Collection Agency
License Information
Online Renewal & Instructions
- Online Renewal Instructions
- Click Here to Start Your Online Renewal!
Please allow 2-4 business days for your license to post in our systems and your license status to update.
- Reinstatement
If you failed to renew your license before December 31, 2024 and you wish to reinstate your license, please reach out to fpr.consumercredit@illinois.gov
Collection Agency License Application
If you are a current or former licensee looking to file a new application, file a change of ownership application, file a branch application or change your main company address and you do not have your login information for the IDFPR online portal, please send an email to fpr.consumercredit@illinois.gov requesting login information.
- Collection Agency License
- Collection Agency Branch Office License
- Personal/Employment History Collection Agency
- Financial Statement Collection Agency
- Bond Collection Agency
- Employee Identity Listing Collection Agency
- Trust Account Financial Report Collection Agency
- Petition For Restoration From Discipline
- Petition for Hearing
Resources & Publications
- Department FAQs
- Statement of Coerced Debt
- How to Submit a Statement of Coerced Debt and Supporting Documentation
- Supporting Documentation of Coerced Debt Qualified Third-Party Verification Form ILCS 740/9.6(a)(5)(c)
- Company Application Checklist
- How to Submit License Changes and Surrender License
- Request Certification/Verification
- Application to classify records as confidential