What is the most common complaint against Marlette Funding, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Marlette Funding, LLC is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt was result of identity theft". This is based on 182 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Marlette Funding, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Marlette Funding, LLC are rising. The company received 78 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Marlette Funding, LLC's reputation grade?

Marlette Funding, LLC has a reputation grade of D (score: 53.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Marlette Funding, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Marlette Funding, LLC has a 99% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 33% of cases.

In how many states does Marlette Funding, LLC operate?

Marlette Funding, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 36 states, with the most complaints from California (22 complaints).

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

Marlette Funding, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 36 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

68
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

33
False statements or representation

25
Communication tactics

22
Written notification about debt

19
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

9

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record marlette-funding-llc Marlette Funding, LLC

Grade D · 182 CFPB filings · 99% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #587 · compose #3679

VOL 182
GRADE D
12MO 78
STATES 36
TIMELY 99%
DISPUTE 33%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #587
COMPOSE #3,679

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Absolute Recovery Services, LLC (182 complaints)

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

Marlette Funding, LLC's 182 CFPB complaints sit next to Absolute Recovery Services, 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 →

Distributed filing map

Marlette Funding, LLC spreads filings across 36 states - California leads at only 12.1%

Despite a broad state map, Marlette Funding, LLC still sits volume #587 against composite #3,679 - the two RankMaps diverge by 3,092 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; California still leads at 12.1% across 36 states
Even monthly load: Peak under 8%; Highest month 2025-04 at 7.0% (18 filings)
Divergent corpus ranks: #587 volume; #3,679 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,092 places worse than volume

How does Marlette Funding, LLC compare to its peers?

How does Marlette Funding, 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

Marlette Funding, LLC National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

99%

96%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

33%

42%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-04 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	68
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	33
False statements or representation	25
Communication tactics	22
Written notification about debt	19
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	9
Electronic communications	3
Improper contact or sharing of info	2
Disclosure verification of debt	1

Where do complaints against Marlette Funding, LLC come from?

Marlette Funding, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

22
Georgia

21
Texas

20
Florida

16
New York

9
Alabama

6
Arizona

6
Colorado

6

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Marlette Funding, 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: 182.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.36708860759494%.

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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