What is the most common complaint against Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 564 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. are falling. The company received 97 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 55.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 13% of cases.

In how many states does Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. operate?

Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 37 states, with the most complaints from New York (215 complaints).

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

Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 37 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

273
Written notification about debt

94
Communication tactics

51
False statements or representation

50
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

39
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

22

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record collection-bureau-of-the-hudson-valley-inc Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc.

Grade D · 564 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #245 · compose #3296

VOL 564
GRADE D
12MO 97
STATES 37
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 13%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #245
COMPOSE #3,296

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Blitt and Gaines, P.C. (565 complaints)

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

Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc.'s 564 CFPB complaints sit next to Blitt and Gaines, P.C. 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

38.1% of Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in New York

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. is volume #245 but composite #3,296, while New York dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: New York 38.1%; 215 of 564 filings · 37 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2025-03 11.3%; 8–15% band · 8 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #245 volume; #3,296 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,051 places worse than volume

How does Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, 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

Collection Bureau of t… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

109

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

98%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

13%

25%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-08 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	273
Written notification about debt	94
Communication tactics	51
False statements or representation	50
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	39
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	22
Disclosure verification of debt	21
Improper contact or sharing of info	6
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	4
Electronic communications	2

Where do complaints against Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. come from?

Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

New York

215
New Jersey

57
Texas

40
Florida

32
Pennsylvania

27
Virginia

18
Connecticut

15
California

14

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, 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: 564.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.8109640831758%.

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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