What is the most common complaint against Empire Mediation Services LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Empire Mediation Services LLC is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 16 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Empire Mediation Services LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Empire Mediation Services LLC are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Empire Mediation Services LLC's reputation grade?

Empire Mediation Services LLC has a reputation grade of F (score: 43.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Empire Mediation Services LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Empire Mediation Services LLC has a 50% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 38% of cases.

In how many states does Empire Mediation Services LLC operate?

Empire Mediation Services LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 10 states, with the most complaints from Texas (4 complaints).

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

Empire Mediation Services LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 10 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

8
False statements or representation

4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1
Disclosure verification of debt

1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

1
Improper contact or sharing of info

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record empire-mediation-services-llc Empire Mediation Services LLC

Grade F · 16 CFPB filings · 50% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #2075 · compose #4785

VOL 16
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 10
TIMELY 50%
DISPUTE 38%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #2,075
COMPOSE #4,785

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Absolute Collections Corp. (16 complaints)

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

Empire Mediation Services LLC's 16 CFPB complaints sit next to Absolute Collections Corp. 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 →

Spiky monthly series

Texas is the plurality state for Empire Mediation Services LLC (25.0%)

The 2025-06 spike coincides with a 2,710-place gap between volume rank #2,075 and composite #4,785. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Texas 25.0%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 10 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2025-06 28.6%; 2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,075 volume; #4,785 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,710 places worse than volume

How does Empire Mediation Services LLC compare to its peers?

How does EMPIRE MEDIATION SERVICES 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

EMPIRE MEDIATION SERVI… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

50%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

38%

44%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-11 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	8
False statements or representation	4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1
Disclosure verification of debt	1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1
Improper contact or sharing of info	1

Where do complaints against Empire Mediation Services LLC come from?

Empire Mediation Services LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

4
California

2
Michigan

2
Pennsylvania

2
Kentucky

1
New York

1
North Carolina

1
Oklahoma

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Empire Mediation Services 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: 16.

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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