This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.
Southern Credit Recovery, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile
CFPB complaint profile across 7 states, reputation grade D.
Complaints by issue type
What consumers report about Southern Credit Recovery, Inc.
- Attempts to collect debt not owed
Attempts to collect debt not owed
44 complaints
- Written notification about debt
Written notification about debt
21 complaints
- Disclosure verification of debt 12
Disclosure verification of debt
12 complaints
- Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed 11
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed
11 complaints
- Communication tactics 9
Communication tactics
9 complaints
- False statements or representation 8
False statements or representation
8 complaints
Data updated September 2026
CFPB complaint disposition
CCDB record southern-credit-recovery-inc Southern Credit Recovery, Inc.
Grade D · 118 CFPB filings · 89% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
- VOL 118
- GRADE D
- 12MO 2
- STATES 7
- TIMELY 89%
- DISPUTE 17%
- ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
- RANK #756
- COMPOSE Not ranked
Nearest volume peer: Credigy USA Corp. (119 complaints)
Southern Credit Recovery, Inc.'s 118 CFPB complaints sit next to Credigy USA Corp. 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 118 complaints break down
Every complaint issue type on record for Southern Credit Recovery, Inc., 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
91.5% of Southern Credit Recovery, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Louisiana
Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.
- Dominant state
- Louisiana 91.5%
- 108 of 118 filings · 7 states touched
- Seasonal peak
- 2025-11 8.2%
- 8–15% band · 12 filings
- Corpus ranks
- #756 volume
- Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
- Volume rank among 5,420 collectors
How does Southern Credit Recovery, Inc. 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 Southern Credit Recovery, Inc. a lower dispute rate.
Southern Credit Recovery, Inc.'s complaint volume in context
Southern Credit Recovery, Inc. 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)
118 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 |
|---|---|
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | |
| Written notification about debt | |
| Disclosure verification of debt | |
| Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed | |
| Communication tactics | |
| False statements or representation | |
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | |
| Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly | |
| Improper contact or sharing of info | |
| Taking/threatening an illegal action | |
Where do complaints against Southern Credit Recovery, Inc. come from?
Southern Credit Recovery, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.
Top states by complaints against Southern Credit Recovery, Inc.
Across 7 states with at least one filing
- Louisiana
Louisiana
108 complaints
- Virginia 3
Virginia
3 complaints
- Mississippi 2
Mississippi
2 complaints
- Texas 2
Texas
2 complaints
- California 1
California
1 complaints
- Florida 1
Florida
1 complaints
- Georgia 1
Georgia
1 complaints
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Southern Credit Recovery, 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: 118.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 88.88888888888889%.
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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 |