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Top Debt Collectors
July 2022 - March 2025
Out of 1,550 debt collectors in Harris County, the top 10 (0.6%) are responsible for 100,188 (68.9%) of 145,402 lawsuits.
- LVNV Funding LLC
20,834 lawsuits (14.3%) - Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
19,543 lawsuits (13.4%) - Midland Credit Management
16,725 lawsuits (11.5%) - JP Morgan Chase
7,769 lawsuits (5.3%) - Conn Appliances
7,542 lawsuits (5.2%) - Capital One
6,422 lawsuits (4.4%) - Bank Of America
6,229 lawsuits (4.3%) - Discover Bank
5,476 lawsuits (3.8%) - Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
5,237 lawsuits (3.6%) - Cavalry SPV
4,411 lawsuits (3.0%) - Other
45,214 lawsuits (31.1%)
Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year
February typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 6,207 filings, accounting for 10.3% of the filings for the year.
Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits
July 2022 - March 2025
Harris County is split into 1115 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 1115 Census tracts in Harris 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 429.02 | 3,407 | 1,137 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 222.01 | 2,715 | 1,009 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 422.03 | 1,692 | 636 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 323.05 | 1,684 | 524 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 308.02 | 1,673 | 407 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 422.02 | 1,637 | 621 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 430.06 | 1,616 | 602 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 411.04 | 1,612 | 490 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 560 | 1,556 | 478 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 309.01 | 1,541 | 399 | 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: 33.2% of neighborhoods, 37.7% of lawsuits
White: 20.9% of neighborhoods, 14.0% of lawsuits
Latinx: 37.4% of neighborhoods, 39.5% of lawsuits
Black: 8.3% of neighborhoods, 8.7% of lawsuits
Asian: 0.2% of neighborhoods, 0.1% of lawsuits
Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions
Proportionate Filings
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