What is the most common complaint against ICQ Search and Recovery Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about ICQ Search and Recovery Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt was paid". This is based on 11 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against ICQ Search and Recovery Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against ICQ Search and Recovery Inc. are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is ICQ Search and Recovery Inc.'s reputation grade?

ICQ Search and Recovery Inc. has a reputation grade of B (score: 69.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does ICQ Search and Recovery Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

ICQ Search and Recovery Inc. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 17% of cases.

In how many states does ICQ Search and Recovery Inc. operate?

ICQ Search and Recovery Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 4 states, with the most complaints from California (7 complaints).

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

ICQ Search and Recovery Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 4 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

4
Disclosure verification of debt

3
False statements or representation

2
Written notification about debt

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record icq-search-and-recovery-inc ICQ Search and Recovery Inc.

Grade B · 11 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #2414 · compose #1326

VOL 11
GRADE B
12MO 0
STATES 4
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 17%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #2,414
COMPOSE #1,326

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Accounts Interchange Group LLC (11 complaints)

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

ICQ Search and Recovery Inc.'s 11 CFPB complaints sit next to Accounts Interchange Group 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 →

State-heavy filing map

63.6% of ICQ Search and Recovery Inc.'s CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: ICQ Search and Recovery Inc. is volume #2,414 but composite #1,326, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 63.6%; 7 of 11 filings · 4 states touched
Spike month: 2023-10 50.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,414 volume; #1,326 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,088 places better than volume

How does ICQ Search and Recovery Inc. compare to its peers?

How does ICQ Search and Recovery 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

ICQ Search and Recover… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

17%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-10 2024-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	4
Disclosure verification of debt	3
False statements or representation	2
Written notification about debt	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against ICQ Search and Recovery Inc. come from?

ICQ Search and Recovery Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

7
Florida

2
Massachusetts

1
Missouri

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for ICQ Search and Recovery 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: 11.

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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