What is the most common complaint against DataMax Corporation?

The most common issue consumers report about DataMax Corporation is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Didn't receive enough information to verify debt". This is based on 216 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against DataMax Corporation increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against DataMax Corporation are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is DataMax Corporation's reputation grade?

DataMax Corporation has a reputation grade of F (score: 44.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does DataMax Corporation respond to consumer complaints?

DataMax Corporation has a 84% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 39% of cases.

In how many states does DataMax Corporation operate?

DataMax Corporation has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 23 states, with the most complaints from North Carolina (140 complaints).

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

DataMax Corporation - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 23 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

54
Written notification about debt

48
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

39
Disclosure verification of debt

29
False statements or representation

23
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

13

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record datamax-corporation DataMax Corporation

Grade F · 216 CFPB filings · 84% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #494 · compose #4743

VOL 216
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 23
TIMELY 84%
DISPUTE 39%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #494
COMPOSE #4,743

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: J J Marshall & Associates, Inc (216 complaints)

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

DataMax Corporation's 216 CFPB complaints sit next to J J Marshall & Associates, 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

64.8% of DataMax Corporation's CFPB filings land in North Carolina

High volume does not equal a clean composite: DataMax Corporation is volume #494 but composite #4,743, while North Carolina dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: North Carolina 64.8%; 140 of 216 filings · 23 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2017-09 10.5%; 8–15% band · 4 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #494 volume; #4,743 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 4,249 places worse than volume

How does DataMax Corporation compare to its peers?

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

DataMax Corporation National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

84%

99%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

39%

33%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2016-05 2020-08

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	54
Written notification about debt	48
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	39
Disclosure verification of debt	29
False statements or representation	23
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	13
Communication tactics	6
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2
Electronic communications	2

Where do complaints against DataMax Corporation come from?

DataMax Corporation's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

North Carolina

140
Florida

17
South Carolina

13
Georgia

7
Texas

6
New York

4
Virginia

4
Pennsylvania

3

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for DataMax Corporation: 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: 216.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 84.25925925925925%.

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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