What is the most common complaint against Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc. is "Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly", specifically "Talked to a third-party about your debt". This is based on 53 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc. have been stable. The company received 11 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc.'s reputation grade?

Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 52.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc. operate?

Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 25 states, with the most complaints from California (9 complaints).

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

Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 25 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

14
Communication tactics

12
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

11
Attempts to collect debt not owed

7
False statements or representation

6
Written notification about debt

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record greenberg-grant-richards-inc Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc.

Grade D · 53 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly · vol #1157 · compose #3767

VOL 53
GRADE D
12MO 11
STATES 25
TIMELY 100%
ISSUE Threatened to contact some…
RANK #1,157
COMPOSE #3,767

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Advantage Collection Professionals, Inc. (53 complaints)

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

Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc.'s 53 CFPB complaints sit next to Advantage Collection Professionals, 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 →

Filing geometry

California is the plurality state for Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc. (17.0%)

Volume rank #1,157 and composite rank #3,767 diverge by 2,610 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: California 17.0%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 25 states with ≥1 filing
Seasonal peak: 2019-03 11.4%; 8–15% band · 5 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,157 volume; #3,767 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,610 places worse than volume

How does Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Greenberg, Grant & Richards 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

Greenberg, Grant & Ric… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

79%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

26%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2018-08 2021-09

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	14
Communication tactics	12
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	11
Attempts to collect debt not owed	7
False statements or representation	6
Written notification about debt	2
Electronic communications	1

Where do complaints against Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc. come from?

Greenberg, Grant & Richards Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

9
Florida

6
New Jersey

4
Texas

4
Illinois

3
Louisiana

3
Georgia

2
Maryland

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Greenberg, Grant & Richards 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: 53.

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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