CFPB · Single-product concentration
American Location Specialists
12 CFPB complaints · 100% in "Debt collection" · top issue False statements or representation.
American Location Specialists: 100% of 12 CFPB complaints sit in "Debt collection". Timely 50% · relief 8.3%. Allegations, not findings.
- Single-product concentration
- -33.3% filings 2022 to 2025
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company american-location-specialists
8.3% relief · 50% timely · 12 filings · Debt collection
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: Western-Shamrock Corporation (8.3% relief)
American Location Specialists closes 8.3% with relief, above the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
Most of American Location Specialists's 12 filings include narrative text
66.7% carry a written consumer narrative, this ledger is unusually text-rich for a CFPB company page. Counts still add to the company's total filings; narrative presence is not a severity finding.
CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.
Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
American Location Specialists complaint mix by product
- Debt collection 12 100.0% – 8% relief
How American Location Specialists's 12 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Debt collection | 12 |
Where American Location Specialists complaints are filed
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- SC
- 33.3% of this company's filings
American Location Specialists falling annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2025
- 2
- -33.3% vs 2022
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| SC | 4 |
| WI | 2 |
| CA | 1 |
| TX | 1 |
| TN | 1 |
| NC | 1 |
| PA | 1 |
| LA | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| False statements or representation | 5 |
| Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly | 3 |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | 2 |
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | 1 |
| Communication tactics | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 100% |
| 2023 | 6 | 50% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
American Location Specialists filings cluster in one product
American Location Specialists's 12 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 8 states show a filing. 66.7% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2022 through 2025-04-02.
American Location Specialists answers 50% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 66.7% with a written explanation. 8.3% end in monetary or non-monetary relief for the consumer. Consumers disputed just 0% of responses after the company replied. "Debt collection" draws the most filings, most often for "False statements or representation."
A complaint is a consumer-reported allegation, not proven wrongdoing. See the disclaimer below for how volume relates to company size, and cross-check against the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database directly before drawing conclusions about American Location Specialists.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for American Location Specialists: nearest filing volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among companies with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.
Similar filing volume
Nearest companies by total CFPB complaints. This record: 12.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 50%.
Disclaimer: This data is from CFPB public records. PlainComplaint does not provide financial advice. A complaint does not indicate that a company has violated any law or regulation. Complaint volumes are influenced by company size, customer base, and market presence. Use this data as one of many inputs when evaluating a company.
Data sourced from official public datasets for American Location Specialists (50% timely; 8.3% relief). methodology.
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