What is the most common complaint against The Collection Bureau Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about The Collection Bureau Inc. is "False statements or representation", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 2 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against The Collection Bureau Inc. increasing or decreasing?

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

What is The Collection Bureau Inc.'s reputation grade?

The Collection Bureau Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 51.5/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does The Collection Bureau Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

The Collection Bureau Inc. has a 0% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does The Collection Bureau Inc. operate?

The Collection Bureau Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 2 states, with the most complaints from Florida (1 complaints).

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

The Collection Bureau Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 2 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

False statements or representation

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record the-collection-bureau-inc The Collection Bureau Inc.

Grade D · 2 CFPB filings · 0% timely · lead issue: False statements or representation · vol #4366 · compose #3985

VOL 2
GRADE D
12MO 0
STATES 2
TIMELY 0%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE False statements or repres…
RANK #4,366
COMPOSE #3,985

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 1 Auto Finance, Inc. (2 complaints)

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

The Collection Bureau Inc.'s 2 CFPB complaints sit next to 1 Auto Finance, 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

50.0% of The Collection Bureau Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Florida

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

Dominant state: Florida 50.0%; 1 of 2 filings · 2 states touched
Spike month: 2016-05 33.3%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks: #4,366 volume; #3,985 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does The Collection Bureau Inc. compare to its peers?

How does The Collection Bureau 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 Collection Bureau … National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

50%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

100%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2016-05 2019-07

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
False statements or representation	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against The Collection Bureau Inc. come from?

The Collection Bureau Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Florida

1
Texas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for The Collection Bureau 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: 2.

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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