What is the most common complaint against Gatestone & Co. International Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Gatestone & Co. International Inc. is "Communication tactics", specifically "Frequent or repeated calls". This is based on 235 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Gatestone & Co. International Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Gatestone & Co. International Inc. are falling. The company received 12 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Gatestone & Co. International Inc.'s reputation grade?

Gatestone & Co. International Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 54.8/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Gatestone & Co. International Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Gatestone & Co. International Inc. has a 93% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 11% of cases.

In how many states does Gatestone & Co. International Inc. operate?

Gatestone & Co. International Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 36 states, with the most complaints from California (35 complaints).

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

Gatestone & Co. International Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 36 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Communication tactics

67
Attempts to collect debt not owed

40
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

38
False statements or representation

24
Written notification about debt

17
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

15

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record gatestone-co-international-inc Gatestone & Co. International Inc.

Grade D · 235 CFPB filings · 93% timely · lead issue: Communication tactics · vol #474 · compose #3368

VOL 235
GRADE D
12MO 12
STATES 36
TIMELY 93%
DISPUTE 11%
ISSUE Communication tactics
RANK #474
COMPOSE #3,368

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Atlantic Credit & Finance, Inc. (235 complaints)

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

Gatestone & Co. International Inc.'s 235 CFPB complaints sit next to Atlantic Credit & Finance, 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 →

Distributed filing map

Gatestone & Co. International Inc. spreads filings across 36 states - California leads at only 14.9%

Despite a broad state map, Gatestone & Co. International Inc. still sits volume #474 against composite #3,368 - the two RankMaps diverge by 2,894 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; California still leads at 14.9% across 36 states
Spike month: 2023-10 17.4%; 4 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #474 volume; #3,368 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,894 places worse than volume

How does Gatestone & Co. International Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Gatestone & Co. 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

Gatestone & Co. Intern… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

93%

99%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

11%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-05 2025-08

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Communication tactics	67
Attempts to collect debt not owed	40
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	38
False statements or representation	24
Written notification about debt	17
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	15
Disclosure verification of debt	14
Improper contact or sharing of info	10
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	9
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Gatestone & Co. International Inc. come from?

Gatestone & Co. International Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

35
Florida

22
New York

18
Texas

16
Illinois

12
Arizona

11
Georgia

9
Michigan

8

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Gatestone & Co. 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: 235.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 93.07359307359307%.

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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