What is the most common complaint against General Business Recoveries, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about General Business Recoveries, Inc. is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 33 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against General Business Recoveries, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against General Business Recoveries, Inc. are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is General Business Recoveries, Inc.'s reputation grade?

General Business Recoveries, Inc. has a reputation grade of F (score: 46.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does General Business Recoveries, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

General Business Recoveries, Inc. has a 76% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 47% of cases.

In how many states does General Business Recoveries, Inc. operate?

General Business Recoveries, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 7 states, with the most complaints from Arizona (25 complaints).

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

General Business Recoveries, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 7 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

9
Attempts to collect debt not owed

6
Communication tactics

5
Written notification about debt

4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

2
False statements or representation

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record general-business-recoveries-inc General Business Recoveries, Inc.

Grade F · 33 CFPB filings · 76% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #1472 · compose #4427

VOL 33
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 7
TIMELY 76%
DISPUTE 47%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #1,472
COMPOSE #4,427

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Account Recovery Services, Inc. (33 complaints)

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

General Business Recoveries, Inc.'s 33 CFPB complaints sit next to Account Recovery Services, 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

75.8% of General Business Recoveries, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Arizona

High volume does not equal a clean composite: General Business Recoveries, Inc. is volume #1,472 but composite #4,427, while Arizona dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Arizona 75.8%; 25 of 33 filings · 7 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2014-07 8.6%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,472 volume; #4,427 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,955 places worse than volume

How does General Business Recoveries, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does GENERAL BUSINESS RECOVERIES, 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

GENERAL BUSINESS RECOV… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

76%

85%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

47%

36%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-05 2021-08

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	9
Attempts to collect debt not owed	6
Communication tactics	5
Written notification about debt	4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	2
False statements or representation	2
Disclosure verification of debt	2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2
Improper contact or sharing of info	1

Where do complaints against General Business Recoveries, Inc. come from?

General Business Recoveries, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Arizona

25
California

2
Alabama

1
Georgia

1
New York

1
Texas

1
Utah

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for General Business Recoveries, 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: 33.

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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