What is the most common complaint against Hillcrest Davidson & Associates?

The most common issue consumers report about Hillcrest Davidson & Associates is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 484 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Hillcrest Davidson & Associates increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Hillcrest Davidson & Associates are falling. The company received 84 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Hillcrest Davidson & Associates's reputation grade?

Hillcrest Davidson & Associates has a reputation grade of D (score: 51.1/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Hillcrest Davidson & Associates respond to consumer complaints?

Hillcrest Davidson & Associates has a 88% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 14% of cases.

In how many states does Hillcrest Davidson & Associates operate?

Hillcrest Davidson & Associates has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 43 states, with the most complaints from Texas (144 complaints).

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

Hillcrest Davidson & Associates - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 43 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

133
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

76
Communication tactics

72
Written notification about debt

62
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

60
False statements or representation

42

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record hillcrest-davidson-associates Hillcrest Davidson & Associates

Grade D · 484 CFPB filings · 88% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #280 · compose #4030

VOL 484
GRADE D
12MO 84
STATES 43
TIMELY 88%
DISPUTE 14%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #280
COMPOSE #4,030

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: SIMM Associates, Inc. (487 complaints)

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

Hillcrest Davidson & Associates's 484 CFPB complaints sit next to SIMM Associates, 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

Texas is the plurality state for Hillcrest Davidson & Associates (29.8%)

Volume rank #280 and composite rank #4,030 diverge by 3,750 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Texas 29.8%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 43 states with ≥1 filing
Seasonal peak: 2018-09 9.7%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #280 volume; #4,030 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,750 places worse than volume

How does Hillcrest Davidson & Associates compare to its peers?

How does Hillcrest Davidson & 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

Hillcrest Davidson & A… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

88%

96%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

14%

13%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2018-06 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	133
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	76
Communication tactics	72
Written notification about debt	62
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	60
False statements or representation	42
Disclosure verification of debt	25
Improper contact or sharing of info	7
Taking/threatening an illegal action	4
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	3

Where do complaints against Hillcrest Davidson & Associates come from?

Hillcrest Davidson & Associates's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

144
California

46
Florida

36
Georgia

27
Virginia

22
North Carolina

17
New York

15
South Carolina

13

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Hillcrest Davidson & 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: 484.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 88.36689038031321%.

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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