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.
Complaints by issue type
What consumers report about Kingston Data & Credit International Inc.
- Attempts to collect debt not owed
Attempts to collect debt not owed
137 complaints
- Written notification about debt
Written notification about debt
77 complaints
- Took or threatened to take negative or legal action 51
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
51 complaints
- False statements or representation 39
False statements or representation
39 complaints
- Communication tactics 5
Communication tactics
5 complaints
- Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed 1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
1 complaints
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 #530
- VOL 312
- GRADE F
- 12MO 117
- STATES 38
- TIMELY 96%
- DISPUTE 100%
- ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
- RANK #386
- COMPOSE #530
Volume peers
Nearest volume peer: Selip & Stylianou, LLP (309 complaints)
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 →
How the 312 complaints break down
Every complaint issue type on record for Kingston Data & Credit International Inc., not just the top ones shown above.
Reputation score breakdown
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.
Spiky monthly series
Texas is the plurality state for Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. (15.1%)
Peak share is this collector's company_monthly maximum divided by its own stored monthly total. 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)
- Corpus ranks
- #386 volume
- #530 composite
- Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 536 scored collectors with 200+ complaints
How does Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. compare to its peers?
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 Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. a lower dispute rate.
Kingston Data & Credit International Inc.'s complaint volume in context
Kingston Data & Credit International Inc. 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)
312 Top 7% higher than 93% of 5,420 collectors
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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026
Complaint Trend (24 months)
Rising ↑Issue Detail Breakdown
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | |
| Written notification about debt | |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | |
| False statements or representation | |
| Communication tactics | |
| Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed | |
| Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly | |
| Electronic communications | |
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.
Top states by complaints against Kingston Data & Credit International Inc.
Across 38 states with at least one filing
- Texas
Texas
47 complaints
- Georgia
Georgia
25 complaints
- California
California
22 complaints
- Louisiana
Louisiana
22 complaints
- Florida
Florida
20 complaints
- Illinois 18
Illinois
18 complaints
- Virginia 16
Virginia
16 complaints
- Pennsylvania 15
Pennsylvania
15 complaints
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.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 95.9409594095941%.
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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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| Sources | the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database |