What is the most common complaint against Blitt and Gaines, P.C.?

The most common issue consumers report about Blitt and Gaines, P.C. is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Sued you without properly notifying you of lawsuit". This is based on 565 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Blitt and Gaines, P.C. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Blitt and Gaines, P.C. have been stable. The company received 109 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Blitt and Gaines, P.C.'s reputation grade?

Blitt and Gaines, P.C. has a reputation grade of D (score: 52.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Blitt and Gaines, P.C. respond to consumer complaints?

Blitt and Gaines, P.C. has a 98% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 25% of cases.

In how many states does Blitt and Gaines, P.C. operate?

Blitt and Gaines, P.C. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 18 states, with the most complaints from Illinois (339 complaints).

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

Blitt and Gaines, P.C. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 18 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

146
Attempts to collect debt not owed

142
Written notification about debt

93
False statements or representation

90
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

24
Communication tactics

18

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record blitt-and-gaines-pc Blitt and Gaines, P.C.

Grade D · 565 CFPB filings · 98% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #244 · compose #3845

VOL 565
GRADE D
12MO 109
STATES 18
TIMELY 98%
DISPUTE 25%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #244
COMPOSE #3,845

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. (564 complaints)

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

Blitt and Gaines, P.C.'s 565 CFPB complaints sit next to Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, 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

60.0% of Blitt and Gaines, P.C.'s CFPB filings land in Illinois

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Blitt and Gaines, P.C. is volume #244 but composite #3,845, while Illinois dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Illinois 60.0%; 339 of 565 filings · 18 states touched
Spike month: 2015-08 17.6%; 3 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #244 volume; #3,845 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,601 places worse than volume

How does Blitt and Gaines, P.C. compare to its peers?

How does Blitt and Gaines, P.C. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Blitt and Gaines, P.C. National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

109

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

98%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

25%

13%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2015-01 2019-07

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	146
Attempts to collect debt not owed	142
Written notification about debt	93
False statements or representation	90
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	24
Communication tactics	18
Disclosure verification of debt	17
Taking/threatening an illegal action	17
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	12
Improper contact or sharing of info	4

Where do complaints against Blitt and Gaines, P.C. come from?

Blitt and Gaines, P.C.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Illinois

339
Missouri

71
Indiana

54
Kansas

35
Iowa

20
Arizona

13
Wisconsin

7
Georgia

4

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Blitt and Gaines, P.C.: 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: 565.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 98.49906191369607%.

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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