What is the most common complaint against Data-Central, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Data-Central, LLC is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 26 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Data-Central, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Data-Central, LLC are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Data-Central, LLC's reputation grade?

Data-Central, LLC has a reputation grade of F (score: 48.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Data-Central, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Data-Central, LLC has a 46% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 5% of cases.

In how many states does Data-Central, LLC operate?

Data-Central, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 11 states, with the most complaints from California (13 complaints).

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

Data-Central, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 11 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

13
Communication tactics

3
Disclosure verification of debt

3
Attempts to collect debt not owed

2
False statements or representation

2
Improper contact or sharing of info

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record data-central-llc Data-Central, LLC

Grade F · 26 CFPB filings · 46% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #1660 · compose #4287

VOL 26
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 11
TIMELY 46%
DISPUTE 5%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #1,660
COMPOSE #4,287

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Accelerated Collection Service, Inc (26 complaints)

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

Data-Central, LLC's 26 CFPB complaints sit next to Accelerated Collection Service, 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

50.0% of Data-Central, LLC's CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Data-Central, LLC is volume #1,660 but composite #4,287, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 50.0%; 13 of 26 filings · 11 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2025-12 12.5%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,660 volume; #4,287 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,627 places worse than volume

How does Data-Central, LLC compare to its peers?

How does Data-Central, LLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Data-Central, LLC National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

46%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-08 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	13
Communication tactics	3
Disclosure verification of debt	3
Attempts to collect debt not owed	2
False statements or representation	2
Improper contact or sharing of info	2
Written notification about debt	1

Where do complaints against Data-Central, LLC come from?

Data-Central, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

13
Maryland

2
South Carolina

2
Florida

1
Georgia

1
Michigan

1
North Carolina

1
Ohio

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Data-Central, LLC: 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: 26.

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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