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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 15 complaints

Lake Area Collections, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Lake Area Collections, LLC

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record lake-area-collections-llc Lake Area Collections, LLC

Grade D · 15 CFPB filings · 50% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

  • VOL 15
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 1
  • STATES 5
  • TIMELY 50%
  • DISPUTE 0%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #2,146
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Accounts Advocate Agency (15 complaints)

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

Lake Area Collections, LLC's 15 CFPB complaints sit next to Accounts Advocate Agency 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 15 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Lake Area Collections, LLC, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
54.1/100
Lake Area Collections, LLC

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.

Complaint volume C
15
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response C
50%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
0%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

State-heavy filing map

53.3% of Lake Area Collections, LLC's CFPB filings land in Louisiana

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state
Louisiana 53.3%
8 of 15 filings · 5 states touched
Seasonal peak
2014-05 12.5%
8–15% band · 1 filings
Corpus ranks
#2,146 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Lake Area Collections, LLC compare to its peers?

How does Lake Area Collections, LLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
Lake Area Collections, LLC National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
1
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
50%
93%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
0%
19%

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 Lake Area Collections, LLC a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 8 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 40%60%80%100%120% 0%20%40%60% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Lake Area Collections, LLC vs. 7 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Lake Area Collections, LLCKnight & Hooper, PLLCKevin B. Wilson Law OfficesKason Credit CorporationMISSION FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATIONJvs groupMerchants Credit Assoc. Inc SCMicroBilt / PRBC (formerly CL Verify)
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Lake Area Collections, LLC's complaint volume in context

Lake Area Collections, LLC 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)

15 60th percentile higher than 60% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). This entry sits in this band. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Above this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. Lake Area Collections, LLC 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2014-05 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
7
Disclosure verification of debt
3
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
2
Written notification about debt
1
Communication tactics
1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
1

Where do complaints against Lake Area Collections, LLC come from?

Lake Area Collections, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Lake Area Collections, LLC

Across 5 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Lake Area Collections, LLC: 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: 15.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

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