What is the most common complaint against Tenaglia & Hunt, PA?

The most common issue consumers report about Tenaglia & Hunt, PA is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Sued you without properly notifying you of lawsuit". This is based on 228 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Tenaglia & Hunt, PA increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Tenaglia & Hunt, PA are rising. The company received 86 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Tenaglia & Hunt, PA's reputation grade?

Tenaglia & Hunt, PA has a reputation grade of F (score: 44.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Tenaglia & Hunt, PA respond to consumer complaints?

Tenaglia & Hunt, PA has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 67% of cases.

In how many states does Tenaglia & Hunt, PA operate?

Tenaglia & Hunt, PA has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 16 states, with the most complaints from New Jersey (76 complaints).

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

Tenaglia & Hunt, PA - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 16 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

61
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

59
Written notification about debt

45
False statements or representation

45
Communication tactics

13
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

3

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record tenaglia-hunt-pa Tenaglia & Hunt, PA

Grade F · 228 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #481 · compose #4772

VOL 228
GRADE F
12MO 86
STATES 16
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 67%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #481
COMPOSE #4,772

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: R.A.Rogers, Inc. (229 complaints)

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

Tenaglia & Hunt, PA's 228 CFPB complaints sit next to R.A.Rogers, 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

33.3% of Tenaglia & Hunt, PA's CFPB filings land in New Jersey

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Tenaglia & Hunt, PA is volume #481 but composite #4,772, while New Jersey dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: New Jersey 33.3%; 76 of 228 filings · 16 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2021-06 12.0%; 8–15% band · 12 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #481 volume; #4,772 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 4,291 places worse than volume

How does Tenaglia & Hunt, PA compare to its peers?

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

Tenaglia & Hunt, PA National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

67%

26%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2021-06 2023-10

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	61
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	59
Written notification about debt	45
False statements or representation	45
Communication tactics	13
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	3
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1
Disclosure verification of debt	1

Where do complaints against Tenaglia & Hunt, PA come from?

Tenaglia & Hunt, PA's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

New Jersey

76
Virginia

53
Maryland

45
New York

19
North Carolina

15
South Carolina

5
Delaware

4
California

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Tenaglia & Hunt, PA: 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: 228.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.5049504950495%.

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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