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

The most common issue consumers report about Credit Bureau of York, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 55 complaints filed with the CFPB.

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

Complaints against Credit Bureau of York, Inc. are falling. The company received 7 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

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

Credit Bureau of York, Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 52.1/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

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

Credit Bureau of York, Inc. has a 90% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 36% of cases.

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

Credit Bureau of York, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 7 states, with the most complaints from Pennsylvania (36 complaints).

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

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

CFPB complaint profile across 7 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

18
Written notification about debt

14
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

9
False statements or representation

8
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record credit-bureau-of-york-inc Credit Bureau of York, Inc.

Grade D · 55 CFPB filings · 90% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1126 · compose #3857

VOL 55
GRADE D
12MO 7
STATES 7
TIMELY 90%
DISPUTE 36%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,126
COMPOSE #3,857

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Accounts Management, Inc (55 complaints)

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

Credit Bureau of York, Inc.'s 55 CFPB complaints sit next to Accounts Management, 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

65.5% of Credit Bureau of York, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Pennsylvania

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Credit Bureau of York, Inc. is volume #1,126 but composite #3,857, while Pennsylvania dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Pennsylvania 65.5%; 36 of 55 filings · 7 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2020-04 9.4%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,126 volume; #3,857 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,731 places worse than volume

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

How does Credit Bureau of York, 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 York,… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

90%

98%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

36%

42%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2018-06 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	18
Written notification about debt	14
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	9
False statements or representation	8
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1
Improper contact or sharing of info	1
Electronic communications	1

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

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

Pennsylvania

36
Virginia

7
Maryland

5
North Carolina

4
Missouri

1
New York

1
North Dakota

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Credit Bureau of York, 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: 55.

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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