What is the most common complaint against Wilson, Riley & Associates?

The most common issue consumers report about Wilson, Riley & Associates is "Taking/threatening an illegal action", specifically "Threatened arrest/jail if do not pay". This is based on 22 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Wilson, Riley & Associates increasing or decreasing?

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

What is Wilson, Riley & Associates's reputation grade?

Wilson, Riley & Associates has a reputation grade of F (score: 47.6/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Wilson, Riley & Associates respond to consumer complaints?

Wilson, Riley & Associates has a 45% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 10% of cases.

In how many states does Wilson, Riley & Associates operate?

Wilson, Riley & Associates has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 14 states, with the most complaints from California (5 complaints).

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

Wilson, Riley & Associates - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 14 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Taking/threatening an illegal action

7
Communication tactics

5
False statements or representation

4
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

4
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

1
Improper contact or sharing of info

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record wilson-riley-associates Wilson, Riley & Associates

Grade F · 22 CFPB filings · 45% timely · lead issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action · vol #1828 · compose #4364

VOL 22
GRADE F
12MO 0
STATES 14
TIMELY 45%
DISPUTE 10%
ISSUE Taking/threatening an ille…
RANK #1,828
COMPOSE #4,364

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Abrahamsen Ratchford, P.C (22 complaints)

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

Wilson, Riley & Associates's 22 CFPB complaints sit next to Abrahamsen Ratchford, P.C 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 →

Spiky monthly series

California is the plurality state for Wilson, Riley & Associates (22.7%)

The 2016-03 spike coincides with a 2,536-place gap between volume rank #1,828 and composite #4,364. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: California 22.7%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 14 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2016-03 20.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,828 volume; #4,364 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,536 places worse than volume

How does Wilson, Riley & Associates compare to its peers?

How does Wilson, Riley & Associates compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Wilson, Riley & Associ… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

45%

67%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

10%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2016-03 2017-10

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Taking/threatening an illegal action	7
Communication tactics	5
False statements or representation	4
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	4
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1
Improper contact or sharing of info	1

Where do complaints against Wilson, Riley & Associates come from?

Wilson, Riley & Associates's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

5
Texas

3
Nebraska

2
Ohio

2
Arizona

1
Florida

1
Iowa

1
Kansas

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Wilson, Riley & Associates: 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: 22.

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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