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Top Debt Collectors
July 2022 - March 2025
Out of 115 debt collectors in Philadelphia County, the top 10 (8.7%) are responsible for 2,993 (72.2%) of 4,144 lawsuits.
- LVNV Funding LLC
975 lawsuits (23.5%) - Discover Bank
565 lawsuits (13.6%) - Midland Credit Management
425 lawsuits (10.3%) - Capital One
291 lawsuits (7.0%) - Citibank
197 lawsuits (4.8%) - Portfolio Recovery Associates
191 lawsuits (4.6%) - TD Bank
110 lawsuits (2.7%) - Police And Fire Federal Credit Union
107 lawsuits (2.6%) - Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
78 lawsuits (1.9%) - Synchrony Bank
54 lawsuits (1.3%) - Other
1,151 lawsuits (27.8%)
Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year
March typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 786 filings, accounting for 39.3% 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 393 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 266 | 183 | 61 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 330 | 175 | 49 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 98.02 | 159 | 39 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 114 | 141 | 49 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 82 | 141 | 37 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 252 | 137 | 35 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 267 | 137 | 34 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 320 | 136 | 40 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 302 | 135 | 47 | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 67 | 135 | 48 | 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: 34.6% of neighborhoods, 46.2% of lawsuits
White: 35.1% of neighborhoods, 20.9% of lawsuits
Latinx: 5.9% of neighborhoods, 6.6% of lawsuits
No Majority: 24.4% of neighborhoods, 26.2% of lawsuits
Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions
Proportionate Filings
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