What is the most common complaint against Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration?

The most common issue consumers report about Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration is "Taking/threatening an illegal action", specifically "Threatened arrest/jail if do not pay". This is based on 86 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration's reputation grade?

Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration has a reputation grade of F (score: 30.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration respond to consumer complaints?

Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration has a 15% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 10% of cases.

In how many states does Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration operate?

Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 26 states, with the most complaints from Texas (28 complaints).

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

Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 26 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Taking/threatening an illegal action

24
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

19
Communication tactics

18
False statements or representation

9
Improper contact or sharing of info

5
Attempts to collect debt not owed

4

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record bronstein-weiss-arbitration Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration

Grade F · 86 CFPB filings · 15% timely · lead issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action · vol #888 · compose #5211

VOL 86
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 26
TIMELY 15%
DISPUTE 10%
ISSUE Taking/threatening an ille…
RANK #888
COMPOSE #5,211

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: AUSSRQ Holdings, LLC (86 complaints)

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

Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration's 86 CFPB complaints sit next to AUSSRQ Holdings, LLC 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

32.6% of Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration's CFPB filings land in Texas

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration is volume #888 but composite #5,211, while Texas dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Texas 32.6%; 28 of 86 filings · 26 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2016-07 11.8%; 8–15% band · 2 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #888 volume; #5,211 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 4,323 places worse than volume

How does Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration compare to its peers?

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

Bronstein & Weiss Arbi… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

15%

93%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

10%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2013-12 2021-09

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Taking/threatening an illegal action	24
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	19
Communication tactics	18
False statements or representation	9
Improper contact or sharing of info	5
Attempts to collect debt not owed	4
Written notification about debt	3
Disclosure verification of debt	2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration come from?

Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

28
Florida

7
Michigan

7
California

5
New Mexico

5
Maryland

4
Ohio

4
Alabama

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration: 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: 86.

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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