What is the most common complaint against Vengroff Williams, Inc?

The most common issue consumers report about Vengroff Williams, Inc is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 139 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Vengroff Williams, Inc increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Vengroff Williams, Inc are falling. The company received 13 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Vengroff Williams, Inc's reputation grade?

Vengroff Williams, Inc has a reputation grade of D (score: 55.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Vengroff Williams, Inc respond to consumer complaints?

Vengroff Williams, Inc has a 99% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 24% of cases.

In how many states does Vengroff Williams, Inc operate?

Vengroff Williams, Inc has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 32 states, with the most complaints from California (19 complaints).

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

Vengroff Williams, Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 32 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

60
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

21
Written notification about debt

17
False statements or representation

15
Communication tactics

13
Disclosure verification of debt

6

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record vengroff-williams-inc Vengroff Williams, Inc

Grade D · 139 CFPB filings · 99% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #691 · compose #3312

VOL 139
GRADE D
12MO 13
STATES 32
TIMELY 99%
DISPUTE 24%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #691
COMPOSE #3,312

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Merchants Credit Corporation (139 complaints)

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

Vengroff Williams, Inc's 139 CFPB complaints sit next to Merchants Credit Corporation 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 →

Distributed filing map

Vengroff Williams, Inc spreads filings across 32 states - California leads at only 13.7%

Despite a broad state map, Vengroff Williams, Inc still sits volume #691 against composite #3,312 - the two RankMaps diverge by 2,621 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; California still leads at 13.7% across 32 states
Seasonal peak: 2023-12 13.3%; 8–15% band · 6 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #691 volume; #3,312 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,621 places worse than volume

How does Vengroff Williams, Inc compare to its peers?

How does Vengroff Williams, 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

Vengroff Williams, Inc National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

99%

57%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

24%

25%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2023-01 2025-10

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	60
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	21
Written notification about debt	17
False statements or representation	15
Communication tactics	13
Disclosure verification of debt	6
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	3
Taking/threatening an illegal action	1

Where do complaints against Vengroff Williams, Inc come from?

Vengroff Williams, Inc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

19
New York

12
Texas

10
Florida

9
Georgia

8
Ohio

7
Pennsylvania

7
Illinois

5

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Vengroff Williams, 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: 139.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.27536231884058%.

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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