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

CFPB complaint data Grade C 190 complaints

Professional Placement Services, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 22 states, reputation grade C.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Professional Placement Services, LLC

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record professional-placement-services-llc Professional Placement Services, LLC

Grade C · 190 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

  • VOL 190
  • GRADE C
  • 12MO 0
  • STATES 22
  • TIMELY 100%
  • DISPUTE 19%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #563
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: D2 Management LLC (190 complaints)

D2 Management LLCD2 Management LLC190Van Ru Credit CorporationVan Ru Credit Corporation190Professional Placement Services, LLC (this)Professional Placement Servi…190Collins Asset Group, LLCCollins Asset Group, LLC191Credit Collections U.S.A., L.L.C.Credit Collections U.S.A., L…191
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Professional Placement Services, LLC's 190 CFPB complaints sit next to D2 Management 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 190 complaints break down

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

Reputation score breakdown

C
Composite reputation score
56.0/100
Professional Placement 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
190
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
19%
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.

State-heavy filing map

43.2% of Professional Placement Services, LLC's CFPB filings land in Wisconsin

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state
Wisconsin 43.2%
82 of 190 filings · 22 states touched
Seasonal peak
2025-11 9.1%
8–15% band · 41 filings
Corpus ranks
#563 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Professional Placement Services, LLC compare to its peers?

How does Professional Placement 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
Professional Placement Services, LLC National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
0
36
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
100%
95%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
19%
22%
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 Professional Placement Services, LLC a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 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 0%20%40%60%80%100%120% 5%10%15%20%25%30%35% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Professional Placement Services, LLC vs. 8 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Professional Placement Services, LLCD2 Management LLCVan Ru Credit CorporationCredit Collections U.S.A., L.L.C.Collins Asset Group, LLCGalaxy Capital Acquisitions, LLCNational Commercial Services, IncCredit Management Control, Inc.Cawley & Bergmann, LLP
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Professional Placement Services, LLC's complaint volume in context

Professional Placement 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)

190 Top 10% higher than 90% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. Professional Placement 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
74
Written notification about debt
47
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
21
Communication tactics
16
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
11
False statements or representation
10
Disclosure verification of debt
8
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
1
Improper contact or sharing of info
1
Taking/threatening an illegal action
1

Where do complaints against Professional Placement Services, LLC come from?

Professional Placement Services, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Professional Placement Services, LLC

Across 22 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 Professional Placement 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: 190.

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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