CFPB · Single-product concentration

Metro Area Collection Service, Inc.

23 CFPB complaints · 78.3% in "Debt collection" · top issue Written notification about debt.

23 CFPB complaints

Metro Area Collection Service, Inc.: 78.3% of 23 CFPB complaints sit in "Debt collection". Timely 91.3% · relief 0%. Allegations, not findings.

  • Single-product concentration
  • +100% filings 2015 to 2023

CFPB relief outcome brief

CCDB company metro-area-collection-service-inc

0% relief · 91.3% timely · 23 filings · Debt collection

Nearest relief peer: Transworld Systems Inc (0% relief)

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Closed-with-relief % among Metro Area Collection Service, Inc. and nearest filing-volume peers

Metro Area Collection Service, Inc. closes 0% with relief, below the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →

Most of Metro Area Collection Service, Inc.'s 23 filings include narrative text

47.8% 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.

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Timely response rate 91.3%
Federal benchmark

CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.

Relief rate 0.0%
Industry median (≥10 complaints)

Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.

Metro Area Collection Service, Inc. complaint mix by product

Total complaints: 23

Metro Area Collection Service, Inc. complaint mix by product Horizontal strip chart. Width of each segment is proportional to that category's share of the 23 total complaints. Trend arrow shows rolling 12-month direction. Inline badge shows resolution rate (% closed with relief). Debt collection: 18 complaints (78.3%), resolution 0.0% Debt collection 78.3% Credit reporting,: 5 complaints (21.7%), resolution 0.0% Credit reporting, 21.7%
  • Debt collection 18 78.3% 0% relief
  • Credit reporting, 5 21.7% 0% relief

How Metro Area Collection Service, Inc.'s 23 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.

Complaints by Product

Product Complaints
Debt collection 18
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports 5

Concentrated filing states for Metro Area Collection Service, Inc.

Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company

Concentrated footprint
Leading state
OR
65.2% of this company's filings
OR15FL3TX2

Metro Area Collection Service, Inc. rising annual filings

Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database

Rising vs first year
2023
2
+100% vs 2015
02468 201520162017201820192020202120222023 2

Top States

State Complaints
OR 15
FL 3
TX 2

Top Issues

Issue Complaints
Written notification about debt 5
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action 4
Incorrect information on your report 4
False statements or representation 4
Attempts to collect debt not owed 2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed 2
Communication tactics 1
Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem 1

Yearly Trend

Year Complaints Timely
2015 1 0%
2016 1 100%
2017 1 0%
2018 2 100%
2019 1 100%
2020 3 100%
2021 5 100%
2022 7 100%
2023 2 100%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Metro Area Collection Service, Inc. filings cluster in one product

Metro Area Collection Service, Inc.'s 23 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 3 states show a filing. 47.8% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2015 through 2023-05-21.

Metro Area Collection Service, Inc. answers 91.3% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 100% 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 "Written notification about debt."

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 Metro Area Collection Service, Inc..

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Metro Area Collection Service, 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.

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 Metro Area Collection Service, Inc. (91.3% timely; 0% relief). methodology.

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