What is the most common complaint against Advance Bureau of Collections?

The most common issue consumers report about Advance Bureau of Collections is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 95 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Advance Bureau of Collections increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Advance Bureau of Collections are falling. The company received 16 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Advance Bureau of Collections's reputation grade?

Advance Bureau of Collections has a reputation grade of C (score: 57.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Advance Bureau of Collections respond to consumer complaints?

Advance Bureau of Collections has a 98% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 18% of cases.

In how many states does Advance Bureau of Collections operate?

Advance Bureau of Collections has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 5 states, with the most complaints from Georgia (82 complaints).

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

Advance Bureau of Collections - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

46
False statements or representation

12
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

11
Disclosure verification of debt

7
Written notification about debt

5
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

5

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record advance-bureau-of-collections Advance Bureau of Collections

Grade C · 95 CFPB filings · 98% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #835 · compose #2879

VOL 95
GRADE C
12MO 16
STATES 5
TIMELY 98%
DISPUTE 18%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #835
COMPOSE #2,879

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Creditor's Collection Service, Inc. (95 complaints)

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

Advance Bureau of Collections's 95 CFPB complaints sit next to Creditor's Collection Service, Inc. 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

86.3% of Advance Bureau of Collections's CFPB filings land in Georgia

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Advance Bureau of Collections is volume #835 but composite #2,879, while Georgia dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Georgia 86.3%; 82 of 95 filings · 5 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2025-10 10.2%; 8–15% band · 5 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #835 volume; #2,879 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,044 places worse than volume

How does Advance Bureau of Collections compare to its peers?

How does Advance Bureau of Collections compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Advance Bureau of Coll… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

98%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

18%

16%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2022-10 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	46
False statements or representation	12
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	11
Disclosure verification of debt	7
Written notification about debt	5
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	5
Communication tactics	4
Improper contact or sharing of info	4
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Advance Bureau of Collections come from?

Advance Bureau of Collections's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Georgia

82
Florida

8
Louisiana

2
Alabama

1
Minnesota

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Advance Bureau of Collections: 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: 95.

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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