What is the most common complaint against Kingston Data & Credit International Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 312 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. are rising. The company received 117 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Kingston Data & Credit International Inc.'s reputation grade?

Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. has a reputation grade of F (score: 33.8/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. has a 96% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 100% of cases.

In how many states does Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. operate?

Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 38 states, with the most complaints from Texas (47 complaints).

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

Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 38 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

137
Written notification about debt

77
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

51
False statements or representation

39
Communication tactics

5
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record kingston-data-credit-international-inc Kingston Data & Credit International Inc.

Grade F · 312 CFPB filings · 96% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #386 · compose #5146

VOL 312
GRADE F
12MO 117
STATES 38
TIMELY 96%
DISPUTE 100%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #386
COMPOSE #5,146

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Selip & Stylianou, LLP (309 complaints)

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

Kingston Data & Credit International Inc.'s 312 CFPB complaints sit next to Selip & Stylianou, LLP 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 →

Spiky monthly series

Texas is the plurality state for Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. (15.1%)

The 2014-02 spike coincides with a 4,760-place gap between volume rank #386 and composite #5,146. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Texas 15.1%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 38 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2014-02 100.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #386 volume; #5,146 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 4,760 places worse than volume

How does Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Kingston Data & Credit International 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

Kingston Data & Credit… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

117

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

96%

99%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

100%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-02 2014-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	137
Written notification about debt	77
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	51
False statements or representation	39
Communication tactics	5
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1
Electronic communications	1

Where do complaints against Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. come from?

Kingston Data & Credit International Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

47
Georgia

25
California

22
Louisiana

22
Florida

20
Illinois

18
Virginia

16
Pennsylvania

15

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Kingston Data & Credit International 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: 312.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 95.9409594095941%.

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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