What is the most common complaint against Asset Recovery Bureau LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Asset Recovery Bureau LLC is "Communication tactics", specifically "Frequent or repeated calls". This is based on 71 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Asset Recovery Bureau LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Asset Recovery Bureau LLC are rising. The company received 32 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Asset Recovery Bureau LLC's reputation grade?

Asset Recovery Bureau LLC has a reputation grade of D (score: 50.4/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Asset Recovery Bureau LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Asset Recovery Bureau LLC has a 95% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Asset Recovery Bureau LLC operate?

Asset Recovery Bureau LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 26 states, with the most complaints from Florida (15 complaints).

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

Asset Recovery Bureau LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 26 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Communication tactics

25
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

18
Attempts to collect debt not owed

11
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

6
False statements or representation

4
Electronic communications

4

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record asset-recovery-bureau-llc Asset Recovery Bureau LLC

Grade D · 71 CFPB filings · 95% timely · lead issue: Communication tactics · vol #994 · compose #4114

VOL 71
GRADE D
12MO 32
STATES 26
TIMELY 95%
ISSUE Communication tactics
RANK #994
COMPOSE #4,114

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC (71 complaints)

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

Asset Recovery Bureau LLC's 71 CFPB complaints sit next to Abbott Osborn Jacobs PLC 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 →

Spiky monthly series

Florida is the plurality state for Asset Recovery Bureau LLC (21.1%)

The 2021-10 spike coincides with a 3,120-place gap between volume rank #994 and composite #4,114. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Florida 21.1%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 26 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2021-10 17.5%; 7 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #994 volume; #4,114 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,120 places worse than volume

How does Asset Recovery Bureau LLC compare to its peers?

How does Asset Recovery Bureau 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

Asset Recovery Bureau … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

95%

87%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

10%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2017-12 2025-11

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Communication tactics	25
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	18
Attempts to collect debt not owed	11
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	6
False statements or representation	4
Electronic communications	4
Written notification about debt	3

Where do complaints against Asset Recovery Bureau LLC come from?

Asset Recovery Bureau LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Florida

15
Arizona

6
Michigan

5
Tennessee

5
Texas

4
Alabama

3
Arkansas

3
California

3

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Asset Recovery Bureau 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: 71.

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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