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Creditors Bureau Associates: 284 CFPB complaints about debt collection, last 3 years

Creditors Bureau Associates drew 284 consumer complaints about debt collection in the CFPB database in the three years to November 6, 2026, 80.5% of its 353 complaints in that time. The most common issue was “Attempts to collect debt not owed”. The company responded on time to 100.0% of them, and 0.0% closed with monetary or other relief.

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  • 284Complaints, last 3 years
  • 80.5%Share of the company's complaints
  • 100.0%Responded on time
  • 0.0%Closed with relief
  • Oct 28, 2026Latest received

By period

The three years are cut into 12 month periods ending on the date of the latest data.

PeriodComplaintsShare
12 months to Nov 6, 202611239.4%
12 months to Nov 6, 202510135.6%
12 months to Nov 6, 20247125%

Issues

IssueComplaintsShare
Attempts to collect debt not owed12644.4%
Written notification about debt6021.1%
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action4716.5%
False statements or representation3713%
Communication tactics82.8%
Electronic communications41.4%
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly20.7%

How the company responded

Company responseComplaintsShare
Closed with explanation284100%

States

Where the consumers who complained live, as they gave it to the CFPB.

StateComplaintsShare
Georgia20271.1%
North Carolina248.5%
Florida134.6%
Alabama93.2%
South Carolina62.1%
Texas62.1%
Michigan31.1%
Mississippi31.1%
Tennessee31.1%
Colorado20.7%
Kansas20.7%
Ohio20.7%
Arizona10.4%
California10.4%
Connecticut10.4%
Indiana10.4%
Louisiana10.4%
Missouri10.4%
New Jersey10.4%
Virginia10.4%
U.S. Virgin Islands10.4%

Latest 25 complaints

Newest first. Each row links to the complaint's record in the CFPB database.

ReceivedProductIssueCompany responseSource
October 28, 2026Debt collectionTook or threatened to take negative or legal actionClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
October 21, 2026Debt collectionWritten notification about debtClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
October 6, 2026Debt collectionAttempts to collect debt not owedClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
October 1, 2026Debt collectionAttempts to collect debt not owedClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
September 30, 2026Debt collectionWritten notification about debtClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
September 24, 2026Debt collectionAttempts to collect debt not owedClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
September 22, 2026Debt collectionAttempts to collect debt not owedClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
September 18, 2026Debt collectionAttempts to collect debt not owedClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
September 16, 2026Debt collectionAttempts to collect debt not owedClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
September 14, 2026Debt collectionTook or threatened to take negative or legal actionClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
September 13, 2026Debt collectionWritten notification about debtClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
September 9, 2026Debt collectionWritten notification about debtClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
September 4, 2026Debt collectionWritten notification about debtClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
September 4, 2026Debt collectionWritten notification about debtClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
August 29, 2026Debt collectionAttempts to collect debt not owedClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
August 27, 2026Debt collectionWritten notification about debtClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
August 26, 2026Debt collectionFalse statements or representationClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
August 23, 2026Debt collectionWritten notification about debtClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
August 20, 2026Debt collectionAttempts to collect debt not owedClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
August 18, 2026Debt collectionFalse statements or representationClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
August 13, 2026Debt collectionFalse statements or representationClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
August 8, 2026Debt collectionAttempts to collect debt not owedClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
July 28, 2026Debt collectionAttempts to collect debt not owedClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
July 27, 2026Debt collectionWritten notification about debtClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
July 27, 2026Debt collectionAttempts to collect debt not owedClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov

Also on SpecStream

Updated November 7, 2026. Read from CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. Public data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (US government work), free for anyone to use. A complaint count is not a rate. A company with more customers can draw more complaints and a state with more people draws more, so this page compares counts only and ranks no one as better or worse. A complaint is a consumer's own account and does not by itself show that a company broke a law. The CFPB publishes a complaint after the company responds, or after 15 days, whichever comes first, and the database is not a statistical sample of consumers' experiences. Company responses are as the company reported them to the CFPB. The CFPB's product names changed over time, and the counts of the three years combine the old and new names of credit reporting. Consumer narratives and names are not shown on this page. This page uses CFPB data and is not endorsed by the CFPB. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.