What is the most common complaint against Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc. is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt was paid". This is based on 64 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc. are falling. The company received 3 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Works & Lentz of Tulsa, 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 Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc. has a 98% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 21% of cases.

In how many states does Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc. operate?

Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 7 states, with the most complaints from Oklahoma (56 complaints).

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

Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 7 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

15
False statements or representation

11
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

9
Attempts to collect debt not owed

8
Written notification about debt

7
Communication tactics

6

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record works-lentz-of-tulsa-inc Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc.

Grade C · 64 CFPB filings · 98% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #1052 · compose #2659

VOL 64
GRADE C
12MO 3
STATES 7
TIMELY 98%
DISPUTE 21%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #1,052
COMPOSE #2,659

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Dynamic Recovery Services, Inc. (64 complaints)

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

Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc.'s 64 CFPB complaints sit next to Dynamic Recovery Services, 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 →

State-heavy filing map

87.5% of Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Oklahoma

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc. is volume #1,052 but composite #2,659, while Oklahoma dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Oklahoma 87.5%; 56 of 64 filings · 7 states touched
Spike month: 2014-12 42.9%; 3 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,052 volume; #2,659 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,607 places worse than volume

How does Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Works & Lentz of Tulsa, 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

Works & Lentz of Tulsa… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

98%

70%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

21%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-09 2015-05

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	15
False statements or representation	11
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	9
Attempts to collect debt not owed	8
Written notification about debt	7
Communication tactics	6
Disclosure verification of debt	6
Taking/threatening an illegal action	2

Where do complaints against Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc. come from?

Works & Lentz of Tulsa, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Oklahoma

56
Texas

3
Arkansas

1
Colorado

1
Louisiana

1
Missouri

1
New Mexico

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Works & Lentz of Tulsa, 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: 64.

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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