What is the most common complaint against Meridian ARG Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Meridian ARG Inc. is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Threatened to arrest you or take you to jail if you do not pay". This is based on 43 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Meridian ARG Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Meridian ARG Inc. are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Meridian ARG Inc.'s reputation grade?

Meridian ARG Inc. has a reputation grade of F (score: 38.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Meridian ARG Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Meridian ARG Inc. has a 30% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 10% of cases.

In how many states does Meridian ARG Inc. operate?

Meridian ARG Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 20 states, with the most complaints from Arizona (5 complaints).

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

Meridian ARG Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 20 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

21
Communication tactics

8
Taking/threatening an illegal action

4
False statements or representation

3
Attempts to collect debt not owed

2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record meridian-arg-inc Meridian ARG Inc.

Grade F · 43 CFPB filings · 30% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #1304 · compose #5005

VOL 43
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 20
TIMELY 30%
DISPUTE 10%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #1,304
COMPOSE #5,005

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Access Credit Management, Inc. (43 complaints)

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

Meridian ARG Inc.'s 43 CFPB complaints sit next to Access Credit Management, 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 →

Distributed filing map

Meridian ARG Inc. spreads filings across 20 states - Arizona leads at only 11.6%

Despite a broad state map, Meridian ARG Inc. still sits volume #1,304 against composite #5,005 - the two RankMaps diverge by 3,701 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; Arizona still leads at 11.6% across 20 states
Seasonal peak: 2014-03 11.1%; 8–15% band · 4 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,304 volume; #5,005 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,701 places worse than volume

How does Meridian ARG Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Meridian ARG 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

Meridian ARG Inc. National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

30%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

10%

33%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2013-08 2021-07

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	21
Communication tactics	8
Taking/threatening an illegal action	4
False statements or representation	3
Attempts to collect debt not owed	2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2
Improper contact or sharing of info	1

Where do complaints against Meridian ARG Inc. come from?

Meridian ARG Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Arizona

5
Florida

5
New York

5
California

4
Texas

4
Georgia

3
Missouri

3
Pennsylvania

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Meridian ARG 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: 43.

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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