What is the most common complaint against Scherr & McClure?

The most common issue consumers report about Scherr & McClure is "Disclosure verification of debt", specifically "Not given enough info to verify debt". This is based on 23 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Scherr & McClure increasing or decreasing?

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

What is Scherr & McClure's reputation grade?

Scherr & McClure has a reputation grade of C (score: 60.1/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Scherr & McClure respond to consumer complaints?

Scherr & McClure has a 91% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 24% of cases.

In how many states does Scherr & McClure operate?

Scherr & McClure has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 6 states, with the most complaints from Florida (11 complaints).

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

Scherr & McClure - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 6 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Disclosure verification of debt

8
Communication tactics

4
False statements or representation

3
Improper contact or sharing of info

3
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

2
Attempts to collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record scherr-mcclure Scherr & McClure

Grade C · 23 CFPB filings · 91% timely · lead issue: Disclosure verification of debt · vol #1784 · compose #2353

VOL 23
GRADE C
12MO 0
STATES 6
TIMELY 91%
DISPUTE 24%
ISSUE Disclosure verification of…
RANK #1,784
COMPOSE #2,353

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Acceptance Solutions Group, INC (23 complaints)

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

Scherr & McClure's 23 CFPB complaints sit next to Acceptance Solutions Group, 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

47.8% of Scherr & McClure's CFPB filings land in Florida

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Scherr & McClure is volume #1,784 but composite #2,353, while Florida dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Florida 47.8%; 11 of 23 filings · 6 states touched
Spike month: 2016-08 25.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,784 volume; #2,353 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 569 places worse than volume

How does Scherr & McClure compare to its peers?

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

Scherr & McClure National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

91%

39%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

24%

20%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2016-08 2025-10

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Disclosure verification of debt	8
Communication tactics	4
False statements or representation	3
Improper contact or sharing of info	3
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	2
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1
Written notification about debt	1
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Scherr & McClure come from?

Scherr & McClure's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Florida

11
New York

5
Georgia

2
Illinois

1
Virginia

1
West Virginia

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Scherr & McClure: 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: 23.

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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