What is the most common complaint against Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc. is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 16 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

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

What is Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 54.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc. has a 69% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 25% of cases.

In how many states does Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc. operate?

Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 5 states, with the most complaints from Illinois (10 complaints).

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

Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

6
Disclosure verification of debt

4
Attempts to collect debt not owed

3
Communication tactics

2
Written notification about debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record creditors-collection-bureau-inc Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc.

Grade D · 16 CFPB filings · 69% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #2073 · compose #3544

VOL 16
GRADE D
12MO 0
STATES 5
TIMELY 69%
DISPUTE 25%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #2,073
COMPOSE #3,544

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Absolute Collections Corp. (16 complaints)

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

Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc.'s 16 CFPB complaints sit next to Absolute Collections Corp. 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

62.5% of Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Illinois

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc. is volume #2,073 but composite #3,544, while Illinois dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Illinois 62.5%; 10 of 16 filings · 5 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2024-11 14.3%; 8–15% band · 4 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,073 volume; #3,544 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,471 places worse than volume

How does Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Creditors Collection Bureau, 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

Creditors Collection B… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

69%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

25%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-08 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	6
Disclosure verification of debt	4
Attempts to collect debt not owed	3
Communication tactics	2
Written notification about debt	1

Where do complaints against Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc. come from?

Creditors Collection Bureau, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Illinois

10
North Carolina

3
Georgia

1
Indiana

1
New York

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Creditors Collection Bureau, 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: 16.

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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