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

CFPB complaint data Grade B 10 complaints

Central Service Bureau, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade B.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Central Service Bureau, Inc.

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record central-service-bureau-inc Central Service Bureau, Inc.

Grade B · 10 CFPB filings · 70% timely · lead issue: Disclosure verification of debt

  • VOL 10
  • GRADE B
  • 12MO 0
  • STATES 5
  • TIMELY 70%
  • DISPUTE 0%
  • ISSUE Disclosure verification of…
  • RANK #2,477
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 208 Capital Holdings LLC (10 complaints)

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

Central Service Bureau, Inc.'s 10 CFPB complaints sit next to 208 Capital 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 →

How the 10 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Central Service Bureau, Inc., not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

B
Composite reputation score
63.8/100
Central Service Bureau, Inc.

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 C
10
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response B
70%
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.

State-heavy filing map

40.0% of Central Service Bureau, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in New York

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state
New York 40.0%
4 of 10 filings · 5 states touched
Spike month
2023-11 15.4%
2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks
#2,477 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Central Service Bureau, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Central Service Bureau, 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
Central Service Bureau, Inc. National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
0
1
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
70%
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 Central Service Bureau, Inc. a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 5 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 60%70%80%90%100%110% 0%10%20%30%40% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Central Service Bureau, Inc. vs. 4 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Central Service Bureau, Inc.Chaparral IncCarmen V. Porreca, P.C.CMG Financial Services, Inc.CALIFORNIA RECOVERY BUREAU, INC
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Central Service Bureau, Inc.'s complaint volume in context

Central Service Bureau, Inc. 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)

10 54th percentile higher than 54% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). This entry sits in this band. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Above this entry. 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. Central Service Bureau, Inc. 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2015-03 2025-11

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Disclosure verification of debt
3
Communication tactics
2
Written notification about debt
1
False statements or representation
1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
1
Improper contact or sharing of info
1
Taking/threatening an illegal action
1

Where do complaints against Central Service Bureau, Inc. come from?

Central Service Bureau, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Central Service Bureau, Inc.

Across 5 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 Central Service Bureau, 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: 10.

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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