What is the most common complaint against Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc?

The most common issue consumers report about Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 5 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc are rising. The company received 2 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc's reputation grade?

Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc has a reputation grade of F (score: 44.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc respond to consumer complaints?

Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc has a 33% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 50% of cases.

In how many states does Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc operate?

Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 5 states, with the most complaints from Alaska (1 complaints).

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

Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

1
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1
Communication tactics

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1
Improper contact or sharing of info

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record ross-stuart-dawson-inc Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc

Grade F · 5 CFPB filings · 33% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #3222 · compose #4780

VOL 5
GRADE F
12MO 2
STATES 5
TIMELY 33%
DISPUTE 50%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #3,222
COMPOSE #4,780

Volume peers

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

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

Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc'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 →

Spiky monthly series

Alaska is the plurality state for Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc (20.0%)

The 2019-03 spike coincides with a 1,558-place gap between volume rank #3,222 and composite #4,780. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Alaska 20.0%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 5 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2019-03 20.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #3,222 volume; #4,780 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,558 places worse than volume

How does Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc compare to its peers?

How does Ross, Stuart & Dawson 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

Ross, Stuart & Dawson … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

33%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

50%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2019-03 2021-10

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1
Communication tactics	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1
Improper contact or sharing of info	1

Where do complaints against Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc come from?

Ross, Stuart & Dawson Inc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Alaska

1
Georgia

1
Illinois

1
Michigan

1
Texas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Ross, Stuart & Dawson 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: 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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