State complaint profile

Debt collection complaints in Wisconsin

9,149 CFPB complaints filed against 950 debt collectors active in Wisconsin.

Complaints
9,149
Collectors
950
Top collector
Encore Capital Group Inc.

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

Wisconsin at a glance

Wisconsin consumers have filed 9,149 CFPB debt-collection complaints against 950 collectors.

9,149
CFPB complaints filed
950
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 Wisconsin

Wisconsin filings are dispersed: the top three collectors hold only 0% of 9,149 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 Wisconsin 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 17

Sorted by most complaints

Medical Society Business Services, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Mercedes Benz Financial Services

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Merchants Credit Bureau, Inc.

D
1 total complaints → stable

Merchants and Professional Bureau, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Meridian ARG Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Michael C. Koehn, S.C.

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Mid-South Adjustment Co., Inc.

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Midwest Resale Specialist, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Mnet Financial Inc

C
1 total complaints → stable

Municipal Collections Services, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

N&S Partners

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

NAM National Arbitration and Mediation

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

National Debt Relief LLC

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Ncsplus Incorporated

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Novae LLC

1 total complaints ↑ rising

NPG Associates, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

National Check Bureau, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

National Commercial Services, Inc

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

National Credit Services, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

National Principal Group, LLC

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

National Recoveries, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

National Recovery Solutions, LLC

C
1 total complaints → stable

Nationwide Arbitration Services LLC

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Netspend Corporation

B
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Niagara Credit Solutions, Inc

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Niagara Portfolio Solutions LLC

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Niagara Restitution Service Inc

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Nicholas Financial Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

North American Credit Services

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Northeast Collection Bureau

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Northwest Collectors Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Northwestern Mediation Services

F
1 total complaints → stable

Optum Bank, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Orion Portfolio Services, LLC

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Paid in Full, Inc.

C
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Parkside Lending, LLC

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

PC Legal Services, LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Pinnacle Recovery, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Planet Home Lending, LLC

C
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Prosper First Funding Corporation

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Pacific Financial Group (Closed)

B
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Paragon Subrogation Services, Inc

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

PatientFi, Inc.

D
1 total complaints ↑ rising

Patrick K Willis Company Inc

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Persolve, LLC - Legal - Series 2

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Pinebrook Holdings, LLC

A
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Pinnacle Asset Management, LLC

F
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Populus Financial Group, Inc. (F/K/A Ace Cash Express)

D
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Praxis Financial Solutions, Incorporated

C
1 total complaints ↓ falling

Property Receivables, Corp

F
1 total complaints ↑ rising

If a collector is contacting you in Wisconsin

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 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin

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 Wisconsin Resident

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