Franklin County


2,758

lawsuits from July 2022 to December 2024

94.3%

of defendants did not have legal representation

39.0%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

July 2022 - March 2025

Out of 229 debt collectors in Franklin County, the top 10 (4.4%) are responsible for 1,598 (57.9%) of 2,758 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    571 lawsuits (20.7%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    234 lawsuits (8.5%)
  • Midland Credit Management Inc
    221 lawsuits (8.0%)
  • Discover Bank
    134 lawsuits (4.9%)
  • Capital One N.A.
    105 lawsuits (3.8%)
  • First Community Credit Union
    100 lawsuits (3.6%)
  • Cavalry SPV I LLC
    74 lawsuits (2.7%)
  • Jpmorgan Chase Bank N.a
    56 lawsuits (2.0%)
  • Capital One Na
    53 lawsuits (1.9%)
  • Citibank N.A.
    50 lawsuits (1.8%)
  • Other
    1,160 lawsuits (42.1%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

October typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 107 filings, accounting for 9.7% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

July 2022 - March 2025

Franklin County is split into 28 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.

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Median Household Income
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Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

July 2022 - March 2025

The table to the right shows data for the 28 Census tracts in Franklin County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: March 2025

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jul '22 - Mar '25
Default Judgments
Census Tract 11.01
29498

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Census Tract 6.04
28191

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Census Tract 2.01
25284

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Census Tract 8.01
25287

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Census Tract 9.04
21681

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Census Tract 3.02
21261

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Census Tract 7.03
20873

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Census Tract 4.01
20168

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Census Tract 9.03
19272

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Census Tract 2.02
18840

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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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