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

The most common issue consumers report about Meade & Associates, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 222 complaints filed with the CFPB.

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

Complaints against Meade & Associates, Inc. are falling. The company received 10 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

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

Meade & Associates, Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 50.8/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Meade & Associates, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Meade & Associates, Inc. has a 88% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 20% of cases.

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

Meade & Associates, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 21 states, with the most complaints from Ohio (147 complaints).

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

Meade & Associates, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 21 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

59
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

44
Written notification about debt

30
Disclosure verification of debt

30
Communication tactics

21
False statements or representation

17

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record meade-associates-inc Meade & Associates, Inc.

Grade D · 222 CFPB filings · 88% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #487 · compose #4079

VOL 222
GRADE D
12MO 10
STATES 21
TIMELY 88%
DISPUTE 20%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #487
COMPOSE #4,079

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Alchro Inc. (223 complaints)

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

Meade & Associates, Inc.'s 222 CFPB complaints sit next to Alchro 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 →

State-heavy filing map

66.2% of Meade & Associates, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Ohio

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Meade & Associates, Inc. is volume #487 but composite #4,079, while Ohio dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Ohio 66.2%; 147 of 222 filings · 21 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2022-08 12.5%; 8–15% band · 5 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #487 volume; #4,079 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,592 places worse than volume

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

How does Meade & Associates, 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

Meade & Associates, In… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

88%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

20%

14%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2018-01 2023-04

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	59
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	44
Written notification about debt	30
Disclosure verification of debt	30
Communication tactics	21
False statements or representation	17
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	10
Improper contact or sharing of info	6
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	3
Taking/threatening an illegal action	2

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

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

Ohio

147
Michigan

17
Kentucky

9
North Carolina

6
California

5
Illinois

5
Arizona

4
Indiana

4

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Meade & Associates, 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: 222.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 87.67123287671232%.

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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