What is the most common complaint against Check Security Associates, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Check Security Associates, LLC is "Communication tactics", specifically "Frequent or repeated calls". This is based on 69 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Check Security Associates, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Check Security Associates, LLC are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Check Security Associates, LLC's reputation grade?

Check Security Associates, LLC has a reputation grade of F (score: 47.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Check Security Associates, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Check Security Associates, LLC has a 57% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 2% of cases.

In how many states does Check Security Associates, LLC operate?

Check Security Associates, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 22 states, with the most complaints from California (23 complaints).

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

Check Security Associates, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 22 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Communication tactics

22
Improper contact or sharing of info

13
False statements or representation

7
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

7
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

7
Taking/threatening an illegal action

5

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record check-security-associates-llc Check Security Associates, LLC

Grade F · 69 CFPB filings · 57% timely · lead issue: Communication tactics · vol #1009 · compose #4338

VOL 69
GRADE F
12MO 1
STATES 22
TIMELY 57%
DISPUTE 2%
ISSUE Communication tactics
RANK #1,009
COMPOSE #4,338

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Agency of Credit Control (69 complaints)

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

Check Security Associates, LLC's 69 CFPB complaints sit next to Agency of Credit Control 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

33.3% of Check Security Associates, LLC's CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Check Security Associates, LLC is volume #1,009 but composite #4,338, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 33.3%; 23 of 69 filings · 22 states touched
Spike month: 2014-02 25.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,009 volume; #4,338 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,329 places worse than volume

How does Check Security Associates, LLC compare to its peers?

How does Check Security Associates, 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

Check Security Associa… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

57%

99%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

20%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-02 2019-08

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Communication tactics	22
Improper contact or sharing of info	13
False statements or representation	7
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	7
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	7
Taking/threatening an illegal action	5
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	4
Disclosure verification of debt	2
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
Written notification about debt	1

Where do complaints against Check Security Associates, LLC come from?

Check Security Associates, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

23
Texas

13
New Mexico

4
Florida

3
Indiana

3
Missouri

3
Alabama

2
Oregon

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Check Security Associates, 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: 69.

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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