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

The most common issue consumers report about Credit Bureau of Columbia, Inc. is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 13 complaints filed with the CFPB.

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

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

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

Credit Bureau of Columbia, Inc. has a reputation grade of B (score: 63.5/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

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

Credit Bureau of Columbia, Inc. has a 92% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 25% of cases.

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

Credit Bureau of Columbia, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 5 states, with the most complaints from Missouri (6 complaints).

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

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

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

6
Attempts to collect debt not owed

3
Written notification about debt

2
False statements or representation

1
Disclosure verification of debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record credit-bureau-of-columbia-inc Credit Bureau of Columbia, Inc.

Grade B · 13 CFPB filings · 92% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #2244 · compose #1934

VOL 13
GRADE B
12MO 0
STATES 5
TIMELY 92%
DISPUTE 25%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #2,244
COMPOSE #1,934

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 3rd Generation, Inc. (13 complaints)

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

Credit Bureau of Columbia, Inc.'s 13 CFPB complaints sit next to 3rd Generation, 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

46.2% of Credit Bureau of Columbia, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Missouri

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Missouri 46.2%; 6 of 13 filings · 5 states touched
Spike month: 2016-06 20.0%; 2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks: #2,244 volume; #1,934 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

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

How does Credit Bureau of Columbia, 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 Colum… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

92%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

25%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2016-06 2025-06

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	6
Attempts to collect debt not owed	3
Written notification about debt	2
False statements or representation	1
Disclosure verification of debt	1

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

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

Missouri

6
Texas

3
Arkansas

2
Iowa

1
Kansas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Credit Bureau of Columbia, 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: 13.

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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