collectors
July 2022 - March 2025
Out of 169 debt collectors in Knox County, the top 10 (5.9%) are responsible for 969 (53.0%) of 1,828 lawsuits.
- LVNV Funding LLC
197 lawsuits (10.8%) - Midland Credit Management
139 lawsuits (7.6%) - Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
120 lawsuits (6.6%) - Med-1 Solutions
95 lawsuits (5.2%) - Capital One
85 lawsuits (4.6%) - Mariner Finance LLC
81 lawsuits (4.4%) - Professional & Business Collections LLC
71 lawsuits (3.9%) - Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
67 lawsuits (3.7%) - Discover Bank
59 lawsuits (3.2%) - Hoosier Accounts Service
55 lawsuits (3.0%) - Other
859 lawsuits (47.0%)
Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year
September typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 78 filings, accounting for 10.7% of the filings for the year.
Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits
July 2022 - March 2025
Knox County is split into 11 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 11 Census tracts in Knox 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 557 | 726 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 559 | 652 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 550 | 631 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 556 | 603 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 555 | 552 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 554 | 503 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 552.02 | 444 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 553 | 405 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 558 | 399 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 551 | 353 | - | 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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