What is the most common complaint against Northeast Collection Bureau?

The most common issue consumers report about Northeast Collection Bureau is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 45 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Northeast Collection Bureau increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Northeast Collection Bureau are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Northeast Collection Bureau's reputation grade?

Northeast Collection Bureau has a reputation grade of F (score: 33.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Northeast Collection Bureau respond to consumer complaints?

Northeast Collection Bureau has a 16% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 10% of cases.

In how many states does Northeast Collection Bureau operate?

Northeast Collection Bureau has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 21 states, with the most complaints from Georgia (9 complaints).

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

Northeast Collection Bureau - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 21 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

17
Communication tactics

8
Improper contact or sharing of info

7
Taking/threatening an illegal action

6
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

2
Disclosure verification of debt

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record northeast-collection-bureau Northeast Collection Bureau

Grade F · 45 CFPB filings · 16% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #1268 · compose #5162

VOL 45
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 21
TIMELY 16%
DISPUTE 10%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #1,268
COMPOSE #5,162

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Account Brokers Inc. (45 complaints)

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

Northeast Collection Bureau's 45 CFPB complaints sit next to Account Brokers 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

Georgia is the plurality state for Northeast Collection Bureau (20.0%)

The 2022-02 spike coincides with a 3,894-place gap between volume rank #1,268 and composite #5,162. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Georgia 20.0%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 21 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2022-02 20.0%; 2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,268 volume; #5,162 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,894 places worse than volume

How does Northeast Collection Bureau compare to its peers?

How does Northeast Collection Bureau compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Northeast Collection B… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

16%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

10%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2019-08 2025-10

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	17
Communication tactics	8
Improper contact or sharing of info	7
Taking/threatening an illegal action	6
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	2
Disclosure verification of debt	2
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
False statements or representation	1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against Northeast Collection Bureau come from?

Northeast Collection Bureau's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Georgia

9
California

5
New York

5
Arizona

4
Michigan

3
Florida

2
Maryland

2
North Dakota

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Northeast Collection Bureau: 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: 45.

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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