State complaint profile
Debt collection complaints in Alabama
21,381 CFPB complaints filed against 1,136 debt collectors active in Alabama.
- Complaints
- 21,381
- Collectors
- 1,136
- Top collector
- CL Holdings LLC
This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.
Alabama at a glance
Alabama consumers have filed 21,381 CFPB debt-collection complaints against 1,136 collectors.
- 21,381
- CFPB complaints filed
- 1,136
- collectors active here
- #1
- most-complained: CL Holdings LLC
State-of-residence is the consumer's address at filing, not the collector's. A complaint is a consumer filing, not a proven violation.
Insights: Debt Collection in Alabama
Alabama filings are dispersed: the top three collectors hold only 0.1% of 21,381 complaints.
This is a dense end-of-ladder state. National debt buyers and the three credit bureaus usually dominate the chart above; use the state mix to see whether one buyer or bureau is over-indexed relative to volume peers before reading the national grade curve.
The collector with the most complaints from Alabama residents in this extract is CL Holdings LLC (0.1% of filings sit in the top three names). A complaint is a consumer filing, not a proven violation.
Active Debt Collectors - Page 6
Sorted by most complaintsAmerican Coradius International LLC
DAmerican First Finance, Inc.
FCheck Into Cash Inc.
CFiserv Finxact Core
FFirst Credit Services Inc.
DHillcrest Davidson & Associates
DHollis Cobb Associates
DJacob Law Group, PLLC
CLarry H. Miller Group of Companies
BMaury Cobb, Attorney at Law, LLC
CMcCarthy, Burgess & Wolff, Inc.
DNissan Motor Acceptance Company LLC
CPenn Credit Corporation
DPersolve, LLC - Legal - Series 2
FPopulus Financial Group, Inc. (F/K/A Ace Cash Express)
DProfessional Finance Company, Inc.
DRetrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., Elmsford, NY Branch
DSummit A*R, Inc.
DUnited PanAm Financial Corp.
CUpstart Holdings, Inc.
FUptain Group, Inc.
DWeltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
DZwicker & Associates
DConsumer Collection Management. Inc
FFocus Holding Company
DGlobal Trust Management LLC
CKlarna AB
FNational Enterprise Systems, Inc.
DPerformant Financial Corporation
DRecovery One, LLC
DRozlin Financial Group, Inc.
CSG and Associates
FSLM Corporation
CAmerAssist A/R Solutions, Inc.
FAvant Holding Company, Inc.
FBull City Financial Solutions, Inc
DCNG Holdings Inc
CChime Financial Inc
DClear Debt Solutions, LLC
FData Check of America LLC
FDirect Recovery Services, LLC
FFidelity Capital Holdings, Inc
FFMA Alliance, Ltd.
CFinancial Asset Management Systems Inc
CFinancial Recovery Services, Inc.
DKovo
DLaw Office of Brett M. Borland, P.C.
FNCC Business Services, Inc.
DNationwide Recovery Systems, Ltd
DNorthstar Location Services, LLC
DIf a collector is contacting you in Alabama
High-volume states still start with the federal record, then verify any state-law question with an official source.
- Start with the densest Alabama names on the chart, then open each national record before you respond or pay. Browse rankings
- Demand written debt validation within 30 days of first contact - high-volume states see the same FDCPA clock. Validation letter
- File with the CFPB first (public record + 15-day company reply), then check official Alabama AG channels if needed. Your rights
Complaint volume reflects consumer filings, not collector misconduct or a legal conclusion. This is not legal advice.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Read with Alabama
- CL Holdings LLC Leads Alabama complaint volume in this extract
- Tennessee complaint profile Nearest volume peer (21,990 complaints)
- Louisiana complaint profile Nearest volume peer (22,643 complaints)
- States by complaint volume Alabama sits in the dense end of the state ladder
- Debt validation letter High filing volume - written validation is the usual first step
- Compare collectors side-by-side Check response rates for the agencies contacting Alabama residents
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.
Filing a Complaint as a Alabama Resident
Alabama's dense filing book means the CFPB channel at consumerfinance.gov/complaint is usually the fastest public-record path (15-day company reply). Parallel options: the Alabama attorney general's consumer division and the state banking-and-finance regulator that may license collectors here. Open the CFPB complaint form.
| Publisher | PlainCollector |
| Sources | the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database |