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

CFPB complaint data Grade F 24 complaints

Creditors Specialty Service Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 7 states, reputation grade F.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Creditors Specialty Service Inc

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record creditors-specialty-service-inc Creditors Specialty Service Inc

Grade F · 24 CFPB filings · 25% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

  • VOL 24
  • GRADE F
  • 12MO 0
  • STATES 7
  • TIMELY 25%
  • DISPUTE 12%
  • ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
  • RANK #1,733
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Acceptance Rentals, Inc. (24 complaints)

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

Creditors Specialty Service Inc's 24 CFPB complaints sit next to Acceptance Rentals, 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 →

How the 24 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Creditors Specialty Service Inc, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

F
Composite reputation score
39.4/100
Creditors Specialty Service Inc

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume D
24
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response D
25%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
12%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

State-heavy filing map

58.3% of Creditors Specialty Service Inc's CFPB filings land in California

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

Dominant state
California 58.3%
14 of 24 filings · 7 states touched
Seasonal peak
2019-10 14.3%
8–15% band · 2 filings
Corpus ranks
#1,733 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Creditors Specialty Service Inc compare to its peers?

How does Creditors Specialty Service 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 Service Inc National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
0
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
25%
75%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
12%
16%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors

Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy Creditors Specialty Service Inc a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 10 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 0%50%100%150% 0%20%40%60% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Creditors Specialty Service Inc vs. 9 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Creditors Specialty Service IncCollection Services, Inc.Creditors' Protection Service, Inc.Collection Center IncCreekside Recovery And Capital ManagementBrinkman Alliance GroupCrown Holdings, LLCData Check of America LLCAllied Collection Service, Inc. (Indiana)EDvantage LLC
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Creditors Specialty Service Inc's complaint volume in context

Creditors Specialty Service Inc vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

24 68th percentile higher than 68% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). This entry sits in this band. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. Creditors Specialty Service Inc 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2019-04 2022-07

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
6
Communication tactics
5
Written notification about debt
3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
3
False statements or representation
2
Improper contact or sharing of info
2
Attempts to collect debt not owed
1
Disclosure verification of debt
1
Taking/threatening an illegal action
1

Where do complaints against Creditors Specialty Service Inc come from?

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

Top states by complaints against Creditors Specialty Service Inc

Across 7 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Creditors Specialty Service 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: 24.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

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