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

CFPB complaint data Grade F 45 complaints

Northeast Collection Bureau - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 21 states, reputation grade F.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Northeast Collection Bureau

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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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 45
  • GRADE F
  • 12MO 0
  • STATES 21
  • TIMELY 16%
  • DISPUTE 10%
  • ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
  • RANK #1,268
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

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

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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 →

How the 45 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Northeast Collection Bureau, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

F
Composite reputation score
33.2/100
Northeast Collection Bureau

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume D
45
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response F
16%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
10%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

Spiky monthly series

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

Peak share is this collector's company_monthly maximum divided by its own stored monthly total. 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)
Corpus ranks
#1,268 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

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 Bureau National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
0
17
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
16%
100%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
10%
0%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors

Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy Northeast Collection Bureau a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 8 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 0%20%40%60%80%100%120% 0%20%40%60% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Northeast Collection Bureau vs. 7 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Northeast Collection BureauLotane & Associates, P.A.Professional Recovery Consultants, Inc.Hewitt-CapitalSolutions To Portfolios, LLCCIR, Law OfficesSystematic National Collection, Inc.BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION, THE
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Northeast Collection Bureau's complaint volume in context

Northeast Collection Bureau vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

45 Top 23% higher than 77% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Below this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). This entry sits in this band. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. Northeast Collection Bureau 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
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.

Top states by complaints against Northeast Collection Bureau

Across 21 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

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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