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Top 25 Collection agencies based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 1,233 collection agencies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 30,166 professional contacts across them, including 7,376 with verified work emails. Houston is the largest hub.
This list covers collection agencies headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest collection agencies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,115 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As a global leader in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans, PRA Group returns capital to banks and other creditors to help expand financial services for consumers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 882 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Celebrating 50 years of service, Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP is a national law firm specializing in the collection of delinquent accounts receivable for government…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 768 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a trusted leader in providing integrated solutions, leveraging cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional customer experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 629 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Client Services, Inc.(CSI) was founded in 1987 in the heartland of America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 567 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Resurgent Capital Services, we’re not just about debt collection; we’re about fostering personal and professional excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 472 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ConServe is a leading provider of accounts receivable management and collection services specializing in customized solutions for commercial lenders, financial institutions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 421 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AllianceOne offers the financial strength, imagination, technological sophistication, and a work ethic that is the envy of our industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 417 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Windham Professionals, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 367 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “First Credit Services is a Digital Debt Collection and BPO Company specializing in Accounts Receivable Management and Customer Service Outsourcing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 361 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1991, Cedar Financial has been providing world-class debt management solutions for national and international clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 360 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1986, Williams & Fudge, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 352 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “IC System is an Accounts Receivable Management provider and one of the largest collection companies in North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 343 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1991 in New Jersey, MRS BPO has spent 35 years helping banks, telecom providers, retailers, and other creditors recover revenue while protecting the consumer…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 341 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The CCS organization provides expert solutions in the following focused specialties: • Credit Collection Services (CCS): CCS is widely recognized as one the nation’s largest and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 327 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A NATIONAL LEADER ARS is a proven leader in the accounts receivable management industry:> Working with customers in all 50 states, through 4 regional offices throughout the United…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 319 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A Reputation for Results Phillips & Cohen Associates has built a successful and rapidly growing business by delivering industry-leading collections results while simultaneously…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 297 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1994, NCB Management Services, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 290 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Harris & Harris is an acknowledged leader in the field of accounts receivable management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 280 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Commercial collection agency, specializing in contingency-based, commercial debt recovery, commercial asset recovery and commercial debt collection services for business owners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 279 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Credit Control, LLC is a nationally licensed provider of customized, performance-driven receivables management services founded in 1989.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 278 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Caine & Weiner is a solution-based accounts receivable management enterprise, founded in 1930, that specializes in providing 1st and 3rd party collection solutions to commercial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 265 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Premiere was a leading national ARM firm providing proven receivables management solutions to clients in the healthcare, financial services, government, and higher education…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 262 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Altus is the trusted leader in commercial receivables management and business-to-business collections, helping organizations improve cash flow, optimize their credit-to-cash…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 256 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Capital Management Services, LP is a Nationally recognized industry leader in Accounts Receivable Management services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 243 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Unifin Inc, established in 2011, is a veteran-owned digital debt collection and accounts receivable management agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: collection agencies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names collection agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of collection agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name collection agencies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Collection agencies based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,233 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among collection agencies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “collection agencies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names collection agencies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among collection agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 7,376 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Collection agencies by metro
- Collection agencies in Houston33
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names collection agencies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many collection agencies are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 1,233 collection agencies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
PRA Group Nasdaq Praa, headquartered in Norfolk, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most collection agencies?
Houston leads with 33 headquartered companies, followed by Dallas (18) and Tucson (17).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 7,376 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,233 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.