What is the most common complaint against First Advantage LNS Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about First Advantage LNS Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 489 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against First Advantage LNS Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against First Advantage LNS Inc. are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is First Advantage LNS Inc.'s reputation grade?

First Advantage LNS Inc. has a reputation grade of F (score: 42.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does First Advantage LNS Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

First Advantage LNS Inc. has a 69% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 23% of cases.

In how many states does First Advantage LNS Inc. operate?

First Advantage LNS Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 33 states, with the most complaints from Texas (143 complaints).

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

First Advantage LNS Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 33 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

222
Written notification about debt

93
False statements or representation

74
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

34
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

27
Disclosure verification of debt

19

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record first-advantage-lns-inc First Advantage LNS Inc.

Grade F · 489 CFPB filings · 69% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #277 · compose #4853

VOL 489
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 33
TIMELY 69%
DISPUTE 23%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #277
COMPOSE #4,853

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Financial Business and Consumer Solutions. (488 complaints)

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

First Advantage LNS Inc.'s 489 CFPB complaints sit next to Financial Business and Consumer Solutions. 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 →

Steady monthly series

Texas is the plurality state for First Advantage LNS Inc. (29.2%)

Volume rank #277 and composite rank #4,853 diverge by 4,576 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Texas 29.2%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 33 states with ≥1 filing
Even monthly load: Peak under 8%; Highest month 2024-01 at 6.9% (6 filings)
Divergent corpus ranks: #277 volume; #4,853 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 4,576 places worse than volume

How does First Advantage LNS Inc. compare to its peers?

How does First Advantage LNS 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

First Advantage LNS In… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

69%

94%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

23%

15%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-01 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	222
Written notification about debt	93
False statements or representation	74
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	34
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	27
Disclosure verification of debt	19
Communication tactics	14
Improper contact or sharing of info	3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against First Advantage LNS Inc. come from?

First Advantage LNS Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

143
Maryland

98
Florida

31
Pennsylvania

29
Arizona

16
Delaware

15
Illinois

15
Georgia

12

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for First Advantage LNS 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: 489.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 68.9795918367347%.

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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