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

CFPB complaint data Grade C 795 complaints

Continental Finance Company, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 46 states, reputation grade C.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Continental Finance Company, LLC

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record continental-finance-company-llc Continental Finance Company, LLC

Grade C · 795 CFPB filings · 99% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #183 · compose #76

  • VOL 795
  • GRADE C
  • 12MO 295
  • STATES 46
  • TIMELY 99%
  • DISPUTE 11%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #183
  • COMPOSE #76

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Helvey & Associates, Inc., Warsaw, IN Branch (798 complaints)

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co.…791Continental Finance Company, LLC (this)Continental Finance Company,…795Helvey & Associates, Inc., Warsaw, IN BranchHelvey & Associates, Inc., W…798McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff, Inc.McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff, I…800Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.Select Portfolio Servicing, …806
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Continental Finance Company, LLC's 795 CFPB complaints sit next to Helvey & Associates, Inc., Warsaw, IN Branch 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 795 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Continental Finance Company, LLC, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

C
Composite reputation score
56.1/100
Continental Finance Company, LLC

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 F
795
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
99%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
11%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend D
Rising
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

Distributed filing map

Continental Finance Company, LLC spreads filings across 46 states - Florida leads at only 13.8%

Figures below come from this collector's company_states / company_monthly rows and corpus RankMaps. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography
Lead state under 15%
Florida still leads at 13.8% across 46 states
Seasonal peak
2025-11 8.3%
8–15% band · 4 filings
Corpus ranks
#183 volume
#76 composite
Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 536 scored collectors with 200+ complaints

How does Continental Finance Company, LLC compare to its peers?

How does Continental Finance Company, LLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
Continental Finance Company, LLC National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
295
209
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
99%
99%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
11%
19%
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 Continental Finance Company, LLC a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 11 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 75%80%85%90%95%100%105% 0%10%20%30%40% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Continental Finance Company, LLC vs. 10 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Continental Finance Company, LLCHelvey & Associates, Inc., Warsaw, IN BranchWeltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff, Inc.SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC.Southwest Recovery Services, Inc.JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLCCollection Bureau of America Ltd.HYUNDAI CAPITAL AMERICALinebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLPNCC Business Services, Inc.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Continental Finance Company, LLC's complaint volume in context

Continental Finance Company, LLC 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)

795 Top 3% higher than 97% 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%). Below this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Below this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Below this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). This entry sits in this band. Continental Finance Company, LLC 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Rising ↑
2023-04 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
288
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
179
Written notification about debt
94
False statements or representation
94
Communication tactics
78
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
16
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
13
Taking/threatening an illegal action
11
Disclosure verification of debt
8
Electronic communications
8

Where do complaints against Continental Finance Company, LLC come from?

Continental Finance Company, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Continental Finance Company, LLC

Across 46 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 Continental Finance Company, LLC: 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: 795.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.4475138121547%.

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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