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

CFPB complaint data Grade C 28 complaints

Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade C.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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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 28
  • GRADE C
  • 12MO 0
  • STATES 3
  • TIMELY 86%
  • DISPUTE 13%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #1,587
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

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

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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 →

How the 28 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

C
Composite reputation score
59.7/100
Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc

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
28
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
86%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
13%
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 Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc's CFPB filings land in Alabama

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. 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)
Corpus ranks
#1,587 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

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 Bessemer, Inc National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
0
3
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
86%
93%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
13%
40%
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 Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 8 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 60%70%80%90%100%110% 0%50%100%150% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc vs. 7 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Credit Bureau of Bessemer, IncCredit Bureau Data, Inc.Credit Resolutions, LLCCaneel Capital, LLCCredits, IncorporatedCARS Acquisition, LLCBrightwater Capital, LLCAccounts Receivable Consultants Inc.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc's complaint volume in context

Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc 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)

28 71st percentile higher than 71% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). This entry sits in this band. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 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. Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
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.

Top states by complaints against Credit Bureau of Bessemer, Inc

Across 3 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 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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