What is the most common complaint against Northwest Collectors Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Northwest Collectors Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 68 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Northwest Collectors Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Northwest Collectors Inc. are falling. The company received 4 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Northwest Collectors Inc.'s reputation grade?

Northwest Collectors Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 52.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Northwest Collectors Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Northwest Collectors Inc. has a 90% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 31% of cases.

In how many states does Northwest Collectors Inc. operate?

Northwest Collectors Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 10 states, with the most complaints from Illinois (56 complaints).

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

Northwest Collectors Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 10 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

17
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

14
Disclosure verification of debt

12
False statements or representation

9
Written notification about debt

8
Communication tactics

4

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record northwest-collectors-inc Northwest Collectors Inc.

Grade D · 68 CFPB filings · 90% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1017 · compose #3839

VOL 68
GRADE D
12MO 4
STATES 10
TIMELY 90%
DISPUTE 31%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,017
COMPOSE #3,839

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Couch Lambert LLC (68 complaints)

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

Northwest Collectors Inc.'s 68 CFPB complaints sit next to Couch Lambert 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 →

State-heavy filing map

82.4% of Northwest Collectors Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Illinois

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Northwest Collectors Inc. is volume #1,017 but composite #3,839, while Illinois dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Illinois 82.4%; 56 of 68 filings · 10 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2023-06 12.8%; 8–15% band · 5 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,017 volume; #3,839 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,822 places worse than volume

How does Northwest Collectors Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Northwest Collectors 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

Northwest Collectors I… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

90%

87%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

31%

22%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2019-06 2024-05

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	17
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	14
Disclosure verification of debt	12
False statements or representation	9
Written notification about debt	8
Communication tactics	4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1
Improper contact or sharing of info	1

Where do complaints against Northwest Collectors Inc. come from?

Northwest Collectors Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Illinois

56
Florida

3
Arizona

1
Colorado

1
Delaware

1
Indiana

1
Pennsylvania

1
South Carolina

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Northwest Collectors 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: 68.

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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