What is the most common complaint against Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Talked to a third-party about your debt". This is based on 16 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC's reputation grade?

Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC has a reputation grade of D (score: 49.8/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC has a 39% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC operate?

Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 11 states, with the most complaints from California (5 complaints).

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

Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 11 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

5
Attempts to collect debt not owed

4
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

3
False statements or representation

1
Communication tactics

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record greater-collection-agency-bureau-llc Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC

Grade D · 16 CFPB filings · 39% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #2083 · compose #4167

VOL 16
GRADE D
12MO 0
STATES 11
TIMELY 39%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #2,083
COMPOSE #4,167

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Absolute Collections Corp. (16 complaints)

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

Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC's 16 CFPB complaints sit next to Absolute Collections Corp. 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

31.3% of Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC's CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC is volume #2,083 but composite #4,167, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 31.3%; 5 of 16 filings · 11 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2025-05 8.5%; 8–15% band · 4 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,083 volume; #4,167 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,084 places worse than volume

How does Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC compare to its peers?

How does Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Greater Collection Age… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

39%

56%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-02 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	5
Attempts to collect debt not owed	4
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	3
False statements or representation	1
Communication tactics	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC come from?

Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

5
Texas

2
Arizona

1
Arkansas

1
Illinois

1
Kansas

1
Michigan

1
North Carolina

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Greater Collection Agency Bureau, LLC: 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: 16.

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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