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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 29 complaints

Allen & Withrow - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 6 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Allen & Withrow

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record allen-withrow Allen & Withrow

Grade D · 29 CFPB filings · 86% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

  • VOL 29
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 2
  • STATES 6
  • TIMELY 86%
  • DISPUTE 31%
  • ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
  • RANK #1,552
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Acquired Assets, Ltd. (29 complaints)

Acquired Assets, Ltd.Acquired Assets, Ltd.29Alco Collections, Inc.Alco Collections, Inc.29Arivo Acceptance, LLCArivo Acceptance, LLC29BOC LLCBOC LLC29Allen & Withrow (this)Allen & Withrow (this)29
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Allen & Withrow's 29 CFPB complaints sit next to Acquired Assets, Ltd. 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 29 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Allen & Withrow, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
54.9/100
Allen & Withrow

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 D
29
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
86%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate B
31%
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

72.4% of Allen & Withrow's CFPB filings land in Arkansas

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

Dominant state
Arkansas 72.4%
21 of 29 filings · 6 states touched
Spike month
2025-05 22.2%
2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks
#1,552 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Allen & Withrow compare to its peers?

How does Allen & Withrow compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
Allen & Withrow National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
2
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
86%
79%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
31%
38%
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 Allen & Withrow a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 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 0%50%100%150% 0%20%40%60% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Allen & Withrow vs. 8 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Allen & WithrowAlco Collections, Inc.Acquired Assets, Ltd.BOC LLCCAPITAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, INC.Certified Bureau of the South, IncDiversified Recovery Services Inc.Emerald AR Systems, LLCEssential Retrieval Group
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Allen & Withrow's complaint volume in context

Allen & Withrow 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)

29 71st percentile higher than 71% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). This entry sits in this band. 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. Allen & Withrow 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2022-08 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
10
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
5
False statements or representation
3
Attempts to collect debt not owed
2
Written notification about debt
2
Disclosure verification of debt
2
Taking/threatening an illegal action
2
Communication tactics
1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
1
Improper contact or sharing of info
1

Where do complaints against Allen & Withrow come from?

Allen & Withrow's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Allen & Withrow

Across 6 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 Allen & Withrow: 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: 29.

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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