What is the most common complaint against The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 16 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc. are rising. The company received 6 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc.'s reputation grade?

The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 52.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 80% of cases.

In how many states does The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc. operate?

The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 8 states, with the most complaints from Massachusetts (6 complaints).

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

The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 8 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

7
False statements or representation

2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

2
Taking/threatening an illegal action

2
Written notification about debt

1
Disclosure verification of debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record the-allen-daniel-associates-inc The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc.

Grade D · 16 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #2106 · compose #3853

VOL 16
GRADE D
12MO 6
STATES 8
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 80%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #2,106
COMPOSE #3,853

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Absolute Collections Corp. (16 complaints)

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

The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc.'s 16 CFPB complaints sit next to Absolute Collections 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 →

State-heavy filing map

37.5% of The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Massachusetts

High volume does not equal a clean composite: The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc. is volume #2,106 but composite #3,853, while Massachusetts dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Massachusetts 37.5%; 6 of 16 filings · 8 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2018-05 12.5%; 8–15% band · 3 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,106 volume; #3,853 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,747 places worse than volume

How does The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does The Allen Daniel Associates, 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 Allen Daniel Assoc… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

80%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2018-05 2025-09

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	7
False statements or representation	2
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	2
Taking/threatening an illegal action	2
Written notification about debt	1
Disclosure verification of debt	1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc. come from?

The Allen Daniel Associates, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Massachusetts

6
Florida

3
New York

2
Maryland

1
Michigan

1
Missouri

1
North Carolina

1
Washington

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for The Allen Daniel Associates, 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: 16.

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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