What is the most common complaint against Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "You told them to stop contacting you, but they keep trying". This is based on 10 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc. are rising. The company received 3 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc. has a reputation grade of C (score: 58.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc. has a 89% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc. operate?

Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 1 states, with the most complaints from Oregon (10 complaints).

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

Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 1 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

3
Communication tactics

3
Written notification about debt

2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1
False statements or representation

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record creditors-specialty-northwest-inc Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc.

Grade C · 10 CFPB filings · 89% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #2487 · compose #2532

VOL 10
GRADE C
12MO 3
STATES 1
TIMELY 89%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #2,487
COMPOSE #2,532

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 208 Capital Holdings LLC (10 complaints)

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

Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc.'s 10 CFPB complaints sit next to 208 Capital Holdings LLC 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 Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Oregon

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

Dominant state: Oregon 100.0%; 10 of 10 filings · 1 states touched
Spike month: 2023-08 100.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks: #2,487 volume; #2,532 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Creditors Specialty Northwest, 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 Specialty No… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

89%

90%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

13%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-08 2023-08

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	3
Communication tactics	3
Written notification about debt	2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1
False statements or representation	1

Where do complaints against Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc. come from?

Creditors Specialty Northwest, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Oregon

10

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Creditors Specialty Northwest, 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: 10.

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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