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

CFPB complaint data Grade C 15 complaints

Northern Hills Collections Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 6 states, reputation grade C.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Northern Hills Collections Inc.

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record northern-hills-collections-inc Northern Hills Collections Inc.

Grade C · 15 CFPB filings · 93% timely · lead issue: Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

  • VOL 15
  • GRADE C
  • 12MO 2
  • STATES 6
  • TIMELY 93%
  • ISSUE Threatened to contact some…
  • RANK #2,156
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Accounts Advocate Agency (15 complaints)

Accounts Advocate AgencyAccounts Advocate Agency15Advanced Resolution Services Inc.Advanced Resolution Services…15American Credit AdjustersAmerican Credit Adjusters15Automated Accounts, Inc.Automated Accounts, Inc.15Northern Hills Collections Inc. (this)Northern Hills Collections I…15
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Northern Hills Collections Inc.'s 15 CFPB complaints sit next to Accounts Advocate Agency 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 15 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Northern Hills Collections Inc., not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

C
Composite reputation score
56.8/100
Northern Hills Collections Inc.

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 C
15
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
93%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate N/A
N/A
No dispute rate reported.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

State-heavy filing map

53.3% of Northern Hills Collections Inc.'s CFPB filings land in South Dakota

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state
South Dakota 53.3%
8 of 15 filings · 6 states touched
Spike month
2025-10 33.3%
2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks
#2,156 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Northern Hills Collections Inc. compare to its peers?

How does NORTHERN HILLS COLLECTIONS 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
NORTHERN HILLS COLLECTIONS INC. National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
2
4
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
93%
100%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
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 Northern Hills Collections Inc. a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 6 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 60%70%80%90%100% 0%20%40%60% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Northern Hills Collections Inc. vs. 6 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Neuheisel Law Firm, P.C.Miguel A. Maza & Associates, PSCMicroBilt / PRBC (formerly CL Verify)Merchants Credit Assoc. Inc SCMISSION FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATIONPATRICK A. CAREY, P.A.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Northern Hills Collections Inc.'s complaint volume in context

Northern Hills Collections Inc. 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)

15 60th percentile higher than 60% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). This entry sits in this band. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Above this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 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. Northern Hills Collections Inc. 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2020-07 2025-11

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
6
Communication tactics
4
Attempts to collect debt not owed
2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
2
False statements or representation
1

Where do complaints against Northern Hills Collections Inc. come from?

Northern Hills Collections Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Northern Hills Collections Inc.

Across 6 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 Northern Hills Collections 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: 15.

4 peers

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