What is the most common complaint against Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. is "Taking/threatening an illegal action", specifically "Threatened arrest/jail if do not pay". This is based on 2 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc.'s reputation grade?

Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. has a reputation grade of A (score: 87.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. operate?

Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 2 states, with the most complaints from California (1 complaints).

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

Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 2 states, reputation grade A.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Taking/threatening an illegal action

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record blackhawk-network-holdings-inc Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc.

Grade A · 2 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action · vol #3956 · compose #119

VOL 2
GRADE A
12MO 0
STATES 2
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Taking/threatening an ille…
RANK #3,956
COMPOSE #119

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 1 Auto Finance, Inc. (2 complaints)

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

Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc.'s 2 CFPB complaints sit next to 1 Auto Finance, 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 →

State-heavy filing map

50.0% of Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc.'s CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. is volume #3,956 but composite #119, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 50.0%; 1 of 2 filings · 2 states touched
Spike month: 2015-07 100.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #3,956 volume; #119 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,837 places better than volume

How does Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Blackhawk Network Hold… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2015-07 2015-07

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Taking/threatening an illegal action	2

Where do complaints against Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. come from?

Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

1
Florida

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc.: 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: 2.

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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