What is the most common complaint against Comerica?

The most common issue consumers report about Comerica is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 35 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Comerica increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Comerica are falling. The company received 2 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Comerica's reputation grade?

Comerica has a reputation grade of B (score: 62.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Comerica respond to consumer complaints?

Comerica has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 17% of cases.

In how many states does Comerica operate?

Comerica has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 12 states, with the most complaints from Michigan (7 complaints).

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

Comerica - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 12 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

14
False statements or representation

6
Written notification about debt

5
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

2
Communication tactics

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record comerica Comerica

Grade B · 35 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1425 · compose #2034

VOL 35
GRADE B
12MO 2
STATES 12
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 17%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,425
COMPOSE #2,034

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Accounts Receivable Inc. (35 complaints)

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

Comerica's 35 CFPB complaints sit next to Accounts Receivable 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 →

Steady monthly series

Michigan is the plurality state for Comerica (20.0%)

Volume rank #1,425 and composite rank #2,034 diverge by 609 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Michigan 20.0%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 12 states with ≥1 filing
Even monthly load: Peak under 8%; Highest month 2014-08 at 6.7% (1 filings)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,425 volume; #2,034 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 609 places worse than volume

How does Comerica compare to its peers?

How does Comerica compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Comerica National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

23%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

17%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-08 2025-10

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	14
False statements or representation	6
Written notification about debt	5
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	2
Communication tactics	2
Taking/threatening an illegal action	2
Disclosure verification of debt	1

Where do complaints against Comerica come from?

Comerica's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Michigan

7
Texas

6
California

5
New York

4
Pennsylvania

3
Arizona

2
Colorado

2
Florida

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Comerica: 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: 35.

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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