St Louis City


9,833

lawsuits from June 2021 to January 2024

97.7%

of defendants did not have legal representation

37.7%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

June 2021 - January 2024

Out of 295 debt collectors in St Louis City, the top 10 (3.4%) are responsible for 6,519 (66.3%) of 9,833 lawsuits.

  • LVNV Funding LLC
    1,759 lawsuits (17.9%)
  • Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District
    1,682 lawsuits (17.1%)
  • Midland Credit Management
    744 lawsuits (7.6%)
  • Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
    689 lawsuits (7.0%)
  • Capital One
    468 lawsuits (4.8%)
  • Cavalry SPV
    357 lawsuits (3.6%)
  • The Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District
    251 lawsuits (2.6%)
  • Bank Of America, N.A.
    203 lawsuits (2.1%)
  • Jefferson Capital Systems LLC
    201 lawsuits (2.0%)
  • Absolute Resolutions Investments Llc
    165 lawsuits (1.7%)
  • Other
    3,314 lawsuits (33.7%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

October typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 362 filings, accounting for 9.8% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

June 2021 - January 2024

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.

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Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

June 2021 - January 2024

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: January 2024

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
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Default Judgments
Census Tract 269
24797

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Census Tract 73
23491

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Census Tract 256
22949

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Census Tract 155
21673

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Census Tract 156
19066

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Census Tract 153
18153

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Census Tract 164
18160

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Census Tract 241
17364

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Census Tract 151
17056

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Census Tract 55
14047

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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.
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