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

The most common issue consumers report about Credit Bureau of Bismarck, Inc. is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Debt was result of identity theft". This is based on 8 complaints filed with the CFPB.

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

Complaints against Credit Bureau of Bismarck, Inc. are rising. The company received 3 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

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

Credit Bureau of Bismarck, Inc. has a reputation grade of B (score: 64.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Credit Bureau of Bismarck, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Credit Bureau of Bismarck, Inc. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

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

Credit Bureau of Bismarck, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 1 states, with the most complaints from North Dakota (8 complaints).

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

Credit Bureau of Bismarck, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 1 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

4
Attempts to collect debt not owed

2
False statements or representation

1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record credit-bureau-of-bismarck-inc Credit Bureau of Bismarck, Inc.

Grade B · 8 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #2688 · compose #1834

VOL 8
GRADE B
12MO 3
STATES 1
TIMELY 100%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #2,688
COMPOSE #1,834

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: A+ Loans, Inc. (8 complaints)

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

Credit Bureau of Bismarck, Inc.'s 8 CFPB complaints sit next to A+ Loans, 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

100.0% of Credit Bureau of Bismarck, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in North Dakota

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Credit Bureau of Bismarck, Inc. is volume #2,688 but composite #1,834, while North Dakota dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: North Dakota 100.0%; 8 of 8 filings · 1 states touched
Spike month: 2014-09 20.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,688 volume; #1,834 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 854 places better than volume

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

How does CREDIT BUREAU OF BISMARCK, 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 BISMA… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

75%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-09 2025-08

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	4
Attempts to collect debt not owed	2
False statements or representation	1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

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

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

North Dakota

8

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Credit Bureau of Bismarck, 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: 8.

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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