What is the most common complaint against Kelsting Group, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Kelsting Group, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 196 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Kelsting Group, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Kelsting Group, Inc. are falling. The company received 25 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Kelsting Group, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Kelsting Group, Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 51.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Kelsting Group, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Kelsting Group, Inc. has a 94% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 27% of cases.

In how many states does Kelsting Group, Inc. operate?

Kelsting Group, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 10 states, with the most complaints from California (185 complaints).

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

Kelsting Group, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 10 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

76
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

40
False statements or representation

31
Written notification about debt

23
Disclosure verification of debt

15
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

7

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record kelsting-group-inc Kelsting Group, Inc.

Grade D · 196 CFPB filings · 94% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #546 · compose #3934

VOL 196
GRADE D
12MO 25
STATES 10
TIMELY 94%
DISPUTE 27%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #546
COMPOSE #3,934

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Data and Contact Management Solutions, LLC (196 complaints)

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

Kelsting Group, Inc.'s 196 CFPB complaints sit next to Data and Contact Management Solutions, 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

94.4% of Kelsting Group, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Kelsting Group, Inc. is volume #546 but composite #3,934, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 94.4%; 185 of 196 filings · 10 states touched
Spike month: 2026-01 16.0%; 4 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #546 volume; #3,934 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,388 places worse than volume

How does Kelsting Group, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Kelsting Group, 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

Kelsting Group, Inc. National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

94%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

27%

16%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2015-08 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	76
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	40
False statements or representation	31
Written notification about debt	23
Disclosure verification of debt	15
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	7
Communication tactics	2
Electronic communications	1
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Kelsting Group, Inc. come from?

Kelsting Group, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

185
Georgia

2
Arizona

1
Florida

1
Idaho

1
Illinois

1
Kansas

1
Nevada

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Kelsting Group, 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: 196.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 93.6842105263158%.

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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