What is the most common complaint against Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Threatened to sue you for very old debt". This is based on 71 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC are falling. The company received 10 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC's reputation grade?

Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC has a reputation grade of C (score: 56.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC respond to consumer complaints?

Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC has a 87% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 10% of cases.

In how many states does Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC operate?

Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 10 states, with the most complaints from Iowa (33 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 10 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

18
Attempts to collect debt not owed

16
Written notification about debt

14
False statements or representation

11
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

3
Disclosure verification of debt

3

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record abbott-osborn-jacobs-plc Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC

Grade C · 71 CFPB filings · 87% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #992 · compose #2999

VOL 71
GRADE C
12MO 10
STATES 10
TIMELY 87%
DISPUTE 10%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #992
COMPOSE #2,999

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Alliant Credit Union (71 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC's 71 CFPB complaints sit next to Alliant Credit Union on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

State-heavy filing map

46.5% of Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC's CFPB filings land in Iowa

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC is volume #992 but composite #2,999, while Iowa dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Iowa 46.5%; 33 of 71 filings · 10 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2015-07 13.3%; 8–15% band · 4 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #992 volume; #2,999 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,007 places worse than volume

How does Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC compare to its peers?

How does Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Abbott Osborn Jacobs P… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

87%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

10%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-10 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	18
Attempts to collect debt not owed	16
Written notification about debt	14
False statements or representation	11
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	3
Disclosure verification of debt	3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2
Taking/threatening an illegal action	2
Communication tactics	1
Improper contact or sharing of info	1

Where do complaints against Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC come from?

Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Iowa

33
Missouri

21
Texas

7
California

2
Nebraska

2
Florida

1
Indiana

1
Nevada

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 71.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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