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

CFPB complaint data Grade D 3 complaints

Watertown Credit Bureau Inc - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 2 states, reputation grade D.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Watertown Credit Bureau Inc

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record watertown-credit-bureau-inc Watertown Credit Bureau Inc

Grade D · 3 CFPB filings · 67% timely · lead issue: False statements or representation

  • VOL 3
  • GRADE D
  • 12MO 0
  • STATES 2
  • TIMELY 67%
  • DISPUTE 67%
  • ISSUE False statements or repres…
  • RANK #3,863
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 950 Credit Inc (3 complaints)

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

Watertown Credit Bureau Inc's 3 CFPB complaints sit next to 950 Credit 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 →

How the 3 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Watertown Credit Bureau Inc, not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

D
Composite reputation score
54.7/100
Watertown Credit Bureau Inc

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume B
3
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response B
67%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate D
67%
Share of company responses the consumer disputed as inadequate; lower is better.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

State-heavy filing map

66.7% of Watertown Credit Bureau Inc's CFPB filings land in South Dakota

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

Dominant state
South Dakota 66.7%
2 of 3 filings · 2 states touched
Spike month
2021-02 16.7%
1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks
#3,863 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Watertown Credit Bureau Inc compare to its peers?

How does Watertown Credit 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
Watertown Credit Bureau Inc National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
0
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
67%
100%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
67%
0%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Watertown Credit Bureau Inc's complaint volume in context

Watertown Credit Bureau Inc vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

3 29th percentile higher than 29% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). This entry sits in this band. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Above this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Above this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). Above this entry. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. Watertown Credit Bureau Inc 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2021-02 2025-07

Issue Detail Breakdown

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

Where do complaints against Watertown Credit Bureau Inc come from?

Watertown Credit Bureau Inc's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Watertown Credit Bureau Inc

Across 2 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Watertown Credit 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: 3.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

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