Harris & Harris in Illinois

Last checked: August 12, 2026

This page covers Harris & Harris's Illinois record only. The full company record, covering every state this site verifies it in, is at Harris & Harris.

Harris & Harris is a debt collection agency headquartered in Chicago, IL. It has been licensed as a collection agency in Illinois continuously for 6 years, and currently holds a license recorded as active with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (017022287), meeting the Collection Agency Act requirement for collection agencies operating in the state. Every fact below links to its public source with the date it was last checked.

6 years

of continuous verified Illinois license history on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's license register. Harris & Harris currently holds a Collection Agency Act license in force.

Source: data.illinois.gov · Last checked: September 2, 2026

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Verified facts about Harris & Harris

Fact	Value	Source
Headquarters	Chicago, IL	Source: harriscollect.com · Last checked: August 12, 2026
Year founded	1968	Source: harriscollect.com · Last checked: August 12, 2026
Company type	Third-party agency	Source: harriscollect.com · Last checked: August 12, 2026
Debt types handled	Government, Tolling, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Utilities, Financial Services	Source: harriscollect.com · Last checked: August 12, 2026
Website	harriscollect.com
Illinois license history	6 years continuously licensed ACTIVE017022287· filed December 2, 2019	Register: data.illinois.gov · Last checked: September 2, 2026
CFPB complaints on record	4,580	CFPB database: consumerfinance.gov · Last checked: August 12, 2026

Common questions about Harris & Harris

Is Harris & Harris licensed to collect debt in Illinois?

Yes. Harris & Harris holds a current collection agency license with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (license 017022287), recorded as active on the state's public license register, last checked September 2, 2026. The Collection Agency Act, 205 ILCS 740, Section 4, requires this license of a collection agency operating in the state, though an out-of-state agency collecting into Illinois only by interstate communication from a state where it is licensed, with reciprocity, is lawfully exempt.

Does Harris & Harris have complaints on record?

The public CFPB Consumer Complaint Database records 4,580 debt-collection complaints referencing Harris & Harris, as of August 12, 2026. This is the total on record and links to the live CFPB database; a complaint is a record, not a verdict, and larger agencies naturally accrue more.

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