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

CFPB complaint data Grade C 5 complaints

Great Lakes Entities - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade C.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Great Lakes Entities

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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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 5
  • GRADE C
  • 12MO 3
  • STATES 5
  • TIMELY 67%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #3,144
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

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

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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 →

How the 5 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Great Lakes Entities, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

C
Composite reputation score
55.9/100
Great Lakes Entities

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume B
5
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response B
67%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate N/A
N/A
No dispute rate reported.
Recent trend D
Rising
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

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
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 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
3
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
67%
20%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
0%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Great Lakes Entities's complaint volume in context

Great Lakes Entities vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

5 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). This entry sits in this band. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Above this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. Great Lakes Entities 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Rising ↑
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.

Top states by complaints against Great Lakes Entities

Across 5 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

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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