What is the most common complaint against Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc?

The most common issue consumers report about Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 28 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc's reputation grade?

Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc has a reputation grade of C (score: 59.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc respond to consumer complaints?

Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc has a 86% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 13% of cases.

In how many states does Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc operate?

Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 3 states, with the most complaints from Alabama (24 complaints).

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

Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

9
Written notification about debt

7
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

4
Disclosure verification of debt

4
Communication tactics

3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record credit-bureau-of-bessemer-inc Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc

Grade C · 28 CFPB filings · 86% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1587 · compose #2417

VOL 28
GRADE C
12MO 0
STATES 3
TIMELY 86%
DISPUTE 13%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,587
COMPOSE #2,417

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Access Capital Services, Inc. (28 complaints)

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

Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc's 28 CFPB complaints sit next to Access Capital 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

85.7% of Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc's CFPB filings land in Alabama

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc is volume #1,587 but composite #2,417, while Alabama dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Alabama 85.7%; 24 of 28 filings · 3 states touched
Spike month: 2019-07 23.1%; 3 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,587 volume; #2,417 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 830 places worse than volume

How does Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc compare to its peers?

How does Credit Bureau of Bessemer, 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

Credit Bureau of Besse… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

86%

93%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

13%

40%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2019-05 2026-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	9
Written notification about debt	7
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	4
Disclosure verification of debt	4
Communication tactics	3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc come from?

Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Alabama

24
Georgia

3
North Carolina

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Credit Bureau of Bessemer, 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: 28.

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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