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 0.1% 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 (0.1% of filings sit in the top three names). A complaint is a consumer filing, not a proven violation.

Active Debt Collectors - Page 7

Sorted by most complaints

Client Services, Inc.

D
9 total complaints → stable

Credit Protection Association, L.P.

D
9 total complaints ↓ falling

First Portfolio Servicing Inc

F
9 total complaints ↑ rising

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions.

D
9 total complaints ↓ falling

First Advantage LNS Inc.

F
9 total complaints ↓ falling

Great Lakes

C
9 total complaints ↓ falling

Harvard Collections, LLC

D
9 total complaints ↓ falling

Healthcare Finance Direct LLC.

F
9 total complaints ↑ rising

Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP

D
9 total complaints ↑ rising

M&T Bank Corporation

C
9 total complaints → stable

MiraMed Revenue Group LLC

C
9 total complaints ↓ falling

Monarch Recovery Holdings, Inc.

D
9 total complaints → stable

Quality Asset Recovery LLC

D
9 total complaints ↓ falling

RAS LaVrar, LLC

F
9 total complaints ↓ falling

Receivable Management Group, Inc. (GA)

C
9 total complaints ↓ falling

Revenue Recovery Corporation

D
9 total complaints ↓ falling

Southern Management Systems Inc.

F
9 total complaints → stable

U.S. Auto Credit Corporation

D
9 total complaints ↑ rising

U.S. Auto Sales Inc.

D
9 total complaints ↓ falling

United Credit and Collections Inc.

C
9 total complaints → stable

Viking Client Services

C
9 total complaints → stable

Windham Professionals, Inc.

D
9 total complaints ↓ falling

ATG Credit, LLC

D
8 total complaints ↓ falling

Advanced Collection Bureau, Inc.

D
8 total complaints ↓ falling

Augusta Collection Agency, Inc.

F
8 total complaints → stable

Cashcall, Inc.

D
8 total complaints ↓ falling

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

C
8 total complaints → stable

FC HoldCo LLC

C
8 total complaints ↑ rising

First Citizens Bancshares, Inc.

B
8 total complaints → stable

Financial Asset Management Systems Inc

C
8 total complaints ↓ falling

Frederick J. Hanna & Associates, P.C. (closed)

D
8 total complaints ↓ falling

Hawk Inc

B
8 total complaints ↑ rising

Io, Inc.

D
8 total complaints ↓ falling

Marauder Corporation

F
8 total complaints ↑ rising

Pentagon Federal Credit Union

D
8 total complaints ↑ rising

Paramount GR Holdings, LLC

F
8 total complaints ↑ rising

Performant Financial Corporation

D
8 total complaints ↓ falling

Rozlin Financial Group, Inc.

C
8 total complaints ↑ rising

Seattle Service Bureau, Inc

D
8 total complaints → stable

Tate and Kirlin Assoc

D
8 total complaints ↓ falling

The Law Offices of Mitchell D. Bluhm & Associates

C
8 total complaints ↓ falling

Valor Intelligent Processing, LLC

F
8 total complaints ↑ rising

21st Mortgage Corp.

C
7 total complaints ↑ rising

A.R.M. Solutions, Inc.

C
7 total complaints ↓ falling

Ava Finance, Inc

F
7 total complaints ↑ rising

Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC

C
7 total complaints ↓ falling

CARS Acquisition, LLC

B
7 total complaints ↑ rising

Cascade CISS Holdings, LLC

D
7 total complaints ↑ rising

Creditors Bureau Associates

D
7 total complaints → stable

Essential Lending Inc

F
7 total complaints ↑ rising

If 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

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 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.