What is the most common complaint against Northstar Location Services, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Northstar Location Services, LLC is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 641 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Northstar Location Services, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Northstar Location Services, LLC are falling. The company received 95 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Northstar Location Services, LLC's reputation grade?

Northstar Location Services, LLC has a reputation grade of D (score: 54.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Northstar Location Services, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Northstar Location Services, LLC has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 15% of cases.

In how many states does Northstar Location Services, LLC operate?

Northstar Location Services, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 45 states, with the most complaints from Texas (77 complaints).

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

Northstar Location Services, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 45 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

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

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 #3421

VOL 641
GRADE D
12MO 95
STATES 45
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 15%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #220
COMPOSE #3,421

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Hovg, LLC (642 complaints)

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 →

Distributed filing map

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

Despite a broad state map, Northstar Location Services, LLC still sits volume #220 against composite #3,421 - the two RankMaps diverge by 3,201 places. 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)
Divergent corpus ranks: #220 volume; #3,421 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,201 places worse than volume

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 Ser… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

72%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

15%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

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.

Texas

77
California

71
Florida

66
New York

66
New Jersey

29
Georgia

23
Pennsylvania

21
Illinois

19

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

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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