What is the most common complaint against Steel River Systems, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Steel River Systems, LLC is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 135 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Steel River Systems, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Steel River Systems, LLC are rising. The company received 67 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Steel River Systems, LLC's reputation grade?

Steel River Systems, LLC has a reputation grade of D (score: 50.1/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Steel River Systems, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Steel River Systems, LLC has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Steel River Systems, LLC operate?

Steel River Systems, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 19 states, with the most complaints from Florida (89 complaints).

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

Steel River Systems, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 19 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

67
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

24
Written notification about debt

22
False statements or representation

15
Electronic communications

4
Communication tactics

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record steel-river-systems-llc Steel River Systems, LLC

Grade D · 135 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #703 · compose #4144

VOL 135
GRADE D
12MO 67
STATES 19
TIMELY 100%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #703
COMPOSE #4,144

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: All State Credit Bureau, Inc. (135 complaints)

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

Steel River Systems, LLC's 135 CFPB complaints sit next to All State Credit Bureau, 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

65.9% of Steel River Systems, LLC's CFPB filings land in Florida

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Steel River Systems, LLC is volume #703 but composite #4,144, while Florida dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Florida 65.9%; 89 of 135 filings · 19 states touched
Spike month: 2016-09 33.3%; 2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #703 volume; #4,144 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,441 places worse than volume

How does Steel River Systems, LLC compare to its peers?

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

Steel River Systems, L… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

93%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

14%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2016-03 2018-08

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	67
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	24
Written notification about debt	22
False statements or representation	15
Electronic communications	4
Communication tactics	2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against Steel River Systems, LLC come from?

Steel River Systems, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Florida

89
Georgia

7
Texas

7
Arizona

4
South Carolina

4
Illinois

3
Ohio

3
Alabama

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Steel River Systems, 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: 135.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 100%.

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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