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 8

Sorted by most complaints

Automotive Credit Corporation

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Abendroth and Russell, P.C.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Accelerated Financial Solutions, LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Accelerated Portfolio, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Account Brokers Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Account Control Technology, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Account Discovery Systems, LLC

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Account Liquidation Services Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Account Resolution Corporation

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Ad Astra Recovery Services Inc

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Advanced Portfolio Group LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Affiliated Management Services

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Alco Capital Group, LLC

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Allied Consulting Services LLC

C
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Allied Financial Group & Associates (Closed)

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Alpine Credit, Inc

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Altisource Portfolio Solutions, S.à r.l.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

American Credit Resolution, Incorporated

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Americas Car-Mart, Inc.

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Ameritan Group Services

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Apex Resolution Group LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Applied Data Finance, LLC

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Aqua Finance, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Arcon Credit Solutions LLC

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Aspen National Financial, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Associated Credit Services, Inc.

D
1 total complaints → stable

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Autovest, L.L.C.

D
1 total complaints → stable

Avid Acceptance, LLC

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Axela Technologies, Inc

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

B&B Hold Corp.

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

BC Services, Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

BMO Bank National Association

1 total complaints ↑ rising

Braufmann, Leighmann & Associates

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Broker Solutions, Inc.

B
1 total complaints → stable

BTH Management

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

BYL Collection Services

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Bepensa Capital, Inc.

C
1 total complaints → stable

Berman & Rabin, P.A.

D
1 total complaints → stable

Bessine Walterbach, LLP

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Biehl & Biehl, Inc

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Bison Bucks Lending

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Block, Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Bowen & Associates Recovery, Inc

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Cashcall, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

CFM Group LLC

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

CIT Bank, National Association

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

C
1 total complaints → stable

Congress Collection Corp

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Corelogic Inc

C
1 total complaints → stable

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.