What is the most common complaint against Great Lakes Entities?

The most common issue consumers report about Great Lakes Entities is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "You told them to stop contacting you, but they keep trying". This is based on 5 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Great Lakes Entities increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Great Lakes Entities are rising. The company received 3 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Great Lakes Entities's reputation grade?

Great Lakes Entities has a reputation grade of C (score: 55.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Great Lakes Entities respond to consumer complaints?

Great Lakes Entities has a 67% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Great Lakes Entities operate?

Great Lakes Entities has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 5 states, with the most complaints from Florida (1 complaints).

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

Great Lakes Entities - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

1
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1
False statements or representation

1
Communication tactics

1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record great-lakes-entities Great Lakes Entities

Grade C · 5 CFPB filings · 67% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #3144 · compose #3165

VOL 5
GRADE C
12MO 3
STATES 5
TIMELY 67%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #3,144
COMPOSE #3,165

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Aaron Worldwide Collections Inc. (5 complaints)

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

Great Lakes Entities's 5 CFPB complaints sit next to Aaron Worldwide Collections 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 →

Spiky monthly series

Florida is the plurality state for Great Lakes Entities (20.0%)

Peak share is this collector's company_monthly maximum divided by its own stored monthly total. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Florida 20.0%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 5 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2014-03 25.0%; 2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks: #3,144 volume; #3,165 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does Great Lakes Entities compare to its peers?

How does Great Lakes Entities compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Great Lakes Entities National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

67%

20%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-03 2026-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1
False statements or representation	1
Communication tactics	1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against Great Lakes Entities come from?

Great Lakes Entities's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Florida

1
Maryland

1
Ohio

1
Pennsylvania

1
Virginia

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Great Lakes Entities: 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: 5.

4 peers

Know your rights before responding to Great Lakes Entities: FDCPA rights guide · debt validation letter · rights library.

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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