What is the most common complaint against Cedars Business Services, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Cedars Business Services, LLC is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 873 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Cedars Business Services, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Cedars Business Services, LLC are rising. The company received 268 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Cedars Business Services, LLC's reputation grade?

Cedars Business Services, LLC has a reputation grade of D (score: 50.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Cedars Business Services, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Cedars Business Services, LLC has a 96% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 26% of cases.

In how many states does Cedars Business Services, LLC operate?

Cedars Business Services, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 48 states, with the most complaints from California (185 complaints).

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

Cedars Business Services, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 48 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

453
Written notification about debt

120
False statements or representation

120
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

69
Communication tactics

46
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

30

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record cedars-business-services-llc Cedars Business Services, LLC

Grade D · 873 CFPB filings · 96% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #172 · compose #4056

VOL 873
GRADE D
12MO 268
STATES 48
TIMELY 96%
DISPUTE 26%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #172
COMPOSE #4,056

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Atlanticus Services Corporation (871 complaints)

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

Cedars Business Services, LLC's 873 CFPB complaints sit next to Atlanticus Services Corporation 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 →

Filing geometry

California is the plurality state for Cedars Business Services, LLC (21.2%)

Volume rank #172 and composite rank #4,056 diverge by 3,884 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: California 21.2%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 48 states with ≥1 filing
Seasonal peak: 2026-01 13.0%; 8–15% band · 15 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #172 volume; #4,056 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,884 places worse than volume

How does Cedars Business Services, LLC compare to its peers?

How does Cedars Business Services, LLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Cedars Business Servic… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

288

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

96%

92%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

26%

12%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-11 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	453
Written notification about debt	120
False statements or representation	120
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	69
Communication tactics	46
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	30
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	12
Electronic communications	10
Disclosure verification of debt	7
Improper contact or sharing of info	4

Where do complaints against Cedars Business Services, LLC come from?

Cedars Business Services, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

185
Florida

92
Texas

79
Georgia

53
New York

47
Virginia

30
North Carolina

29
Pennsylvania

28

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Cedars Business Services, LLC: 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: 873.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 95.78544061302682%.

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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