What is the most common complaint against Advanced Collections, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Advanced Collections, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt was result of identity theft". This is based on 7 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Advanced Collections, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

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

What is Advanced Collections, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Advanced Collections, Inc. has a reputation grade of B (score: 71.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Advanced Collections, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Advanced Collections, Inc. has a 86% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Advanced Collections, Inc. operate?

Advanced Collections, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 3 states, with the most complaints from Mississippi (4 complaints).

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

Advanced Collections, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

3
Written notification about debt

1
False statements or representation

1
Communication tactics

1
Disclosure verification of debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record advanced-collections-inc Advanced Collections, Inc.

Grade B · 7 CFPB filings · 86% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #2778 · compose #1160

VOL 7
GRADE B
12MO 0
STATES 3
TIMELY 86%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #2,778
COMPOSE #1,160

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Account Services Inc. (7 complaints)

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

Advanced Collections, Inc.'s 7 CFPB complaints sit next to Account Services 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

57.1% of Advanced Collections, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Mississippi

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Advanced Collections, Inc. is volume #2,778 but composite #1,160, while Mississippi dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Mississippi 57.1%; 4 of 7 filings · 3 states touched
Spike month: 2013-08 25.0%; 4 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,778 volume; #1,160 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,618 places better than volume

How does Advanced Collections, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Advanced Collections, 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

Advanced Collections, … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

86%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2013-07 2014-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	3
Written notification about debt	1
False statements or representation	1
Communication tactics	1
Disclosure verification of debt	1

Where do complaints against Advanced Collections, Inc. come from?

Advanced Collections, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Mississippi

4
Florida

2
Indiana

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Advanced Collections, 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: 7.

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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