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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 96 complaints

Guglielmo and Associates - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 7 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Guglielmo and Associates

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record guglielmo-and-associates Guglielmo and Associates

Grade D · 96 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

  • VOL 96
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 17
  • STATES 7
  • TIMELY 100%
  • DISPUTE 50%
  • ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
  • RANK #832
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Augusta Collection Agency, Inc. (96 complaints)

Augusta Collection Agency, Inc.Augusta Collection Agency, I…96GFS II, LLCGFS II, LLC96Great American Finance CoGreat American Finance Co96JNR Adjustment Company, IncJNR Adjustment Company, Inc96Guglielmo and Associates (this)Guglielmo and Associates (th…96
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Guglielmo and Associates's 96 CFPB complaints sit next to Augusta Collection Agency, 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 96 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Guglielmo and Associates, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
50.5/100
Guglielmo and Associates

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 F
96
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
100%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate C
50%
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

55.2% of Guglielmo and Associates's CFPB filings land in Arizona

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

Dominant state
Arizona 55.2%
53 of 96 filings · 7 states touched
Seasonal peak
2016-04 8.0%
8–15% band · 2 filings
Corpus ranks
#832 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Guglielmo and Associates compare to its peers?

How does Guglielmo and Associates compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
Guglielmo and Associates National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
17
26
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
100%
91%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
50%
17%
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 Guglielmo and Associates a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 10 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 75%80%85%90%95%100%105% 0%50%100%150% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Guglielmo and Associates vs. 9 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Guglielmo and AssociatesGreat American Finance CoJNR Adjustment Company, IncGFS II, LLCULRS, Inc.Augusta Collection Agency, Inc.Advance Bureau of CollectionsCreditor's Collection Service, Inc.MS SERVICES LLCEZCORP, INC.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Guglielmo and Associates's complaint volume in context

Guglielmo and Associates 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)

96 Top 15% higher than 85% 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%). Below this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Below this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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. Guglielmo and Associates 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Stable →
2014-07 2025-04

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
19
Attempts to collect debt not owed
18
False statements or representation
16
Communication tactics
13
Taking/threatening an illegal action
11
Written notification about debt
10
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
5
Disclosure verification of debt
4

Where do complaints against Guglielmo and Associates come from?

Guglielmo and Associates's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Guglielmo and Associates

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 Guglielmo and Associates: 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: 96.

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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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