State complaint profile

Debt collection complaints in Iowa

3,765 CFPB complaints filed against 674 debt collectors active in Iowa.

Complaints
3,765
Collectors
674
Top collector
Encore Capital Group Inc.

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

Iowa at a glance

Iowa consumers have filed 3,765 CFPB debt-collection complaints against 674 collectors.

3,765
CFPB complaints filed
674
collectors active here
#1
most-complained: Encore Capital Group Inc.

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 Iowa

Iowa filings are dispersed: the top three collectors hold only 0.1% of 3,765 complaints.

Mid-volume states still host national debt buyers with rising recent filings. Read the concentration chart against the peer states before treating the #1 name as structural.

The collector with the most complaints from Iowa residents in this extract is Encore Capital Group Inc. (0.1% of filings sit in the top three names). A complaint is a consumer filing, not a proven violation.

Active Debt Collectors - Page 11

Sorted by most complaints

Goal Structured Solutions, LLC

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Goldstein, Cruise and Smith LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Grant Mercantile Agency

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Green Square Company LLC.

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Head Mercantile Co., Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Hovg, LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Huntington National Bank, the - Firstmerit Bank, N.a. Branch

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Hampton & Hampton Collections LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Harvard Collections, LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Hatfield Portfolio Group LLC.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Healthcare Collections-I, LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Helvey & Associates, Inc., Warsaw, IN Branch

D
1 total complaints → stable

Hewitt-Capital

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

High Point Asset Inc

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Hollins & McVay, P.A.

C
1 total complaints → stable

Howard Solochek & Weber, S.C.

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

I.q. Data International, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Idaho Housing And Finance Association

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Independence Capital Recovery, LLC

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Integrated Recovery Services

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Investment Retrievers, Inc.

D
1 total complaints → stable

John C. Bonewicz, P.C.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

John C. Compton PC

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

KBR Inc DBA Rash Curtis & Associates

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

KP Asset Consulting LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP

B
1 total complaints → stable

Kenneth, Eisen & Associates, LTD.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Kirkland Asset Management LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Klarna AB

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Kompato AI Inc

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Kovo

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Kross, Lieberman & Stone, Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

LD Holdings Group, LLC

B
1 total complaints → stable

Lamont, Hanley & Associates, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Larry H. Miller Group of Companies

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Law Offices of Timothy M. Sullivan

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Lela Mae Portfolio Management Group

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Lending Club Corp

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Lewis & Clark Capital LLC

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Lewis, McDonnell & Associates

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Line 5, LLC

C
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Link Revenue Resources, LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Louisiana Recovery Services Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Mercantile Adjustment Bureau, LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

MST Financial Services, L.L.C.

D
1 total complaints → stable

Management Location Services Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Maury Cobb, Attorney at Law, LLC

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

McKellar & Associates Group, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Mediation Recovery Center

C
1 total complaints ↑ rising

If a collector is contacting you in Iowa

Start with the federal complaint record, then verify any state-law question with an official source.

  • Check the collector's national record and grade before you respond or pay. Browse rankings
  • Demand written debt validation within 30 days of first contact. Validation letter
  • Use the CFPB complaint process and check official Iowa resources for state-specific options. 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 Iowa

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 Iowa Resident

Three parallel channels apply in Iowa: the CFPB complaint form (powers this dataset), the Iowa attorney general's consumer protection division, and the state banking-and-finance regulator. Prefer the CFPB first for a public record and required company response within 15 days. Open the CFPB complaint form.