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

CFPB complaint data Grade F 23 complaints

Sterling Credit Corp. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 10 states, reputation grade F.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Sterling Credit Corp.

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record sterling-credit-corp Sterling Credit Corp.

Grade F · 23 CFPB filings · 64% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed

  • VOL 23
  • GRADE F
  • 12MO 3
  • STATES 10
  • TIMELY 64%
  • ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
  • RANK #1,788
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

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

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

Sterling Credit Corp.'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 →

How the 23 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Sterling Credit Corp., not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

F
Composite reputation score
43.6/100
Sterling Credit Corp.

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.

Complaint volume D
23
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response B
64%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate N/A
N/A
No dispute rate reported.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

State-heavy filing map

47.8% of Sterling Credit Corp.'s CFPB filings land in Pennsylvania

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

Dominant state
Pennsylvania 47.8%
11 of 23 filings · 10 states touched
Seasonal peak
2025-12 10.5%
8–15% band · 8 filings
Corpus ranks
#1,788 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Sterling Credit Corp. compare to its peers?

How does Sterling Credit Corp. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count
Sterling Credit Corp. National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
3
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
64%
70%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
22%
19%

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 Sterling Credit Corp. a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 5 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 20%40%60%80%100% 10%20%30%40%50%60% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Sterling Credit Corp. vs. 5 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Springer Collections Inc.United Acceptance Inc.Universal Credit Services, IncScherr & McClureRhojo Enterprises, LLC
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Sterling Credit Corp.'s complaint volume in context

Sterling Credit Corp. 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)

23 67th percentile higher than 67% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). This entry sits in this band. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. Sterling Credit Corp. 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2024-02 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed
11
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
4
False statements or representation
3
Communication tactics
3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
2

Where do complaints against Sterling Credit Corp. come from?

Sterling Credit Corp.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Sterling Credit Corp.

Across 10 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Sterling Credit Corp.: 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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