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

CFPB complaint data Grade C 41 complaints

Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 7 states, reputation grade C.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record guardian-capital-management-hawaii-llc Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC

Grade C · 41 CFPB filings · 89% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

  • VOL 41
  • GRADE C
  • 12MO 11
  • STATES 7
  • TIMELY 89%
  • DISPUTE 20%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #1,323
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: First Horizon Bank (41 complaints)

First Horizon BankFirst Horizon Bank41Forster, Garbus and GarbusForster, Garbus and Garbus41JMD,LLCJMD,LLC41Komyatte & Casbon, P.C.Komyatte & Casbon, P.C.41Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC (this)Guardian Capital Management …41
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC's 41 CFPB complaints sit next to First Horizon Bank 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 41 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

C
Composite reputation score
57.6/100
Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC

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 D
41
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
89%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
20%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend C
Stable
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

State-heavy filing map

68.3% of Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC's CFPB filings land in Hawaii

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state
Hawaii 68.3%
28 of 41 filings · 7 states touched
Seasonal peak
2023-04 14.3%
8–15% band · 6 filings
Corpus ranks
#1,323 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC compare to its peers?

How does GUARDIAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT HAWAII, 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
GUARDIAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT HAWAII, LLC National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
11
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
89%
95%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
20%
25%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors

Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 8 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 80%85%90%95%100%105% 0%10%20%30%40%50% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC vs. 7 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLCForster, Garbus and GarbusJMD,LLCFIRST HORIZON BANKKomyatte & Casbon, P.C.NCS, IncPrimary Financial Services L.L.C.Robinson & Hoover
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC's complaint volume in context

Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC 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)

41 Top 24% higher than 76% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Below this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). This entry sits in this band. 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. Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Stable →
2023-03 2026-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
15
Written notification about debt
11
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
4
False statements or representation
4
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
3
Communication tactics
1
Disclosure verification of debt
1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
1
Improper contact or sharing of info
1

Where do complaints against Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC come from?

Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, LLC

Across 7 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 Guardian Capital Management Hawaii, 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: 41.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

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