What is the most common complaint against American Adjustment Bureau,Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about American Adjustment Bureau,Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 182 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against American Adjustment Bureau,Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against American Adjustment Bureau,Inc. are falling. The company received 5 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is American Adjustment Bureau,Inc.'s reputation grade?

American Adjustment Bureau,Inc. has a reputation grade of C (score: 56.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does American Adjustment Bureau,Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

American Adjustment Bureau,Inc. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 19% of cases.

In how many states does American Adjustment Bureau,Inc. operate?

American Adjustment Bureau,Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 18 states, with the most complaints from Connecticut (131 complaints).

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

American Adjustment Bureau,Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 18 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

64
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

29
Written notification about debt

28
Disclosure verification of debt

20
False statements or representation

16
Communication tactics

16

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record american-adjustment-bureauinc American Adjustment Bureau,Inc.

Grade C · 182 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #583 · compose #3114

VOL 182
GRADE C
12MO 5
STATES 18
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 19%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #583
COMPOSE #3,114

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Absolute Recovery Services, LLC (182 complaints)

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

American Adjustment Bureau,Inc.'s 182 CFPB complaints sit next to Absolute Recovery Services, LLC 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

72.0% of American Adjustment Bureau,Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Connecticut

High volume does not equal a clean composite: American Adjustment Bureau,Inc. is volume #583 but composite #3,114, while Connecticut dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Connecticut 72.0%; 131 of 182 filings · 18 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2016-02 8.6%; 8–15% band · 6 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #583 volume; #3,114 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,531 places worse than volume

How does American Adjustment Bureau,Inc. compare to its peers?

How does AMERICAN ADJUSTMENT BUREAU,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

AMERICAN ADJUSTMENT BU… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

78%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2016-01 2018-12

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	64
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	29
Written notification about debt	28
Disclosure verification of debt	20
False statements or representation	16
Communication tactics	16
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	5
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2
Improper contact or sharing of info	1
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against American Adjustment Bureau,Inc. come from?

American Adjustment Bureau,Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Connecticut

131
Georgia

9
New York

8
New Jersey

7
Florida

6
Massachusetts

5
California

2
Illinois

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for American Adjustment Bureau,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: 182.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 100%.

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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