CFPB · Heavy issue volume
Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
589.3K CFPB complaints (heavy-volume third) · 1.7K companies · top product Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports.
"Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem" is in the heavy-volume third with 589.3K CFPB complaints (ranks #4 of 178) across 1.7K companies. Top product Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports. Allegations, not findings.
- Volume rank #4 of 178
- Equifax, Inc. 34.1% of filings
- Data updated June 2026
- Heavy issue volume
Companies filing under "Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem"
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
"Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem" in the heavy-volume third
"Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem" appears across 1,714 distinct companies in the CFPB public record, a wide respondent spread for this allegation label. Volume lands in the heaviest third of indexed issue categories (#4 of 178). No single company exceeds 34.1% of these filings.
The most common product category where "Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem" is raised is "Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports". Use company profiles to see relief and timely-response rates on the firms named most often. Consumer wording drives the label, not a regulatory finding. See methodology for how CFPB complaint routing works.
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Data sourced from official public datasets for "Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem" (#4 of 178; 1.7K companies). methodology.
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