What is the most common complaint against McKellar & Associates Group, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about McKellar & Associates Group, Inc. is "Taking/threatening an illegal action", specifically "Threatened to sue on too old debt". This is based on 35 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against McKellar & Associates Group, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against McKellar & Associates Group, Inc. are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is McKellar & Associates Group, Inc.'s reputation grade?

McKellar & Associates Group, Inc. has a reputation grade of C (score: 61.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does McKellar & Associates Group, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

McKellar & Associates Group, Inc. has a 94% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 15% of cases.

In how many states does McKellar & Associates Group, Inc. operate?

McKellar & Associates Group, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 22 states, with the most complaints from California (7 complaints).

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

McKellar & Associates Group, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 22 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Taking/threatening an illegal action

10
Communication tactics

7
Improper contact or sharing of info

7
False statements or representation

6
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record mckellar-associates-group-inc McKellar & Associates Group, Inc.

Grade C · 35 CFPB filings · 94% timely · lead issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action · vol #1432 · compose #2239

VOL 35
GRADE C
12MO 1
STATES 22
TIMELY 94%
DISPUTE 15%
ISSUE Taking/threatening an ille…
RANK #1,432
COMPOSE #2,239

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Accounts Receivable Inc. (35 complaints)

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

McKellar & Associates Group, Inc.'s 35 CFPB complaints sit next to Accounts Receivable 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 →

Spiky monthly series

California is the plurality state for McKellar & Associates Group, Inc. (20.0%)

The 2025-10 spike coincides with a 807-place gap between volume rank #1,432 and composite #2,239. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: California 20.0%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 22 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2025-10 18.2%; 8 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,432 volume; #2,239 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 807 places worse than volume

How does McKellar & Associates Group, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does McKellar & Associates Group, 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

McKellar & Associates … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

94%

82%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

15%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-05 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Taking/threatening an illegal action	10
Communication tactics	7
Improper contact or sharing of info	7
False statements or representation	6
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1

Where do complaints against McKellar & Associates Group, Inc. come from?

McKellar & Associates Group, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

7
Florida

3
Arizona

2
New York

2
North Carolina

2
Washington

2
Wisconsin

2
Hawaii

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for McKellar & Associates Group, 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: 35.

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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