What is the most common complaint against Wakefield & Associates, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Wakefield & Associates, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 2,258 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Wakefield & Associates, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

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

What is Wakefield & Associates, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Wakefield & Associates, Inc. has a reputation grade of F (score: 48.5/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Wakefield & Associates, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Wakefield & Associates, Inc. has a 92% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 24% of cases.

In how many states does Wakefield & Associates, Inc. operate?

Wakefield & Associates, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 48 states, with the most complaints from Tennessee (268 complaints).

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

Wakefield & Associates, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 48 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

943
Written notification about debt

568
False statements or representation

193
Communication tactics

165
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

122
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

117

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record wakefield-associates-inc Wakefield & Associates, Inc.

Grade F · 2,258 CFPB filings · 92% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #79 · compose #4278

VOL 2,258
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 48
TIMELY 92%
DISPUTE 24%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #79
COMPOSE #4,278

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Receivables Performance Management, LLC (2,228 complaints)

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

Wakefield & Associates, Inc.'s 2,258 CFPB complaints sit next to Receivables Performance Management, LLC 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

Wakefield & Associates, Inc. spreads filings across 48 states - Tennessee leads at only 11.9%

Despite a broad state map, Wakefield & Associates, Inc. still sits volume #79 against composite #4,278 - the two RankMaps diverge by 4,199 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; Tennessee still leads at 11.9% across 48 states
Even monthly load: Peak under 8%; Highest month 2019-07 at 4.2% (1 filings)
Divergent corpus ranks: #79 volume; #4,278 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 4,199 places worse than volume

How does Wakefield & Associates, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does WAKEFIELD & 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

WAKEFIELD & ASSOCIATES… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

92%

96%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

24%

14%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2019-07 2025-12

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	943
Written notification about debt	568
False statements or representation	193
Communication tactics	165
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	122
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	117
Disclosure verification of debt	101
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	26
Improper contact or sharing of info	15
Taking/threatening an illegal action	8

Where do complaints against Wakefield & Associates, Inc. come from?

Wakefield & Associates, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Tennessee

268
Colorado

245
Georgia

227
Missouri

165
South Carolina

124
Florida

123
Texas

118
California

114

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Wakefield & 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: 2,258.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 91.54118689105402%.

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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