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 35

Sorted by most complaints

Account Managers, Inc.

C
1 total complaints → stable

Accounts Interchange Group LLC

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Accounts Management, Inc

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Accounts Receivable Consultants Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Accscient, LLC

F
1 total complaints → stable

Accudata Credit Systems LLC

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Accurate Financial Partners

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Accurate Financial Services

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Acer Capital Recovery LLC

A
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Acknowledge Debt Resolutions

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Action Revenue Recovery, LLC

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Adelante, Inc

D
1 total complaints → stable

Advanced Portfolio Group LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Advantage Collection Professionals, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Advantage Credit, Inc.

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Advise Solutions Services LLC

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Affirmative Law, PC

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Afterpay US Services, LLC

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Alessi & Koenig, LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Allegiance Accounting Services, LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Allen & Withrow

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Alliance Acceptance Corp.

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Alliance CAS, LLC

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Alliance Credit Services, Inc.

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Allied Account Services, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Allied Collection Service, Inc. (Indiana)

C
1 total complaints → stable

Allied Financial Services Inc

B
1 total complaints → stable

Allied Recovery Solutions, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Allied Servicing Corporation

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Alternative Resource Services Inc

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Amati & Associates LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

American Accounts & Advisers, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

American Collection Systems, Inc.

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

American Collections Enterprise, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

American Credit - Credit Repair Centers

A
1 total complaints ↑ rising

American Credit Adjusters

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

American Enterprises International, Inc.

A
1 total complaints ↑ rising

American Location Specialists

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

American Management Services, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Amos Financial LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Amplicon LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Anchor Mortgage, LLC

1 total complaints ↑ rising

Anderson and Associates Credit Services, LLC

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Apex Resolution Group LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Arthur B. Adler & Associates, Ltd

F
1 total complaints → stable

Ashton & Weinberg, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Aspen Properties Group, LLC

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Assent Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Asset Collections Inc

C
1 total complaints → stable

Asset Recovery Group, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

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.