What is the most common complaint against United Debt Counselors, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about United Debt Counselors, LLC is "False statements or representation", specifically "Attempted to collect wrong amount". This is based on 18 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against United Debt Counselors, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against United Debt Counselors, LLC are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is United Debt Counselors, LLC's reputation grade?

United Debt Counselors, LLC has a reputation grade of B (score: 66.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does United Debt Counselors, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

United Debt Counselors, LLC has a 89% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does United Debt Counselors, LLC operate?

United Debt Counselors, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 8 states, with the most complaints from New York (6 complaints).

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

United Debt Counselors, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 8 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

False statements or representation

7
Communication tactics

4
Attempts to collect debt not owed

3
Written notification about debt

2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1
Disclosure verification of debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record united-debt-counselors-llc United Debt Counselors, LLC

Grade B · 18 CFPB filings · 89% timely · lead issue: False statements or representation · vol #1999 · compose #1647

VOL 18
GRADE B
12MO 1
STATES 8
TIMELY 89%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE False statements or repres…
RANK #1,999
COMPOSE #1,647

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Ameris Bancorp (18 complaints)

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

United Debt Counselors, LLC's 18 CFPB complaints sit next to Ameris Bancorp 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 United Debt Counselors, LLC's CFPB filings land in New York

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

Dominant state: New York 33.3%; 6 of 18 filings · 8 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2017-01 10.0%; 8–15% band · 2 filings
Corpus ranks: #1,999 volume; #1,647 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does United Debt Counselors, LLC compare to its peers?

How does United Debt Counselors, LLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

United Debt Counselors… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

89%

72%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

22%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2013-11 2026-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
False statements or representation	7
Communication tactics	4
Attempts to collect debt not owed	3
Written notification about debt	2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1
Disclosure verification of debt	1

Where do complaints against United Debt Counselors, LLC come from?

United Debt Counselors, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

New York

6
Texas

3
Arizona

2
California

2
Florida

1
Michigan

1
South Carolina

1
Virginia

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for United Debt Counselors, LLC: 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: 18.

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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