This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.
Protas, Spivok & Collins. LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile
CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade F.
Complaints by issue type
What consumers report about Protas, Spivok & Collins. LLC
- Written notification about debt
Written notification about debt
18 complaints
- Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
12 complaints
- False statements or representation
False statements or representation
8 complaints
- Attempts to collect debt not owed 7
Attempts to collect debt not owed
7 complaints
- Disclosure verification of debt 3
Disclosure verification of debt
3 complaints
- Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed 2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
2 complaints
Data updated September 2026
CFPB complaint disposition
CCDB record protas-spivok-collins-llc Protas, Spivok & Collins. LLC
Grade F · 54 CFPB filings · 6% timely · lead issue: Written notification about debt
- VOL 54
- GRADE F
- 12MO 8
- STATES 5
- TIMELY 6%
- DISPUTE 0%
- ISSUE Written notification about…
- RANK #1,146
- COMPOSE Not ranked
Volume peers
Nearest volume peer: Affiliated Collection Services, LLC (54 complaints)
Protas, Spivok & Collins. LLC's 54 CFPB complaints sit next to Affiliated Collection Services, 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 54 complaints break down
Every complaint issue type on record for Protas, Spivok & Collins. LLC, not just the top ones shown above.
Reputation score breakdown
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.
State-heavy filing map
46.3% of Protas, Spivok & Collins. LLC's CFPB filings land in Virginia
Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.
- Dominant state
- Virginia 46.3%
- 25 of 54 filings · 5 states touched
- Seasonal peak
- 2025-01 10.9%
- 8–15% band · 5 filings
- Corpus ranks
- #1,146 volume
- Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
- Volume rank among 5,420 collectors
How does Protas, Spivok & Collins. LLC compare to its peers?
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 Protas, Spivok & Collins. LLC a lower dispute rate.
Protas, Spivok & Collins. LLC's complaint volume in context
Protas, Spivok & Collins. 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)
54 Top 21% higher than 79% of 5,420 collectors
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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026
Complaint Trend (24 months)
Falling ↓Issue Detail Breakdown
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Written notification about debt | |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | |
| False statements or representation | |
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | |
| Disclosure verification of debt | |
| Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed | |
| Communication tactics | |
| Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly | |
| Improper contact or sharing of info | |
| Taking/threatening an illegal action | |
Where do complaints against Protas, Spivok & Collins. LLC come from?
Protas, Spivok & Collins. LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.
Top states by complaints against Protas, Spivok & Collins. LLC
Across 5 states with at least one filing
- Virginia
Virginia
25 complaints
- Maryland
Maryland
24 complaints
- District of Columbia 3
District of Columbia
3 complaints
- New Jersey 1
New Jersey
1 complaints
- North Carolina 1
North Carolina
1 complaints
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Protas, Spivok & Collins. 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: 54.
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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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| Sources | the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database |