State complaint profile
Debt collection complaints in South Carolina
28,151 CFPB complaints filed against 1,258 debt collectors active in South Carolina.
- Complaints
- 28,151
- Collectors
- 1,258
- Top collector
- CL Holdings LLC
This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.
South Carolina at a glance
South Carolina consumers have filed 28,151 CFPB debt-collection complaints against 1,258 collectors.
- 28,151
- CFPB complaints filed
- 1,258
- collectors active here
- #1
- most-complained: CL Holdings 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 South Carolina
South Carolina filings are dispersed: the top three collectors hold only 0% of 28,151 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 South Carolina residents in this extract is CL Holdings LLC (0% of filings sit in the top three names). A complaint is a consumer filing, not a proven violation.
Active Debt Collectors - Page 22
Sorted by most complaintsLeap Credit, LLC
FLela Mae Portfolio Management Group
FLiberty Career Finance, LLC
BLipsey, Morrison, Waller & Lipsey, P.C.
ALive Oak Financial, Inc
FLonghorn Asset Management LLC
CLyons, Doughty & Veldhuis, PC
DM.L. Zager P.C.
CMidfirst Bank
BMain Resolution Group
DMain Street Personal Finance
CManhattan Beach Venture, LLC
FMarkOne Holdings, LLC
FMaynard Nexsen PC
FMcburberod Financial, Inc. d/b/a SeedFi
CMedShield, Inc.
AMedical & Professional Collection Services, Inc. NC.
CMedical Debt Recovery, Inc.
FMercari, Inc.
BMerchants Acceptance Corp
BMerchants and Professional Bureau, Inc.
DMeridian ARG Inc.
FMetacorp LLC
CMichael Wayne Investment
CMicroBilt / PRBC (formerly CL Verify)
CMid-Atlantic Consumer Services
CMidwestern Health Management INC
BMilestone Parrish LLC
BMiller Davis & Peoples
CMiller, Stark, Klein and Associates
CMinto Financial dba Minto Money
CMirand Response Systems, Inc.
CMotormax Financial Services Inc.
FMunicipal Collections of America Inc.
DMutual Financial Partners
CN.A.R., Inc.
DNAM National Arbitration and Mediation
FNOVAD Management Consulting, LLC
BNPG Associates, Inc.
DNPS Group
FNation One Mortgage Corporation
National Capital Solutions
FNational Check Resolution Inc.
CNational Credit Services, Inc.
CNational Finance Company, Inc.
FNational Financial Group, Inc
ANational Management Recovery Corp. (NMRC)
FNational Medical Administrators, Inc
BNations Recovery Center
DNationwide Credit Corporation
CIf a collector is contacting you in South Carolina
High-volume states still start with the federal record, then verify any state-law question with an official source.
- Start with the densest South Carolina 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 South Carolina 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 South Carolina
- CL Holdings LLC Leads South Carolina complaint volume in this extract
- Virginia complaint profile Nearest volume peer (27,934 complaints)
- Michigan complaint profile Nearest volume peer (26,445 complaints)
- States by complaint volume South Carolina sits in the dense end of the state ladder
- Debt validation letter High filing volume - written validation is the usual first step
- Compare collectors side-by-side Check response rates for the agencies contacting South Carolina residents
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 South Carolina Resident
South Carolina'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 South Carolina attorney general's consumer division and the state banking-and-finance regulator that may license collectors here. Open the CFPB complaint form.
| Publisher | PlainCollector |
| Sources | the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database |