What is the most common complaint against Budget Control Services, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Budget Control Services, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Attempted to collect wrong amount". This is based on 50 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Budget Control Services, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Budget Control Services, Inc. are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Budget Control Services, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Budget Control Services, Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 53.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Budget Control Services, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Budget Control Services, Inc. has a 90% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 31% of cases.

In how many states does Budget Control Services, Inc. operate?

Budget Control Services, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 6 states, with the most complaints from Colorado (45 complaints).

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

Budget Control Services, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 6 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

11
Written notification about debt

9
False statements or representation

7
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

7
Communication tactics

6
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

4

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record budget-control-services-inc Budget Control Services, Inc.

Grade D · 50 CFPB filings · 90% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1180 · compose #3616

VOL 50
GRADE D
12MO 1
STATES 6
TIMELY 90%
DISPUTE 31%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,180
COMPOSE #3,616

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Collection Bureau of Walla Walla (50 complaints)

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

Budget Control Services, Inc.'s 50 CFPB complaints sit next to Collection Bureau of Walla Walla 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

90.0% of Budget Control Services, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Colorado

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Budget Control Services, Inc. is volume #1,180 but composite #3,616, while Colorado dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Colorado 90.0%; 45 of 50 filings · 6 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2026-01 9.4%; 8–15% band · 10 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,180 volume; #3,616 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,436 places worse than volume

How does Budget Control Services, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does BUDGET CONTROL SERVICES, 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

BUDGET CONTROL SERVICE… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

90%

94%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

31%

25%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-03 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	11
Written notification about debt	9
False statements or representation	7
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	7
Communication tactics	6
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	4
Disclosure verification of debt	3
Improper contact or sharing of info	2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against Budget Control Services, Inc. come from?

Budget Control Services, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Colorado

45
California

1
Georgia

1
Michigan

1
Ohio

1
Texas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Budget Control Services, 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: 50.

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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