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Top Debt Collectors
July 2022 - March 2025
Out of 146 debt collectors in Philadelphia County, the top 10 (6.8%) are responsible for 28,100 (77.1%) of 36,451 lawsuits.
- LVNV Funding LLC
8,178 lawsuits (22.4%) - Midland Credit Management
5,308 lawsuits (14.6%) - Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
3,968 lawsuits (10.9%) - Discover Bank
2,986 lawsuits (8.2%) - Capital One
2,958 lawsuits (8.1%) - NA
1,436 lawsuits (3.9%) - Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
1,265 lawsuits (3.5%) - Synchrony Bank
806 lawsuits (2.2%) - Barclays Bank Delaware
677 lawsuits (1.9%) - Police And Fire Federal Credit Union
518 lawsuits (1.4%) - Other
8,351 lawsuits (22.9%)
Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year
January typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 1,823 filings, accounting for 12.3% of the filings for the year.
Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits
July 2022 - March 2025
Philadelphia County is split into 408 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 400 Census tracts in Philadelphia 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 330 | 936 | 446 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 82 | 917 | 404 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 266 | 908 | 392 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 320 | 899 | 400 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 267 | 880 | 409 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 114 | 838 | 366 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 98.02 | 802 | 369 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 191 | 794 | 364 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 190 | 789 | 368 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 302 | 782 | 352 | 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
Black: 33.8% of neighborhoods, 44.1% of lawsuits
White: 35.0% of neighborhoods, 23.3% of lawsuits
Latinx: 5.8% of neighborhoods, 6.6% of lawsuits
No Majority: 25.5% of neighborhoods, 26.1% of lawsuits
Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions
Proportionate Filings
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