CFPB · Narrative-heavy record
Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc.
261 CFPB complaints · 49% with narratives · top issue Attempts to collect debt not owed.
Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc.: 49% of 261 filings include consumer narratives. Timely 90.4% · relief 0% · top product Debt collection. Allegations, not findings.
- Narrative-heavy record
- +466.7% filings 2015 to 2026
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company federal-adjustment-bureau-inc
0% relief · 90.4% timely · 261 filings · Debt collection
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: Transworld Systems Inc (0% relief)
Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc. closes 0% with relief, below the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
Most of Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc.'s 261 filings include narrative text
49% 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.
Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc. complaint mix by product
- Debt collection 180 69.0% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting 49 18.8% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting, 28 10.7% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting 2 0.8% – 0% relief
- Student loan 1 0.4% – 0% relief
- Credit card 1 0.4% – 0% relief
How Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc.'s 261 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Debt collection | 180 |
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 49 |
| Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports | 28 |
| Credit reporting | 2 |
| Student loan | 1 |
| Credit card | 1 |
Concentrated filing states for Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc.
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- OH
- 82% of this company's filings
Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc. rising annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2026
- 34
- +466.7% vs 2015
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| OH | 214 |
| FL | 12 |
| GA | 6 |
| LA | 5 |
| NC | 3 |
| MI | 3 |
| WV | 3 |
| KY | 2 |
| OK | 2 |
| MA | 1 |
| PA | 1 |
| NE | 1 |
| TN | 1 |
| CA | 1 |
| OR | 1 |
| SC | 1 |
| IL | 1 |
| NY | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | 79 |
| Incorrect information on your report | 45 |
| Written notification about debt | 38 |
| Improper use of your report | 25 |
| False statements or representation | 24 |
| Disclosure verification of debt | 14 |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | 9 |
| Communication tactics | 6 |
| Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed | 6 |
| Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem | 4 |
| Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly | 3 |
| Problem with a company's investigation into an existing issue | 2 |
| Identity theft protection or other monitoring services | 1 |
| Electronic communications | 1 |
| Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem | 1 |
| Incorrect information on credit report | 1 |
| Improper use of my credit report | 1 |
| Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 0% |
| 2016 | 16 | 62.5% |
| 2017 | 8 | 75% |
| 2018 | 13 | 84.6% |
| 2019 | 9 | 44.4% |
| 2020 | 15 | 73.3% |
| 2021 | 21 | 100% |
| 2022 | 12 | 100% |
| 2023 | 19 | 100% |
| 2024 | 50 | 100% |
| 2025 | 58 | 100% |
| 2026 | 34 | 100% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc.'s narrative-rich complaint ledger
Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc.'s 261 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 18 states show a filing. 49% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2015 through 2026-06-22.
Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc. answers 90.4% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 99.6% with a written explanation. 0% 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 Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc..
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc.: 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: 261.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 90.4%.
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 Federal Adjustment Bureau, Inc. (90.4% timely; 0% relief). methodology.
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