What is the most common complaint against Douglass & Associates Co. LPA?

The most common issue consumers report about Douglass & Associates Co. LPA is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 8 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Douglass & Associates Co. LPA increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Douglass & Associates Co. LPA are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Douglass & Associates Co. LPA's reputation grade?

Douglass & Associates Co. LPA has a reputation grade of B (score: 63.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Douglass & Associates Co. LPA respond to consumer complaints?

Douglass & Associates Co. LPA has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 50% of cases.

In how many states does Douglass & Associates Co. LPA operate?

Douglass & Associates Co. LPA has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 3 states, with the most complaints from Ohio (6 complaints).

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

Douglass & Associates Co. LPA - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1
False statements or representation

1
Communication tactics

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1
Disclosure verification of debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record douglass-associates-co-lpa Douglass & Associates Co. LPA

Grade B · 8 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #2697 · compose #1954

VOL 8
GRADE B
12MO 0
STATES 3
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 50%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #2,697
COMPOSE #1,954

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: A+ Loans, Inc. (8 complaints)

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

Douglass & Associates Co. LPA's 8 CFPB complaints sit next to A+ Loans, 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

75.0% of Douglass & Associates Co. LPA's CFPB filings land in Ohio

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Douglass & Associates Co. LPA is volume #2,697 but composite #1,954, while Ohio dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Ohio 75.0%; 6 of 8 filings · 3 states touched
Spike month: 2024-04 50.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,697 volume; #1,954 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 743 places better than volume

How does Douglass & Associates Co. LPA compare to its peers?

How does Douglass & Associates Co. LPA compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Douglass & Associates … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

86%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

50%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-04 2024-05

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1
False statements or representation	1
Communication tactics	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1
Disclosure verification of debt	1

Where do complaints against Douglass & Associates Co. LPA come from?

Douglass & Associates Co. LPA's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Ohio

6
Georgia

1
Tennessee

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Douglass & Associates Co. LPA: 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: 8.

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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