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 38

Sorted by most complaints

Commonwealth Health Corporation

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Community Cash Management Corp.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Community Health Investment Company, LLC.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Community Housing Council of Fresno

1 total complaints ↑ rising

Compattia Roccia Management Group, LLC

D
1 total complaints → stable

Consumer Financial Debt Services, LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Consumer Financial Services

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Contemporary Recovery Solutions Inc.

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Continental Currency Services, Inc.

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Cornerstone Mediation LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Cottonwood Financial Ltd.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Couch Lambert LLC

D
1 total complaints → stable

Credee Corporation

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Credit Associates of Maui, LTD

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Credit Bureau Services Inc.

C
1 total complaints → stable

Credit Bureau of Carbon County

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Credit Bureau of Jamestown, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Credit Bureau of Jonesboro, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Credit Bureau of Northern California Collections Services Inc

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Credit Clearing House of America, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Credit Financial Services, lnc

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Credit Fresh Holdings Inc

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Credit Glory LLC

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Credit Information Bureau, Inc.

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Credit Recovery Systems LLC

1 total complaints ↑ rising

Credit Service, Inc

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Credit Solutions LLC

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Credit Systems of the Fox Valley, Inc.

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Creditor Claims of America, Inc.

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Creditor's Collection Service, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Cure Payment Recovery Solutions, LLC

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Curo Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Cuzco Capital Investment Management, LLC

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Cypress Financial Recoveries, L.L.C., OCALA, FL Branch

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

D.B.F. Collection Corp.

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

DCB Financial LLC

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

DCS2 Asset Recovery, LLC

1 total complaints ↑ rising

Darnel Quick Recovery, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

DataMax Corporation

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Davis, Pickren, Seydel & Sneed, LLP

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Dearden's

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Debt Freedom Attorneys

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Debt Management Incorporated

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Debt Relief Center

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Debt Restoration Services

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Del Toro Loan Servicing, Inc

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Delev & Associates, LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Delta Management Group, Inc.

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Dependable Debt Recovery

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Deutsche Bank

B
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.