What is the most common complaint against Accounts Research, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Accounts Research, Inc. is "Disclosure verification of debt", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 16 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Accounts Research, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Accounts Research, Inc. are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Accounts Research, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Accounts Research, Inc. has a reputation grade of C (score: 58.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Accounts Research, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Accounts Research, Inc. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 50% of cases.

In how many states does Accounts Research, Inc. operate?

Accounts Research, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 1 states, with the most complaints from Tennessee (16 complaints).

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

Accounts Research, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 1 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Disclosure verification of debt

4
Communication tactics

3
Attempts to collect debt not owed

2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

2
Improper contact or sharing of info

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record accounts-research-inc Accounts Research, Inc.

Grade C · 16 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Disclosure verification of debt · vol #2063 · compose #2576

VOL 16
GRADE C
12MO 0
STATES 1
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 50%
ISSUE Disclosure verification of…
RANK #2,063
COMPOSE #2,576

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Absolute Collections Corp. (16 complaints)

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

Accounts Research, Inc.'s 16 CFPB complaints sit next to Absolute Collections Corp. 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

100.0% of Accounts Research, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Tennessee

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Accounts Research, Inc. is volume #2,063 but composite #2,576, while Tennessee dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Tennessee 100.0%; 16 of 16 filings · 1 states touched
Spike month: 2024-04 25.0%; 2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,063 volume; #2,576 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 513 places worse than volume

How does Accounts Research, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Accounts Research, 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

Accounts Research, Inc… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

50%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2020-05 2025-07

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Disclosure verification of debt	4
Communication tactics	3
Attempts to collect debt not owed	2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2
Improper contact or sharing of info	2
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Accounts Research, Inc. come from?

Accounts Research, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Tennessee

16

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Accounts Research, 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: 16.

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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