What is the most common complaint against Apelles, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Apelles, LLC is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 181 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Apelles, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Apelles, LLC have been stable. The company received 32 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Apelles, LLC's reputation grade?

Apelles, LLC has a reputation grade of C (score: 56.8/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Apelles, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Apelles, LLC has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 19% of cases.

In how many states does Apelles, LLC operate?

Apelles, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 35 states, with the most complaints from California (24 complaints).

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

Apelles, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 35 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

71
Communication tactics

32
Written notification about debt

22
False statements or representation

22
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

13
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

8

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record apelles-llc Apelles, LLC

Grade C · 181 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #589 · compose #2958

VOL 181
GRADE C
12MO 32
STATES 35
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 19%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #589
COMPOSE #2,958

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Dyck-O'Neal, Inc. (181 complaints)

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

Apelles, LLC's 181 CFPB complaints sit next to Dyck-O'Neal, 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 →

Distributed filing map

Apelles, LLC spreads filings across 35 states - California leads at only 13.3%

Despite a broad state map, Apelles, LLC still sits volume #589 against composite #2,958 - the two RankMaps diverge by 2,369 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; California still leads at 13.3% across 35 states
Seasonal peak: 2019-05 8.1%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #589 volume; #2,958 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,369 places worse than volume

How does Apelles, LLC compare to its peers?

How does Apelles, 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

Apelles, LLC National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

96%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

30%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2019-05 2022-08

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	71
Communication tactics	32
Written notification about debt	22
False statements or representation	22
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	13
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	8
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	5
Improper contact or sharing of info	3
Electronic communications	3
Disclosure verification of debt	2

Where do complaints against Apelles, LLC come from?

Apelles, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

24
Florida

23
Georgia

19
Texas

15
Illinois

10
Michigan

8
Maryland

7
Ohio

7

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Apelles, 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: 181.

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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