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Top Debt Collectors
July 2022 - March 2025
Out of 447 debt collectors in St Louis City, the top 10 (2.2%) are responsible for 8,368 (63.1%) of 13,259 lawsuits.
- Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District
2,325 lawsuits (17.5%) - LVNV Funding LLC
2,260 lawsuits (17.0%) - Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
856 lawsuits (6.5%) - The Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District
739 lawsuits (5.6%) - Midland Credit Management Inc
651 lawsuits (4.9%) - Capital One N.A.
488 lawsuits (3.7%) - Cavalry SPV I LLC
362 lawsuits (2.7%) - Citibank N.A.
256 lawsuits (1.9%) - Absolute Resolutions Investments Llc
219 lawsuits (1.7%) - Onemain Financial Group Llc
212 lawsuits (1.6%) - Other
4,891 lawsuits (36.9%)
Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year
June typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 572 filings, accounting for 10.8% of the filings for the year.
Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits
July 2022 - March 2025
St Louis City is split into 104 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 104 Census tracts in St Louis City. 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 269 | 558 | 211 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 73 | 500 | 192 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 256 | 487 | 109 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 155 | 455 | 166 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 156 | 391 | 129 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 153 | 380 | 108 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 241 | 372 | 117 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 164 | 365 | 126 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 151 | 338 | 95 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 81 | 326 | 115 | 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.
Neighborhoods by Racial Majority
No Majority: 13.5% of neighborhoods, 16.9% of lawsuits
Black: 47.1% of neighborhoods, 49.9% of lawsuits
White: 39.4% of neighborhoods, 33.2% of lawsuits
Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions
Proportionate Filings
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