What is the most common complaint against Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC is "Taking/threatening an illegal action", specifically "Threatened arrest/jail if do not pay". This is based on 27 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC's reputation grade?

Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC has a reputation grade of D (score: 53.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC has a 67% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 11% of cases.

In how many states does Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC operate?

Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 16 states, with the most complaints from New Jersey (3 complaints).

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

Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 16 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Taking/threatening an illegal action

13
Communication tactics

7
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

4
False statements or representation

2
Improper contact or sharing of info

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record nationwide-arbitration-services-llc Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC

Grade D · 27 CFPB filings · 67% timely · lead issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action · vol #1633 · compose #3634

VOL 27
GRADE D
12MO 0
STATES 16
TIMELY 67%
DISPUTE 11%
ISSUE Taking/threatening an ille…
RANK #1,633
COMPOSE #3,634

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: AAA Auto Title Loans, LLC (27 complaints)

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

Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC's 27 CFPB complaints sit next to AAA Auto Title Loans, 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

Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC spreads filings across 16 states - New Jersey leads at only 11.1%

Despite a broad state map, Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC still sits volume #1,633 against composite #3,634 - the two RankMaps diverge by 2,001 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; New Jersey still leads at 11.1% across 16 states
Seasonal peak: 2026-02 9.1%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,633 volume; #3,634 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,001 places worse than volume

How does Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC compare to its peers?

How does Nationwide Arbitration Services 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

Nationwide Arbitration… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

67%

83%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

11%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2020-12 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Taking/threatening an illegal action	13
Communication tactics	7
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	4
False statements or representation	2
Improper contact or sharing of info	1

Where do complaints against Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC come from?

Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

New Jersey

3
Texas

3
California

2
Georgia

2
Nevada

2
North Carolina

2
Pennsylvania

2
South Carolina

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Nationwide Arbitration Services 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: 27.

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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