This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.
HW Holding, Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile
CFPB complaint profile across 52 states, reputation grade D.
Complaints by issue type
What consumers report about HW Holding, Inc
- Attempts to collect debt not owed
Attempts to collect debt not owed
2,831 complaints
- False statements or representation
False statements or representation
1,272 complaints
- Written notification about debt
Written notification about debt
1,195 complaints
- Took or threatened to take negative or legal action 729
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
729 complaints
- Communication tactics 468
Communication tactics
468 complaints
- Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed 328
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
328 complaints
Data updated September 2026
CFPB complaint disposition
CCDB record hw-holding-inc HW Holding, Inc
Grade D · 7,296 CFPB filings · 99% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #24 · compose #320
- VOL 7,296
- GRADE D
- 12MO 1,834
- STATES 52
- TIMELY 99%
- DISPUTE 21%
- ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
- RANK #24
- COMPOSE #320
Volume peers
Nearest volume peer: Spring Oaks Capital, LLC (7,289 complaints)
HW Holding, Inc's 7,296 CFPB complaints sit next to Spring Oaks Capital, LLC 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 7,296 complaints break down
Every complaint issue type on record for HW Holding, Inc, not just the top ones shown above.
Reputation score breakdown
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.
Filing geometry
Texas is the plurality state for HW Holding, Inc (16.4%)
Figures below come from this collector's company_states / company_monthly rows and corpus RankMaps. Corpus placement method.
- Plurality state
- Texas 16.4%
- Mid-band (15–30%) · 52 states with ≥1 filing
- Seasonal peak
- 2024-01 11.3%
- 8–15% band · 6 filings
- Corpus ranks
- #24 volume
- #320 composite
- Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 536 scored collectors with 200+ complaints
How does HW Holding, Inc compare to its peers?
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 HW Holding, Inc a lower dispute rate.
HW Holding, Inc's complaint volume in context
HW Holding, Inc 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)
7,296 Top 1% higher than 100% of 5,420 collectors
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more collectors. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026
Complaint Trend (24 months)
Stable →Issue Detail Breakdown
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | |
| False statements or representation | |
| Written notification about debt | |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | |
| Communication tactics | |
| Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed | |
| Disclosure verification of debt | |
| Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly | |
| Electronic communications | |
| Improper contact or sharing of info | |
Where do complaints against HW Holding, Inc come from?
HW Holding, Inc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.
Top states by complaints against HW Holding, Inc
Across 52 states with at least one filing
- Texas
Texas
1,196 complaints
- Florida
Florida
966 complaints
- Georgia
Georgia
646 complaints
- California 477
California
477 complaints
- North Carolina 416
North Carolina
416 complaints
- Illinois 284
Illinois
284 complaints
- Maryland 242
Maryland
242 complaints
- South Carolina 207
South Carolina
207 complaints
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for HW Holding, 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: 7,296.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.1047448522829%.
Know your rights before responding to HW Holding, Inc: FDCPA rights guide · debt validation letter · rights library.
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.
Every figure on PlainCollector is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.
| Publisher | PlainCollector |
| Sources | the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database |