CFPB · Single-product concentration
Creditors Bureau Associates
632 CFPB complaints · 81.6% in "Debt collection" · top issue Attempts to collect debt not owed.
Creditors Bureau Associates: 81.6% of 632 CFPB complaints sit in "Debt collection". Timely 99.7% · relief 2.5%. Allegations, not findings.
- Single-product concentration
- +1350% filings 2014 to 2026
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company creditors-bureau-associates
2.5% relief · 99.7% timely · 632 filings · Debt collection
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: Forster & Garbus LLP (2.5% relief)
Creditors Bureau Associates closes 2.5% with relief, above the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
How 632 complaints split on narrative text
CFPB records optionally include a consumer narrative. These two counts add to this company's total filings, volume of text present, not a finding about severity.
CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.
Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Creditors Bureau Associates complaint mix by product
- Debt collection 516 81.6% – 3% relief
- Credit reporting, 60 9.5% – 5% relief
- Credit reporting 52 8.2% – 0% relief
- Checking or 2 0.3% – 0% relief
- Student loan 1 0.2% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting 1 0.2% – 0% relief
How Creditors Bureau Associates's 632 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Debt collection | 516 |
| Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports | 60 |
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 52 |
| Checking or savings account | 2 |
| Student loan | 1 |
| Credit reporting | 1 |
Concentrated filing states for Creditors Bureau Associates
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- GA
- 70.7% of this company's filings
Creditors Bureau Associates rising annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2026
- 58
- +1350% vs 2014
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| GA | 447 |
| AL | 43 |
| NC | 41 |
| FL | 24 |
| TN | 12 |
| SC | 11 |
| TX | 11 |
| AZ | 5 |
| LA | 5 |
| MI | 4 |
| OH | 4 |
| CA | 4 |
| MS | 4 |
| MN | 3 |
| CO | 2 |
| VI | 2 |
| MO | 2 |
| NJ | 2 |
| VA | 2 |
| KS | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | 250 |
| Written notification about debt | 111 |
| Incorrect information on your report | 54 |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | 54 |
| False statements or representation | 50 |
| Improper use of your report | 23 |
| Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem | 23 |
| Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed | 23 |
| Communication tactics | 15 |
| Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem | 10 |
| Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly | 8 |
| Disclosure verification of debt | 3 |
| Electronic communications | 2 |
| Problem with fraud alerts or security freezes | 2 |
| Problem with a lender or other company charging your account | 1 |
| Struggling to repay your loan | 1 |
| Incorrect information on credit report | 1 |
| Problem caused by your funds being low | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | 75% |
| 2015 | 1 | 100% |
| 2016 | 17 | 100% |
| 2017 | 15 | 93.3% |
| 2018 | 21 | 100% |
| 2019 | 13 | 100% |
| 2020 | 33 | 100% |
| 2021 | 99 | 100% |
| 2022 | 79 | 100% |
| 2023 | 59 | 100% |
| 2024 | 102 | 100% |
| 2025 | 131 | 100% |
| 2026 | 58 | 100% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
Creditors Bureau Associates filings cluster in one product
Creditors Bureau Associates's 632 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 23 states show a filing. Only 37.7% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, so most of this record is coded categories rather than verbatim complaint text. Records run from 2014 through 2026-06-25.
Creditors Bureau Associates answers 99.7% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 97.3% with a written explanation. 2.5% 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 Creditors Bureau Associates.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Creditors Bureau Associates: 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: 632.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.7%.
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 Creditors Bureau Associates (99.7% timely; 2.5% relief). methodology.
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