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

CFPB complaint data Grade B 14 complaints

ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 4 states, reputation grade B.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc.

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record abc-credit-recovery-services-inc ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc.

Grade B · 14 CFPB filings · 79% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

  • VOL 14
  • GRADE B
  • 12MO 1
  • STATES 4
  • TIMELY 79%
  • DISPUTE 0%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #2,175
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 4 Star Resolution LLC (Closed) (14 complaints)

4 Star Resolution LLC (Closed)4 Star Resolution LLC (Close…14Advanced Portfolio Group LLCAdvanced Portfolio Group LLC14Alternative Collections LLCAlternative Collections LLC14American Collection Systems, Inc. (OH)American Collection Systems,…14ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc. (this)ABC Credit & Recovery Servic…14
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc.'s 14 CFPB complaints sit next to 4 Star Resolution LLC (Closed) 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 →

How the 14 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc., not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

B
Composite reputation score
64.6/100
ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc.

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume C
14
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response B
79%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
0%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

State-heavy filing map

64.3% of ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Illinois

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state
Illinois 64.3%
9 of 14 filings · 4 states touched
Seasonal peak
2023-05 14.3%
8–15% band · 2 filings
Corpus ranks
#2,175 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc. compare to its peers?

How does ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc. National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
1
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
79%
29%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
0%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors

Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc. a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 8 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 20%40%60%80%100%120% 0%10%20%30%40% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc. vs. 7 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc.4 Star Resolution LLC (Closed)AR Audit Services, IncAlternative Collections LLCAmerican Collection Systems, Inc. (OH)American Financial Credit Services, Inc.Ashfield Management Services Inc,BAS Receivable Management Inc.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc.'s complaint volume in context

ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc. vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

14 60th percentile higher than 60% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). This entry sits in this band. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Above this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc. 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2016-07 2025-12

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
6
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
3
Written notification about debt
2
Disclosure verification of debt
2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
1

Where do complaints against ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc. come from?

ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc.

Across 4 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for ABC Credit & Recovery Services Inc.: 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: 14.

4 peers

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

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