CFPB · Lighter filing volume
Cedars Business Services, LLC
1.0K CFPB complaints (light-volume third) · 49 states · top issue Attempts to collect debt not owed.
Cedars Business Services, LLC is in the light-volume third with 1.0K CFPB complaints (ranks #338 of 342). Timely 96.4% · relief 0.1% · top product Debt collection. Allegations, not findings.
- Lighter filing volume
- +1250% filings 2014 to 2026
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company cedars-business-services-llc
0.1% relief · 96.4% timely · 1.0K filings · Debt collection
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: Fair Collections & Outsourcing, Inc. (0.1% relief)
Cedars Business Services, LLC closes 0.1% with relief, below the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
Response Quality Score
Cedars Business Services, LLC scores strongest on closed with explanation (95/100 percentile-benchmarked) and weakest on relief provided (0/100), blended into one 0–100 composite against the CFPB-wide distribution among companies with 10+ complaints. See methodology for the benchmark and weights.
Relief provided
0 / 100 percentile-benchmarked
0.1% of complaints closed with relief to the consumer
Timely response
94 / 100 percentile-benchmarked
96.4% of complaints answered inside the CFPB 15-day window
Closed with explanation
95 / 100 percentile-benchmarked
97.2% of complaints closed with an explanation to the consumer
Most of Cedars Business Services, LLC's 1.0K filings include narrative text
41.6% 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.
Cedars Business Services, LLC complaint mix by product
- Debt collection 867 85.9% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting 99 9.8% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting, 31 3.1% – 0% relief
- Debt or 4 0.4% – 0% relief
- Credit card 3 0.3% – 0% relief
- Student loan 3 0.3% – 0% relief
- Consumer Loan 2 0.2% – 0% relief
Lighter-volume mix: how Cedars Business Services, LLC's 1.0K complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution badge = % closed with relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Debt collection | 867 |
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 99 |
| Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports | 31 |
| Debt or credit management | 4 |
| Credit card | 3 |
| Student loan | 3 |
| Consumer Loan | 2 |
| Credit card or prepaid card | 2 |
| Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan | 1 |
| Prepaid card | 1 |
Nationwide filing states for Cedars Business Services, LLC
Top states by attributed volume, lighter-filing company
- Leading state
- CA
- 20.4% of this company's filings
Cedars Business Services, LLC rising annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2026
- 189
- +1250% vs 2014
Volume vs. relief
Where Cedars Business Services, LLC sits on volume vs. relief
Among the 342 companies large enough to be indexed on PlainComplaint, Cedars Business Services, LLC files more complaint volume than 1% of them, and closes complaints with relief more often than 16% of them, placing it in the quadrant for lower volume, below-average relief. Complaint volume and relief rate are independent figures: a high-volume company can still resolve most complaints, and a low-volume one can resolve few.
Total complaints: 1,013 · Closed with relief: 0.1%
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| CA | 207 |
| TX | 101 |
| FL | 100 |
| GA | 63 |
| NY | 55 |
| VA | 37 |
| NC | 36 |
| PA | 33 |
| MD | 30 |
| NJ | 29 |
| IL | 29 |
| AZ | 23 |
| OH | 22 |
| WA | 20 |
| AL | 18 |
| SC | 18 |
| TN | 18 |
| MI | 18 |
| MA | 15 |
| NV | 12 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | 447 |
| Written notification about debt | 121 |
| False statements or representation | 118 |
| Incorrect information on your report | 86 |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | 69 |
| Communication tactics | 46 |
| Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed | 30 |
| Improper use of your report | 26 |
| Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem | 13 |
| Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly | 12 |
| Electronic communications | 11 |
| Disclosure verification of debt | 7 |
| Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem | 5 |
| Improper contact or sharing of info | 4 |
| Problem with customer service | 2 |
| Dealing with your lender or servicer | 2 |
| Taking/threatening an illegal action | 2 |
| Problems when you are unable to pay | 2 |
| Unauthorized withdrawals or charges | 1 |
| Didn't provide services promised | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 14 | 28.6% |
| 2015 | 20 | 90% |
| 2016 | 18 | 100% |
| 2017 | 13 | 100% |
| 2018 | 36 | 94.4% |
| 2019 | 49 | 85.7% |
| 2020 | 63 | 96.8% |
| 2021 | 53 | 100% |
| 2022 | 57 | 96.5% |
| 2023 | 100 | 93% |
| 2024 | 149 | 99.3% |
| 2025 | 252 | 98.8% |
| 2026 | 189 | 100% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
Cedars Business Services, LLC in the light-volume third
Cedars Business Services, LLC's 1,013 logged complaints reach a nationwide footprint - 49 states have at least one filing. 41.6% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2014 through 2026-06-25. Volume lands in the lightest third of the indexed company corpus (#338 of 342).
Cedars Business Services, LLC answers 96.4% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 97.2% with a written explanation. 0.1% 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 "Attempts to collect debt not owed."
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 Cedars Business Services, LLC.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Cedars Business Services, LLC: 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: 1.0K.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 96.4%.
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 Cedars Business Services, LLC (#338 of 342; 96.4% timely; 0.1% relief). methodology.
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