Debt collector background

Factual, sourced background on specific debt collectors and debt buyers — not opinions, just who they are, their public regulatory record where one exists, and what the FDCPA gives you the right to do.

Allied Interstate
a debt collection operation of Antiva Equity Partners · Thousand Oaks, California
Midland Credit Management
a subsidiary of Encore Capital Group · San Diego, California
Portfolio Recovery Associates
a subsidiary of PRA Group · Norfolk, Virginia
LVNV Funding
managed by Resurgent Capital Services · Greenville, South Carolina
IC System
privately held and family-owned · St. Paul, Minnesota
Transworld Systems Inc.
an independent debt collection agency · United States
EOS CCA
a debt collection operation of Collecto, Inc. · Massachusetts, United States
CBE Group
an independent private debt collector · Cedar Falls, Iowa
ECMC Group
a nonprofit organization · Minneapolis, Minnesota
Resurgent Capital Services
a debt collection agency · Maryland
Cavalry Portfolio Services
an independent debt buyer · United States
GC Services
an independent debt buyer and collection agency · Houston, Texas
Alorica
an independent global business process outsourcing provider · Irvine, California
Rawlings Company
an independent debt collector · La Grange, Kentucky
Expert Global Solutions
a debt collection and business process outsourcing company · United States
Frost-Arnett Company
a subsidiary of Harris & Harris, Ltd. (acquired May 2026; formerly independent since 1893) · Nashville, Tennessee
Medicredit, Inc.
a subsidiary of The Outsource Group, part of Parallon, HCA Healthcare's shared-services division · Earth City, Missouri
Wakefield & Associates
a healthcare revenue cycle management firm that merged with Revco Solutions in 2025 · Aurora, Colorado
ProCollect, Inc.
an independent, privately held debt collection agency · Dallas, Texas
Credit Collection Services
a debt collection operation of The CCS Companies · Norwood, Massachusetts
Americollect, Inc.
an independent, privately held debt collector · Manitowoc, Wisconsin
National Credit Systems
an independent debt collector · Marietta, Georgia
Dynamic Recovery Solutions
an independent third-party debt collector and occasional debt buyer · Greenville, South Carolina
ARS National Services
an independent, privately held debt collection agency · Escondido, California
McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff
an independent, privately held third-party debt collection agency · Bedford, Ohio