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

CFPB complaint data Grade F 24 complaints

Brinkman Alliance Group - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 14 states, reputation grade F.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Brinkman Alliance Group

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record brinkman-alliance-group Brinkman Alliance Group

Grade F · 24 CFPB filings · 0% timely · lead issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action

  • VOL 24
  • GRADE F
  • 12MO 0
  • STATES 14
  • TIMELY 0%
  • DISPUTE 0%
  • ISSUE Taking/threatening an ille…
  • RANK #1,730
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Acceptance Rentals, Inc. (24 complaints)

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

Brinkman Alliance Group's 24 CFPB complaints sit next to Acceptance Rentals, 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 →

How the 24 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Brinkman Alliance Group, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

F
Composite reputation score
33.5/100
Brinkman Alliance Group

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume D
24
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response F
0%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
0%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

Spiky monthly series

Ohio is the plurality state for Brinkman Alliance Group (16.7%)

Peak share is this collector's company_monthly maximum divided by its own stored monthly total. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state
Ohio 16.7%
Mid-band (15–30%) · 14 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month
2015-07 25.0%
1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks
#1,730 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Brinkman Alliance Group compare to its peers?

How does Brinkman Alliance Group compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
Brinkman Alliance Group National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
0
5
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
0%
100%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
0%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors

Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy Brinkman Alliance Group a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 0%50%100%150% 0%20%40%60% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Brinkman Alliance Group vs. 8 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Brinkman Alliance GroupCollection Center IncAllied Collection Service, Inc. (Indiana)Collection Services, Inc.Acceptance Rentals, Inc.Creditors Specialty Service IncCreditors' Protection Service, Inc.Creekside Recovery And Capital ManagementCrown Holdings, LLC
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Brinkman Alliance Group's complaint volume in context

Brinkman Alliance Group vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

24 68th percentile higher than 68% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). This entry sits in this band. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. Brinkman Alliance Group 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2015-07 2025-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Taking/threatening an illegal action
9
Communication tactics
5
False statements or representation
4
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
3
Disclosure verification of debt
2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
1

Where do complaints against Brinkman Alliance Group come from?

Brinkman Alliance Group's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Brinkman Alliance Group

Across 14 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Brinkman Alliance Group: 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: 24.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

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