What is the most common complaint against Service Bureau, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Service Bureau, Inc. is "Disclosure verification of debt", specifically "Not given enough info to verify debt". This is based on 15 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Service Bureau, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Service Bureau, Inc. are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Service Bureau, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Service Bureau, Inc. has a reputation grade of B (score: 65.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Service Bureau, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Service Bureau, Inc. has a 87% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 8% of cases.

In how many states does Service Bureau, Inc. operate?

Service Bureau, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 2 states, with the most complaints from Texas (14 complaints).

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

Service Bureau, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 2 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Disclosure verification of debt

10
Attempts to collect debt not owed

2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

2
Written notification about debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record service-bureau-inc Service Bureau, Inc.

Grade B · 15 CFPB filings · 87% timely · lead issue: Disclosure verification of debt · vol #2166 · compose #1796

VOL 15
GRADE B
12MO 0
STATES 2
TIMELY 87%
DISPUTE 8%
ISSUE Disclosure verification of…
RANK #2,166
COMPOSE #1,796

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Accounts Advocate Agency (15 complaints)

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

Service Bureau, Inc.'s 15 CFPB complaints sit next to Accounts Advocate Agency 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

93.3% of Service Bureau, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Texas

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

Dominant state: Texas 93.3%; 14 of 15 filings · 2 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2015-03 14.3%; 8–15% band · 4 filings
Corpus ranks: #2,166 volume; #1,796 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does Service Bureau, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Service Bureau, 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

Service Bureau, Inc. National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

87%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

50%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2013-12 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Disclosure verification of debt	10
Attempts to collect debt not owed	2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	2
Written notification about debt	1

Where do complaints against Service Bureau, Inc. come from?

Service Bureau, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

14
California

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Service Bureau, 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: 15.

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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