State complaint profile

Debt collection complaints in Washington

14,503 CFPB complaints filed against 1,146 debt collectors active in Washington.

Complaints
14,503
Collectors
1,146
Top collector
Encore Capital Group Inc.

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

Washington at a glance

Washington consumers have filed 14,503 CFPB debt-collection complaints against 1,146 collectors.

14,503
CFPB complaints filed
1,146
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 Washington

Washington filings are dispersed: the top three collectors hold only 0% of 14,503 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 Washington residents in this extract is Encore Capital Group Inc. (0% of filings sit in the top three names). A complaint is a consumer filing, not a proven violation.

Active Debt Collectors - Page 16

Sorted by most complaints

Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas)

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Bernhardt and Strawser, P.A.

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Better Mortgage, Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Biehl & Biehl, Inc

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Bilateral Credit Corp, LLC

D
1 total complaints → stable

Blackrock Mitigation Group LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Blackwater Capital Group LLC.

B
1 total complaints → stable

Blakely-Witt and Associates, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker & Moore, LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Block, Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Boek, Inc.

B
1 total complaints → stable

Borenstein & Associates, LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Braviant Holdings, LLC

D
1 total complaints → stable

Brennan & Clark, Ltd., LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Broadway Account Services

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Bronstein & Weiss Arbitration

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Brookshaw Management, LLC

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Bryant Bryant & Associates LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Bryant, Hodge & Associates LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Bushwood Capital Group, Inc.

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Business & Professional Collection Service Inc

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Byrider Franchising, LLC

D
1 total complaints → stable

Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

CB1, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

CCB Credit Serivces, Inc

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

CFS2 Inc.

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Charles Schwab Corporation, the

C
1 total complaints → stable

Cherry Technologies Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

CIT Bank, National Association

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

City National Bank

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

CMG Financial Services, Inc.

B
1 total complaints → stable

Community Choice Financial, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Credit Associates, Inc. (or)

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Credit World Services, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Customers Bancorp, Inc

C
1 total complaints → stable

CW Financial

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Caliber Home Loans, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

California Business Bureau, Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Camino Financial Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Capital Collection Management LLC

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Capital Credit and Collection Service, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Capital Mitigation Services, LLC

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Cascade Capital, LLC

D
1 total complaints → stable

Cascade Collections, Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Cashbak, LLC

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Castle Credit Co Holdings, LLC, Chicago, IL Branch

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Cawley & Bergmann, LLP

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Central States Recovery, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Certegy Holdings, LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Child Support Recovery Services, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

If a collector is contacting you in Washington

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 Washington 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 Washington

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 Washington Resident

Three parallel channels apply in Washington: the CFPB complaint form (powers this dataset), the Washington 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.