What is the most common complaint against Jon Barry and Associates, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Jon Barry and Associates, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 730 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Jon Barry and Associates, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Jon Barry and Associates, Inc. are falling. The company received 66 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Jon Barry and Associates, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Jon Barry and Associates, Inc. has a reputation grade of C (score: 55.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Jon Barry and Associates, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Jon Barry and Associates, Inc. has a 99% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 9% of cases.

In how many states does Jon Barry and Associates, Inc. operate?

Jon Barry and Associates, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 37 states, with the most complaints from North Carolina (279 complaints).

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

Jon Barry and Associates, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 37 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

244
Written notification about debt

177
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

80
Communication tactics

75
False statements or representation

58
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

52

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record jon-barry-and-associates-inc Jon Barry and Associates, Inc.

Grade C · 730 CFPB filings · 99% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #195 · compose #3167

VOL 730
GRADE C
12MO 66
STATES 37
TIMELY 99%
DISPUTE 9%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #195
COMPOSE #3,167

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: CCF Intermediate Holdings LLC (735 complaints)

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

Jon Barry and Associates, Inc.'s 730 CFPB complaints sit next to CCF Intermediate Holdings 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

38.2% of Jon Barry and Associates, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in North Carolina

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Jon Barry and Associates, Inc. is volume #195 but composite #3,167, while North Carolina dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: North Carolina 38.2%; 279 of 730 filings · 37 states touched
Spike month: 2018-02 16.7%; 7 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #195 volume; #3,167 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,972 places worse than volume

How does Jon Barry and Associates, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Jon Barry and Associates, 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

Jon Barry and Associat… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

212

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

99%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2018-02 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	244
Written notification about debt	177
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	80
Communication tactics	75
False statements or representation	58
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	52
Disclosure verification of debt	23
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	11
Electronic communications	6
Improper contact or sharing of info	3

Where do complaints against Jon Barry and Associates, Inc. come from?

Jon Barry and Associates, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

North Carolina

279
South Carolina

84
Florida

58
Mississippi

48
Texas

39
Ohio

37
Georgia

33
Tennessee

29

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Jon Barry and Associates, 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: 730.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.442119944212%.

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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