What is the most common complaint against Benjamin Chaise & Associates?

The most common issue consumers report about Benjamin Chaise & Associates is "Communication tactics", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 18 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Benjamin Chaise & Associates increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Benjamin Chaise & Associates are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Benjamin Chaise & Associates's reputation grade?

Benjamin Chaise & Associates has a reputation grade of C (score: 56.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Benjamin Chaise & Associates respond to consumer complaints?

Benjamin Chaise & Associates has a 94% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Benjamin Chaise & Associates operate?

Benjamin Chaise & Associates has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 12 states, with the most complaints from Georgia (4 complaints).

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

Benjamin Chaise & Associates - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 12 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Communication tactics

7
Attempts to collect debt not owed

6
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

3
False statements or representation

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record benjamin-chaise-associates Benjamin Chaise & Associates

Grade C · 18 CFPB filings · 94% timely · lead issue: Communication tactics · vol #1965 · compose #3147

VOL 18
GRADE C
12MO 0
STATES 12
TIMELY 94%
ISSUE Communication tactics
RANK #1,965
COMPOSE #3,147

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Ameris Bancorp (18 complaints)

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

Benjamin Chaise & Associates's 18 CFPB complaints sit next to Ameris Bancorp 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

Georgia is the plurality state for Benjamin Chaise & Associates (22.2%)

Volume rank #1,965 and composite rank #3,147 diverge by 1,182 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Georgia 22.2%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 12 states with ≥1 filing
Seasonal peak: 2017-06 9.7%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,965 volume; #3,147 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,182 places worse than volume

How does Benjamin Chaise & Associates compare to its peers?

How does Benjamin Chaise & Associates compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Benjamin Chaise & Asso… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

94%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

40%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2017-01 2022-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Communication tactics	7
Attempts to collect debt not owed	6
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	3
False statements or representation	2

Where do complaints against Benjamin Chaise & Associates come from?

Benjamin Chaise & Associates's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Georgia

4
California

3
Florida

2
Colorado

1
Idaho

1
Michigan

1
Missouri

1
Nevada

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Benjamin Chaise & Associates: 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: 18.

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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