What is the most common complaint against Investment Retrievers, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Investment Retrievers, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 178 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Investment Retrievers, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Investment Retrievers, Inc. have been stable. The company received 35 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Investment Retrievers, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Investment Retrievers, Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 52.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Investment Retrievers, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Investment Retrievers, Inc. has a 94% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 26% of cases.

In how many states does Investment Retrievers, Inc. operate?

Investment Retrievers, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 21 states, with the most complaints from California (70 complaints).

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

Investment Retrievers, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 21 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

46
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

41
False statements or representation

23
Written notification about debt

18
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

14
Communication tactics

12

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record investment-retrievers-inc Investment Retrievers, Inc.

Grade D · 178 CFPB filings · 94% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #600 · compose #3740

VOL 178
GRADE D
12MO 35
STATES 21
TIMELY 94%
DISPUTE 26%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #600
COMPOSE #3,740

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Fresno Credit Bureau (178 complaints)

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

Investment Retrievers, Inc.'s 178 CFPB complaints sit next to Fresno Credit Bureau 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

39.3% of Investment Retrievers, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Investment Retrievers, Inc. is volume #600 but composite #3,740, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 39.3%; 70 of 178 filings · 21 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2026-02 12.2%; 8–15% band · 11 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #600 volume; #3,740 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,140 places worse than volume

How does Investment Retrievers, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Investment Retrievers, 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

Investment Retrievers,… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

94%

98%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

26%

13%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-04 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	46
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	41
False statements or representation	23
Written notification about debt	18
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	14
Communication tactics	12
Disclosure verification of debt	9
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	5
Improper contact or sharing of info	5
Taking/threatening an illegal action	4

Where do complaints against Investment Retrievers, Inc. come from?

Investment Retrievers, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

70
Texas

49
Florida

14
Louisiana

7
Georgia

6
Nevada

6
Illinois

3
New York

3

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Investment Retrievers, 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: 178.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 93.90243902439023%.

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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