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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 165 complaints

Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 13 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record lyons-doughty-veldhuis-pc Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC

Grade D · 165 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

  • VOL 165
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 39
  • STATES 13
  • TIMELY 100%
  • DISPUTE 30%
  • ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
  • RANK #620
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: United Consumers Inc (166 complaints)

BCA Financial Services, Inc.BCA Financial Services, Inc.163Cherry Technologies Inc.Cherry Technologies Inc.164Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC (this)Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, P…165United Consumers IncUnited Consumers Inc166Merchants & Medical Adjustment Bureau, Inc. dba Credit Bureau AssociatesMerchants & Medical Adjustme…167
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC's 165 CFPB complaints sit next to United Consumers Inc 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 165 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
54.2/100
Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC

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 F
165
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
100%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate B
30%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend C
Stable
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

State-heavy filing map

37.0% of Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC's CFPB filings land in Maryland

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

Dominant state
Maryland 37.0%
61 of 165 filings · 13 states touched
Seasonal peak
2025-11 10.9%
8–15% band · 7 filings
Corpus ranks
#620 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC compare to its peers?

How does Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
39
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
100%
99%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
30%
8%
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 Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC 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 50%60%70%80%90%100%110% 5%10%15%20%25%30%35% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC vs. 7 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PCUnited Consumers IncBCA Financial Services, Inc.Terrill Outsourcing GroupRenton Collections Inc.Fay Servicing, LLCCOLLECTECH DIVERSIFIED, INC.Accelerated Financial Solutions, LLC
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC's complaint volume in context

Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC 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)

165 Top 11% higher than 89% of 5,420 collectors

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

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Stable →
2024-02 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
38
Attempts to collect debt not owed
36
Written notification about debt
29
False statements or representation
26
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
9
Disclosure verification of debt
8
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
7
Communication tactics
6
Taking/threatening an illegal action
6

Where do complaints against Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC come from?

Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC

Across 13 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 Lyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC: 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: 165.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 100%.

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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