What is the most common complaint against Columbia Collectors Inc?

The most common issue consumers report about Columbia Collectors Inc is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Didn't receive enough information to verify debt". This is based on 33 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Columbia Collectors Inc increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Columbia Collectors Inc have been stable. The company received 9 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Columbia Collectors Inc's reputation grade?

Columbia Collectors Inc has a reputation grade of F (score: 47.1/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Columbia Collectors Inc respond to consumer complaints?

Columbia Collectors Inc has a 50% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 11% of cases.

In how many states does Columbia Collectors Inc operate?

Columbia Collectors Inc has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 4 states, with the most complaints from Washington (22 complaints).

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

Columbia Collectors Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 4 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

9
Written notification about debt

8
False statements or representation

6
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

4
Communication tactics

3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record columbia-collectors-inc Columbia Collectors Inc

Grade F · 33 CFPB filings · 50% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1466 · compose #4394

VOL 33
GRADE F
12MO 9
STATES 4
TIMELY 50%
DISPUTE 11%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,466
COMPOSE #4,394

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Account Recovery Services, Inc. (33 complaints)

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

Columbia Collectors Inc's 33 CFPB complaints sit next to Account Recovery Services, 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

66.7% of Columbia Collectors Inc's CFPB filings land in Washington

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Columbia Collectors Inc is volume #1,466 but composite #4,394, while Washington dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Washington 66.7%; 22 of 33 filings · 4 states touched
Spike month: 2022-03 25.9%; 7 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,466 volume; #4,394 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,928 places worse than volume

How does Columbia Collectors Inc compare to its peers?

How does Columbia Collectors 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

Columbia Collectors In… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

50%

77%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

11%

20%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2021-11 2025-07

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	9
Written notification about debt	8
False statements or representation	6
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	4
Communication tactics	3
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 Columbia Collectors Inc come from?

Columbia Collectors Inc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Washington

22
Oregon

7
Georgia

3
Alaska

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Columbia Collectors 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: 33.

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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