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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 5 complaints

Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record investigation-recovery-assoc-llc Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC

Grade D · 5 CFPB filings · 20% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

  • VOL 5
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 0
  • STATES 5
  • TIMELY 20%
  • DISPUTE 0%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #3,157
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Aaron Worldwide Collections Inc. (5 complaints)

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

Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC's 5 CFPB complaints sit next to Aaron Worldwide Collections 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 5 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
51.0/100
Investigation & Recovery Assoc. 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 B
5
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response D
20%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
0%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

Steady monthly series

Illinois is the plurality state for Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC (20.0%)

Figures below come from this collector's company_states / company_monthly rows and corpus RankMaps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state
Illinois 20.0%
Mid-band (15–30%) · 5 states with ≥1 filing
Even monthly load
Peak under 8%
Highest month 2017-09 at 5.0% (1 filings)
Corpus ranks
#3,157 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC compare to its peers?

How does Investigation & Recovery Assoc. 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
Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
0
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
20%
20%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
0%
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 Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 7 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 0%20%40%60%80%100%120% 0%10%20%30%40% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC vs. 6 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLCInternational Collection Systems, Inc.Infinity Capital GroupKauntey Mediation Services LLCKey Management Company of Missouri, LLC.Hilco Receivables LLCKingston Mediation Services
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC's complaint volume in context

Investigation & Recovery Assoc. 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)

5 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). This entry sits in this band. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Above this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 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. Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2017-09 2025-11

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
1
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
1
Communication tactics
1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
1
Disclosure verification of debt
1

Where do complaints against Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC come from?

Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Investigation & Recovery Assoc. LLC

Across 5 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 Investigation & Recovery Assoc. 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: 5.

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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