CFPB · Single-product concentration
Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc
247 CFPB complaints · 85.4% in "Debt collection" · top issue Attempts to collect debt not owed.
Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc: 85.4% of 247 CFPB complaints sit in "Debt collection". Timely 96.4% · relief 0.4%. Allegations, not findings.
- Single-product concentration
- +250% filings 2015 to 2026
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company lanier-collections-agency-and-services-inc
0.4% relief · 96.4% timely · 247 filings · Debt collection
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: LJ Ross Associates (0.4% relief)
Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc closes 0.4% with relief, below the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
Most of Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc's 247 filings include narrative text
45.3% 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.
Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc complaint mix by product
- Debt collection 211 85.4% – 1% relief
- Credit reporting, 28 11.3% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting 7 2.8% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting 1 0.4% – 0% relief
How Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc's 247 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Debt collection | 211 |
| Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports | 28 |
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 7 |
| Credit reporting | 1 |
Concentrated filing states for Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- GA
- 73.7% of this company's filings
Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc rising annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2026
- 7
- +250% vs 2015
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| GA | 182 |
| SC | 21 |
| FL | 14 |
| CA | 9 |
| TX | 4 |
| VA | 4 |
| MS | 3 |
| PA | 3 |
| IL | 2 |
| LA | 1 |
| CO | 1 |
| TN | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | 109 |
| Written notification about debt | 62 |
| False statements or representation | 13 |
| Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem | 12 |
| Improper use of your report | 11 |
| Incorrect information on your report | 11 |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | 7 |
| Disclosure verification of debt | 7 |
| Communication tactics | 6 |
| Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed | 4 |
| Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly | 2 |
| Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem | 1 |
| Incorrect information on credit report | 1 |
| Improper contact or sharing of info | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 100% |
| 2016 | 6 | 100% |
| 2017 | 16 | 100% |
| 2018 | 17 | 100% |
| 2019 | 27 | 96.3% |
| 2020 | 26 | 100% |
| 2021 | 65 | 98.5% |
| 2022 | 30 | 96.7% |
| 2023 | 18 | 88.9% |
| 2024 | 17 | 94.1% |
| 2025 | 16 | 81.3% |
| 2026 | 7 | 100% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc filings cluster in one product
Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc's 247 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 12 states show a filing. 45.3% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2015 through 2026-06-11.
Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc answers 96.4% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 99.2% with a written explanation. 0.4% 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 Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Lanier Collections Agency and Services 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: 247.
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 Lanier Collections Agency and Services Inc (96.4% timely; 0.4% relief). methodology.
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