CFPB · Narrative-heavy record
Professional Business Bureau Inc
8 CFPB complaints · 50% with narratives · top issue Attempts to collect debt not owed.
Professional Business Bureau Inc: 50% of 8 filings include consumer narratives. Timely 100% · relief 0% · top product Debt collection. Allegations, not findings.
- Narrative-heavy record
- -66.7% filings 2018 to 2026
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company professional-business-bureau-inc
0% relief · 100% timely · 8 filings · Debt collection
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: Transworld Systems Inc (0% relief)
Professional Business Bureau Inc closes 0% with relief, below the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.
Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Professional Business Bureau Inc complaint mix by product
- Debt collection 5 62.5% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting, 2 25.0% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting 1 12.5% – 0% relief
How Professional Business Bureau Inc's 8 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Debt collection | 5 |
| Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports | 2 |
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 1 |
Concentrated filing states for Professional Business Bureau Inc
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- OH
- 50% of this company's filings
Professional Business Bureau Inc falling annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2026
- 1
- -66.7% vs 2018
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| OH | 4 |
| MI | 3 |
| GA | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | 3 |
| Incorrect information on your report | 2 |
| Written notification about debt | 2 |
| Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 100% |
| 2019 | 3 | 100% |
| 2020 | 1 | 100% |
| 2026 | 1 | 100% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
Professional Business Bureau Inc's narrative-rich complaint ledger
Professional Business Bureau Inc's 8 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 3 states show a filing. 50% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2018 through 2026-06-22.
Professional Business Bureau Inc answers 100% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 87.5% 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 Professional Business Bureau Inc.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Professional Business 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: 8.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 100%.
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 Professional Business Bureau Inc (100% timely; 0% relief). methodology.
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