What is the most common complaint against American Elite Recovery, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about American Elite Recovery, LLC is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Threatened to arrest you or take you to jail if you do not pay". This is based on 14 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against American Elite Recovery, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against American Elite Recovery, LLC are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is American Elite Recovery, LLC's reputation grade?

American Elite Recovery, LLC has a reputation grade of F (score: 29.1/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does American Elite Recovery, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

American Elite Recovery, LLC has a 14% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does American Elite Recovery, LLC operate?

American Elite Recovery, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 11 states, with the most complaints from Texas (3 complaints).

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

American Elite Recovery, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 11 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

6
Communication tactics

3
False statements or representation

2
Attempts to collect debt not owed

1
Written notification about debt

1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record american-elite-recovery-llc American Elite Recovery, LLC

Grade F · 14 CFPB filings · 14% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #2179 · compose #5223

VOL 14
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 11
TIMELY 14%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #2,179
COMPOSE #5,223

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 4 Star Resolution LLC (Closed) (14 complaints)

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

American Elite Recovery, LLC's 14 CFPB complaints sit next to 4 Star Resolution LLC (Closed) 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 →

Filing geometry

Texas is the plurality state for American Elite Recovery, LLC (21.4%)

Volume rank #2,179 and composite rank #5,223 diverge by 3,044 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Texas 21.4%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 11 states with ≥1 filing
Seasonal peak: 2015-05 10.0%; 8–15% band · 1 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,179 volume; #5,223 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,044 places worse than volume

How does American Elite Recovery, LLC compare to its peers?

How does American Elite Recovery, LLC 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 Elite Recover… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

14%

29%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2015-05 2017-12

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	6
Communication tactics	3
False statements or representation	2
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
Written notification about debt	1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against American Elite Recovery, LLC come from?

American Elite Recovery, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

3
New Jersey

2
Florida

1
Georgia

1
Michigan

1
Missouri

1
New York

1
Oregon

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for American Elite Recovery, LLC: 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: 14.

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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