What is the most common complaint against American Location Specialists?

The most common issue consumers report about American Location Specialists is "False statements or representation", specifically "Impersonated attorney, law enforcement, or government official". This is based on 12 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against American Location Specialists increasing or decreasing?

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

What is American Location Specialists's reputation grade?

American Location Specialists has a reputation grade of F (score: 42.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does American Location Specialists respond to consumer complaints?

American Location Specialists has a 50% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does American Location Specialists operate?

American Location Specialists has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 8 states, with the most complaints from South Carolina (4 complaints).

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

American Location Specialists - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 8 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

False statements or representation

5
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

2
Attempts to collect debt not owed

1
Communication tactics

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record american-location-specialists American Location Specialists

Grade F · 12 CFPB filings · 50% timely · lead issue: False statements or representation · vol #2292 · compose #4827

VOL 12
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 8
TIMELY 50%
ISSUE False statements or repres…
RANK #2,292
COMPOSE #4,827

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 1803 Capital, LLC (12 complaints)

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

American Location Specialists's 12 CFPB complaints sit next to 1803 Capital, 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

33.3% of American Location Specialists's CFPB filings land in South Carolina

High volume does not equal a clean composite: American Location Specialists is volume #2,292 but composite #4,827, while South Carolina dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: South Carolina 33.3%; 4 of 12 filings · 8 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2023-03 8.8%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,292 volume; #4,827 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,535 places worse than volume

How does American Location Specialists compare to its peers?

How does American Location Specialists 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 Location Spec… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

50%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2021-10 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
False statements or representation	5
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	2
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
Communication tactics	1

Where do complaints against American Location Specialists come from?

American Location Specialists's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

South Carolina

4
Wisconsin

2
California

1
Louisiana

1
North Carolina

1
Pennsylvania

1
Tennessee

1
Texas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for American Location Specialists: 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: 12.

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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