What is the most common complaint against Collection Consultants of California?

The most common issue consumers report about Collection Consultants of California is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 254 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Collection Consultants of California increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Collection Consultants of California are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Collection Consultants of California's reputation grade?

Collection Consultants of California has a reputation grade of F (score: 48.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Collection Consultants of California respond to consumer complaints?

Collection Consultants of California has a 84% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 24% of cases.

In how many states does Collection Consultants of California operate?

Collection Consultants of California has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 11 states, with the most complaints from California (229 complaints).

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

Collection Consultants of California - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 11 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

66
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

65
Disclosure verification of debt

38
Written notification about debt

35
False statements or representation

23
Communication tactics

12

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record collection-consultants-of-california Collection Consultants of California

Grade F · 254 CFPB filings · 84% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #445 · compose #4285

VOL 254
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 11
TIMELY 84%
DISPUTE 24%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #445
COMPOSE #4,285

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Collection Bureau of Fort Walton Beach, Inc (254 complaints)

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

Collection Consultants of California's 254 CFPB complaints sit next to Collection Bureau of Fort Walton Beach, Inc 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

90.2% of Collection Consultants of California's CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Collection Consultants of California is volume #445 but composite #4,285, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 90.2%; 229 of 254 filings · 11 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2024-07 8.3%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #445 volume; #4,285 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,840 places worse than volume

How does Collection Consultants of California compare to its peers?

How does Collection Consultants of California 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 Consultants… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

84%

92%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

24%

14%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-05 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	66
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	65
Disclosure verification of debt	38
Written notification about debt	35
False statements or representation	23
Communication tactics	12
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	6
Improper contact or sharing of info	6
Taking/threatening an illegal action	2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against Collection Consultants of California come from?

Collection Consultants of California's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

229
Arizona

4
Nevada

4
Texas

4
Florida

3
Colorado

2
Oklahoma

2
Kansas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Collection Consultants of California: 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: 254.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 84.25196850393701%.

4 peers

Know your rights before responding to Collection Consultants of California: FDCPA rights guide · debt validation letter · rights library.

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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