What is the most common complaint against Preston Clark & Quinn?

The most common issue consumers report about Preston Clark & Quinn is "False statements or representation", specifically "Attempted to collect wrong amount". This is based on 5 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Preston Clark & Quinn increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Preston Clark & Quinn are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Preston Clark & Quinn's reputation grade?

Preston Clark & Quinn has a reputation grade of B (score: 72.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Preston Clark & Quinn respond to consumer complaints?

Preston Clark & Quinn has a 80% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Preston Clark & Quinn operate?

Preston Clark & Quinn has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 3 states, with the most complaints from California (3 complaints).

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

Preston Clark & Quinn - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 3 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

False statements or representation

2
Attempts to collect debt not owed

1
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1
Taking/threatening an illegal action

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record preston-clark-quinn Preston Clark & Quinn

Grade B · 5 CFPB filings · 80% timely · lead issue: False statements or representation · vol #3211 · compose #1088

VOL 5
GRADE B
12MO 0
STATES 3
TIMELY 80%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE False statements or repres…
RANK #3,211
COMPOSE #1,088

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Aaron Worldwide Collections Inc. (5 complaints)

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

Preston Clark & Quinn's 5 CFPB complaints sit next to Aaron Worldwide Collections 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 →

State-heavy filing map

60.0% of Preston Clark & Quinn's CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Preston Clark & Quinn is volume #3,211 but composite #1,088, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 60.0%; 3 of 5 filings · 3 states touched
Spike month: 2025-07 25.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #3,211 volume; #1,088 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,123 places better than volume

How does Preston Clark & Quinn compare to its peers?

How does Preston Clark & Quinn compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Preston Clark & Quinn National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

80%

60%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2025-07 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
False statements or representation	2
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Preston Clark & Quinn come from?

Preston Clark & Quinn's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

3
Louisiana

1
Texas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Preston Clark & Quinn: 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: 5.

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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