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

The most common issue consumers report about Credit Bureau of Jamestown, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 37 complaints filed with the CFPB.

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

Complaints against Credit Bureau of Jamestown, Inc. are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

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

Credit Bureau of Jamestown, Inc. has a reputation grade of C (score: 60.8/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

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

Credit Bureau of Jamestown, Inc. has a 84% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

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

Credit Bureau of Jamestown, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 6 states, with the most complaints from New York (26 complaints).

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

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

CFPB complaint profile across 6 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

20
Written notification about debt

7
Communication tactics

4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

2
False statements or representation

2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record credit-bureau-of-jamestown-inc Credit Bureau of Jamestown, Inc.

Grade C · 37 CFPB filings · 84% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1390 · compose #2266

VOL 37
GRADE C
12MO 1
STATES 6
TIMELY 84%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,390
COMPOSE #2,266

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Bursey & Associates, P.C. (37 complaints)

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

Credit Bureau of Jamestown, Inc.'s 37 CFPB complaints sit next to Bursey & Associates, P.C. 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

70.3% of Credit Bureau of Jamestown, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in New York

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Credit Bureau of Jamestown, Inc. is volume #1,390 but composite #2,266, while New York dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: New York 70.3%; 26 of 37 filings · 6 states touched
Spike month: 2019-10 20.0%; 2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,390 volume; #2,266 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 876 places worse than volume

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

How does Credit Bureau of Jamestown, 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 James… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

84%

78%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2015-07 2025-11

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	20
Written notification about debt	7
Communication tactics	4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	2
False statements or representation	2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1
Disclosure verification of debt	1

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

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

New York

26
Illinois

2
California

1
Indiana

1
North Carolina

1
Texas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Credit Bureau of Jamestown, 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: 37.

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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