What is the most common complaint against Northland Group Inc?

The most common issue consumers report about Northland Group Inc is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 414 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Northland Group Inc increasing or decreasing?

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

What is Northland Group Inc's reputation grade?

Northland Group Inc has a reputation grade of C (score: 56.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Northland Group Inc respond to consumer complaints?

Northland Group Inc has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 10% of cases.

In how many states does Northland Group Inc operate?

Northland Group Inc has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 43 states, with the most complaints from California (55 complaints).

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

Northland Group Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 43 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

155
Communication tactics

64
Disclosure verification of debt

62
Attempts to collect debt not owed

42
False statements or representation

28
Written notification about debt

26

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record northland-group-inc Northland Group Inc

Grade C · 414 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #315 · compose #3038

VOL 414
GRADE C
12MO 0
STATES 43
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 10%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #315
COMPOSE #3,038

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: PlusFour, Inc (414 complaints)

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

Northland Group Inc's 414 CFPB complaints sit next to PlusFour, 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

Northland Group Inc spreads filings across 43 states - California leads at only 13.3%

Despite a broad state map, Northland Group Inc still sits volume #315 against composite #3,038 - the two RankMaps diverge by 2,723 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; California still leads at 13.3% across 43 states
Spike month: 2025-02 33.3%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #315 volume; #3,038 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,723 places worse than volume

How does Northland Group Inc compare to its peers?

How does Northland Group 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

Northland Group Inc National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

79%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

10%

15%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2025-02 2025-11

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	155
Communication tactics	64
Disclosure verification of debt	62
Attempts to collect debt not owed	42
False statements or representation	28
Written notification about debt	26
Improper contact or sharing of info	20
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	9
Taking/threatening an illegal action	5
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	3

Where do complaints against Northland Group Inc come from?

Northland Group Inc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

55
Florida

41
New York

41
Texas

37
Georgia

20
New Jersey

18
Pennsylvania

15
Illinois

13

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Northland Group 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: 414.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.75903614457832%.

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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