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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 641 complaints

Northstar Location Services, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 45 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Northstar Location Services, LLC

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record northstar-location-services-llc Northstar Location Services, LLC

Grade D · 641 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #220 · compose #158

  • VOL 641
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 95
  • STATES 45
  • TIMELY 100%
  • DISPUTE 15%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #220
  • COMPOSE #158

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Hovg, LLC (642 complaints)

Northstar Location Services, LLC (this)Northstar Location Services,…641Hovg, LLCHovg, LLC642Harvard Collections, LLCHarvard Collections, LLC644Regional Management CorporationRegional Management Corporat…645Professional Finance Company, Inc.Professional Finance Company…646
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Northstar Location Services, LLC's 641 CFPB complaints sit next to Hovg, 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 →

How the 641 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Northstar Location Services, LLC, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
54.6/100
Northstar Location Services, LLC

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 F
641
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
100%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate A
15%
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.

Distributed filing map

Northstar Location Services, LLC spreads filings across 45 states - Texas leads at only 12.0%

Figures below come from this collector's company_states / company_monthly rows and corpus RankMaps. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography
Lead state under 15%
Texas still leads at 12.0% across 45 states
Even monthly load
Peak under 8%
Highest month 2025-01 at 7.1% (82 filings)
Corpus ranks
#220 volume
#158 composite
Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 536 scored collectors with 200+ complaints

How does Northstar Location Services, LLC compare to its peers?

How does Northstar Location 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
Northstar Location Services, LLC National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
95
26
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
100%
72%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
15%
19%
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 Northstar Location Services, LLC a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 11 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 70%80%90%100%110% 5%10%15%20%25% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Northstar Location Services, LLC vs. 10 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Northstar Location Services, LLCHOVG, LLCHarvard Collections, LLCRegional Management CorporationProfessional Finance Company, Inc.AMCOL Systems, Inc.ECMC GROUP, INC.Capital Management Services, LPFIFTH THIRD FINANCIAL CORPORATIONGlobal Lending Services LLCAVANTE
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Northstar Location Services, LLC's complaint volume in context

Northstar Location Services, LLC 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)

641 Top 4% higher than 96% 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%). Below this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Below this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Below this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Below this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). This entry sits in this band. Northstar Location Services, LLC 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2024-04 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
182
Communication tactics
138
Written notification about debt
71
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
64
False statements or representation
63
Improper contact or sharing of info
47
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
31
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
23
Disclosure verification of debt
17
Electronic communications
3

Where do complaints against Northstar Location Services, LLC come from?

Northstar Location Services, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Northstar Location Services, LLC

Across 45 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 Northstar Location 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: 641.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 100%.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

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