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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 42 complaints

COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois) - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois)

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record collection-professionals-inc-illinois COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois)

Grade D · 42 CFPB filings · 95% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

  • VOL 42
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 0
  • STATES 5
  • TIMELY 95%
  • DISPUTE 42%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #1,311
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Brown’s New Credit Bureau Inc. (42 complaints)

Brown’s New Credit Bureau Inc.Brown’s New Credit Bureau In…42Cascade CISS Holdings, LLCCascade CISS Holdings, LLC42Contract Resolve Group LLCContract Resolve Group LLC42ConvergysConvergys42COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois) (this)COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC…42
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois)'s 42 CFPB complaints sit next to Brown’s New Credit Bureau 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 →

How the 42 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois), not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
53.7/100
COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois)

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 D
42
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
95%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate C
42%
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

85.7% of COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois)'s CFPB filings land in Illinois

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

Dominant state
Illinois 85.7%
36 of 42 filings · 5 states touched
Spike month
2018-06 33.3%
1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks
#1,311 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois) compare to its peers?

How does COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois) 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 PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois) National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
0
7
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
95%
76%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
42%
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 COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois) a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 10 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 70%80%90%100%110% 0%10%20%30%40%50% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois) vs. 9 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois)Brown’s New Credit Bureau Inc.CONTRACT RESOLVE GROUP LLCConvergysDovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc.Emerald Canyon Capital, LLCFinance System of Green Bay, Inc.GCFS, INC.NATIONWIDE ACCEPTANCE LLCNew Hampshire Northeast Credit Services, Inc.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois)'s complaint volume in context

COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois) 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)

42 Top 24% higher than 76% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Below this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). This entry sits in this band. 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. COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois) 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2018-06 2018-11

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
13
Written notification about debt
9
Disclosure verification of debt
5
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
4
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
4
False statements or representation
3
Communication tactics
2
Improper contact or sharing of info
1
Taking/threatening an illegal action
1

Where do complaints against COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois) come from?

COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois)'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois)

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 COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC (Illinois): 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: 42.

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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