Are complaints against Debt Collectors International, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Debt Collectors International, Inc. are rising. The company received 28 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Debt Collectors International, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Debt Collectors International, Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 49.4/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Debt Collectors International, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Debt Collectors International, Inc. has a 93% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Debt Collectors International, Inc. operate?

Debt Collectors International, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 21 states, with the most complaints from Texas (10 complaints).

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

Debt Collectors International, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

Q: What is the most common complaint against Debt Collectors International, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Debt Collectors International, Inc. is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 74 complaints filed with the CFPB.

CFPB complaint profile across 21 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

19
Attempts to collect debt not owed

18
Communication tactics

12
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

11
False statements or representation

9
Written notification about debt

5

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record debt-collectors-international-inc Debt Collectors International, Inc.

Grade D · 74 CFPB filings · 93% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #968 · compose #4196

VOL 74
GRADE D
12MO 28
STATES 21
TIMELY 93%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #968
COMPOSE #4,196

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Brennan & Clark, Ltd., LLC (74 complaints)

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

Debt Collectors International, Inc.'s 74 CFPB complaints sit next to Brennan & Clark, Ltd., 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 →

Distributed filing map

Debt Collectors International, Inc. spreads filings across 21 states - Texas leads at only 13.5%

Despite a broad state map, Debt Collectors International, Inc. still sits volume #968 against composite #4,196 - the two RankMaps diverge by 3,228 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; Texas still leads at 13.5% across 21 states
Spike month: 2022-05 50.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #968 volume; #4,196 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,228 places worse than volume

How does Debt Collectors International, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Debt Collectors International, 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

Debt Collectors Intern… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

93%

71%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

15%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2022-05 2022-06

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	19
Attempts to collect debt not owed	18
Communication tactics	12
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	11
False statements or representation	9
Written notification about debt	5

Where do complaints against Debt Collectors International, Inc. come from?

Debt Collectors International, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

10
Florida

9
New Jersey

6
Nevada

5
Pennsylvania

5
California

4
Maryland

4
New York

4

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Debt Collectors International, 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: 74.

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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