What is the most common complaint against The Affiliated Group, Inc?

The most common issue consumers report about The Affiliated Group, Inc is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 65 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against The Affiliated Group, Inc increasing or decreasing?

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

What is The Affiliated Group, Inc's reputation grade?

The Affiliated Group, Inc has a reputation grade of C (score: 58.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does The Affiliated Group, Inc respond to consumer complaints?

The Affiliated Group, Inc has a 97% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 17% of cases.

In how many states does The Affiliated Group, Inc operate?

The Affiliated Group, Inc has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 25 states, with the most complaints from California (12 complaints).

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

The Affiliated Group, Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 25 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

28
Disclosure verification of debt

15
Communication tactics

10
Improper contact or sharing of info

5
Attempts to collect debt not owed

3
False statements or representation

3

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record the-affiliated-group-inc The Affiliated Group, Inc

Grade C · 65 CFPB filings · 97% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #1045 · compose #2590

VOL 65
GRADE C
12MO 0
STATES 25
TIMELY 97%
DISPUTE 17%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #1,045
COMPOSE #2,590

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: FCI Lender Services Inc. (65 complaints)

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

The Affiliated Group, Inc's 65 CFPB complaints sit next to FCI Lender Services 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 →

Spiky monthly series

California is the plurality state for The Affiliated Group, Inc (18.5%)

The 2015-06 spike coincides with a 1,545-place gap between volume rank #1,045 and composite #2,590. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: California 18.5%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 25 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2015-06 50.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,045 volume; #2,590 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,545 places worse than volume

How does The Affiliated Group, Inc compare to its peers?

How does The Affiliated Group, 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

The Affiliated Group, … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

97%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

17%

11%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2015-06 2018-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	28
Disclosure verification of debt	15
Communication tactics	10
Improper contact or sharing of info	5
Attempts to collect debt not owed	3
False statements or representation	3
Written notification about debt	1

Where do complaints against The Affiliated Group, Inc come from?

The Affiliated Group, Inc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

12
Minnesota

9
Colorado

5
Kentucky

4
Illinois

3
Indiana

3
Ohio

3
Wisconsin

3

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for The Affiliated Group, 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: 65.

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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