What is the most common complaint against Western Control Services, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Western Control Services, Inc. is "Written notification about debt", specifically "Didn't receive enough information to verify debt". This is based on 32 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Western Control Services, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

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

What is Western Control Services, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Western Control Services, Inc. has a reputation grade of C (score: 58.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Western Control Services, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Western Control Services, Inc. has a 97% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 32% of cases.

In how many states does Western Control Services, Inc. operate?

Western Control Services, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 10 states, with the most complaints from Colorado (22 complaints).

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

Western Control Services, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 10 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Written notification about debt

8
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

6
Disclosure verification of debt

5
Attempts to collect debt not owed

3
Communication tactics

3
Taking/threatening an illegal action

3

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record western-control-services-inc Western Control Services, Inc.

Grade C · 32 CFPB filings · 97% timely · lead issue: Written notification about debt · vol #1508 · compose #2658

VOL 32
GRADE C
12MO 0
STATES 10
TIMELY 97%
DISPUTE 32%
ISSUE Written notification about…
RANK #1,508
COMPOSE #2,658

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: ADR ARBITRATION SERVICES (Closed) (32 complaints)

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

Western Control Services, Inc.'s 32 CFPB complaints sit next to ADR ARBITRATION SERVICES (Closed) 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

68.8% of Western Control Services, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Colorado

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Western Control Services, Inc. is volume #1,508 but composite #2,658, while Colorado dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Colorado 68.8%; 22 of 32 filings · 10 states touched
Spike month: 2018-03 25.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,508 volume; #2,658 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,150 places worse than volume

How does Western Control Services, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does WESTERN CONTROL SERVICES, 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

WESTERN CONTROL SERVIC… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

97%

72%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

32%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2018-03 2024-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Written notification about debt	8
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	6
Disclosure verification of debt	5
Attempts to collect debt not owed	3
Communication tactics	3
Taking/threatening an illegal action	3
Improper contact or sharing of info	2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1
False statements or representation	1

Where do complaints against Western Control Services, Inc. come from?

Western Control Services, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Colorado

22
California

2
Florida

1
Minnesota

1
Mississippi

1
Pennsylvania

1
Texas

1
Virginia

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Western Control Services, 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: 32.

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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