State complaint profile

Debt collection complaints in California

112,020 CFPB complaints filed against 2,387 debt collectors active in California.

Complaints
112,020
Collectors
2,387
Top collector
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC

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

California at a glance

California consumers have filed 112,020 CFPB debt-collection complaints against 2,387 collectors.

112,020
CFPB complaints filed
2,387
collectors active here
#1
most-complained: Portfolio Recovery Associates, 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 California

California filings are dispersed: the top three collectors hold only 0% of 112,020 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 California residents in this extract is Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC (0% of filings sit in the top three names). A complaint is a consumer filing, not a proven violation.

Active Debt Collectors - Page 30

Sorted by most complaints

General Business Recoveries, Inc.

F
2 total complaints ↓ falling

GF SunStrong Management Holdings, LLC

2 total complaints ↑ rising

Grandview Financial Services Inc.

A
2 total complaints ↑ rising

Guaranteed Rate Inc.

B
2 total complaints ↑ rising

Garrison Investment Group

B
2 total complaints ↑ rising

General Credit Service Inc.

A
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Genuine Debt Solutions, LLC.

D
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Global Consulting Agency LLC

C
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Global One Arbitration Inc.

C
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Global Recovery Solutions

F
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Global Resolution Group, LLC

D
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Gotham Collection Services Corp.

C
2 total complaints → stable

Gravamen Asset Management Group LLC

F
2 total complaints → stable

Greenback Recovery Group, LLC

F
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Greentree & Associates

F
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Guidiville Indian Rancheria

C
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Guild Holdings Company

C
2 total complaints ↑ rising

H. Kent Hollins, Attorney at Law, P.A

C
2 total complaints ↓ falling

HKM and Associates

B
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Huelson LAW Firm, LLC

F
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Harvest Credit Management VII, LLC

B
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Healthcare Management, LLC

D
2 total complaints ↓ falling

High Performance Capital

F
2 total complaints → stable

Home Loan Center, Inc.

B
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Houser & Allison, APC

A
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Hughes Finance

F
2 total complaints ↑ rising

ID Analytics, Inc.

B
2 total complaints → stable

Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc.

C
2 total complaints ↑ rising

Imperial Credit Systems, Inc.

F
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Integral Recoveries, Inc.

B
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Internal Credit Systems, Inc

D
2 total complaints ↑ rising

Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation

C
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Independent Recovery Resources, Inc.

D
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Infinity Capital Group

D
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Innovate Managed Holdings, LLC

D
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Innovative Credit Solutions

D
2 total complaints ↓ falling

International Debt Buying Consultants, LLC

D
2 total complaints ↑ rising

InvestiNet LLC

D
2 total complaints ↑ rising

J J Marshall & Associates, Inc

D
2 total complaints → stable

Javitch, Block & Rathbone LLC

D
2 total complaints → stable

K Street Finance, Inc.

A
2 total complaints ↓ falling

KOP Collection Services LLC

B
2 total complaints ↑ rising

KeyBridge Medical Revenue Management

D
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Keystone Credit Collections Inc.

F
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Kingston Financial, LLC

F
2 total complaints ↑ rising

Klima, Peters & Daly, P.A.

C
2 total complaints → stable

Kwikcash, Inc.

A
2 total complaints ↓ falling

LPSG

B
2 total complaints ↓ falling

Lakeside Receivables LLC

D
2 total complaints → stable

Landmark Collection Services Inc.

F
2 total complaints ↑ rising

If a collector is contacting you in California

High-volume states still start with the federal record, then verify any state-law question with an official source.

  • Start with the densest California 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 California 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 California

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.

Filing a Complaint as a California Resident

California'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 California attorney general's consumer division and the state banking-and-finance regulator that may license collectors here. Open the CFPB complaint form.