States › Alabama › January 2025, all states
Who in Alabama was complaining inJanuary 2025?
When looking at complaint volume about a company or product, consider company size and/or market share. For example, companies with more customers may have more complaints than companies with fewer customers.
The CFPB does not verify every allegation in a complaint before publishing it.Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database. A complaint is a consumer's account of a problem; it is not a finding against the company.
Consumers in Alabama sent the CFPB 10,625 complaints in January 2025, up 63% on the month before (6,522) and up 353% on the same month a year earlier (2,345).
That is 2.2% of the 475,783 complaints received nationally in the month, or 205 per 100,000 residents against 139 nationally.
| Measure | Alabama | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Complaints, Jan 2025 | 10,625 | 475,783 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 205 | 139 |
| The month before | 6,522 | — |
| Same month a year earlier | 2,345 | — |
By product
- Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports8,280 · 77.9%
- Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service1,202 · 11.3%
- Debt collection503 · 4.7%
- Checking or savings account387 · 3.6%
- Credit card109 · 1%
- All other categories144 · 1.4%
| Product (CFPB label) | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 8,280 | 77.9% |
| Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service | 1,202 | 11.3% |
| Debt collection | 503 | 4.7% |
| Checking or savings account | 387 | 3.6% |
| Credit card | 109 | 1% |
| Mortgage | 37 | 0.3% |
| Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan | 37 | 0.3% |
| Vehicle loan or lease | 31 | 0.3% |
| Debt or credit management | 16 | 0.2% |
| Student loan | 15 | 0.1% |
| Prepaid card | 8 | 0.1% |
Companies with the most complaints from Alabama in the month, with their size
| Company (as named by the CFPB) | Complaints, Jan 2025 | Share | Company size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experian Information Solutions Inc. | 2,765 | 26% | no public measure |
| TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. | 2,619 | 24.6% | no public measure |
| EQUIFAX, INC. | 2,531 | 23.8% | no public measure |
| Block, Inc. | 1,074 | 10.1% | no public measure |
| NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 245 | 2.3% | $204bn assets |
| Early Warning Services, LLC | 133 | 1.3% | no public measure |
| CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 99 | 0.9% | $662bn assets |
| CBC Companies, Inc. | 98 | 0.9% | no public measure |
| Resurgent Capital Services L.P. | 73 | 0.7% | no public measure |
| ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC. | 50 | 0.5% | no public measure |
| LEXISNEXIS | 44 | 0.4% | no public measure |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 34 | 0.3% | $1.92tn assets |
| Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC | 31 | 0.3% | no public measure |
| CL Holdings LLC | 30 | 0.3% | no public measure |
| SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL | 20 | 0.2% | $115bn assets |
| All other companies, including those not listed by name | 779 | 7.3% | — |
CFPB: “When looking at complaint volume about a company or product, consider company size and/or market share. For example, companies with more customers may have more complaints than companies with fewer customers.” The CFPB does not verify every allegation in a complaint before publishing it. 4 of the 15 companies in this table have a public size measure. “No public measure” means the company could not be matched by name to a single institution in the FDIC, NCUA or HMDA files, not that it is small.
Questions and answers
How many CFPB complaints came from Alabama in January 2025?
10,625, which is 2.2% of the national total for the month. A year earlier: 2,345.
What were they about?
“Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports” (8,280), “Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service” (1,202), “Debt collection” (503), “Checking or savings account” (387).
Does the CFPB verify complaints?
The CFPB does not verify every allegation in a complaint before publishing it.
Provenance
Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database, bulk file downloaded 1 Oct 2026, complaints received through 1 Oct 2026. Only coded fields are used (company, product, sub-product, issue, state, dates, company response, timeliness); complaint narratives are never read, stored or shown. Complaints are published once the company responds or after 15 days, so the most recent two to three weeks are incomplete. Size measures: FDIC BankFind (report date 30 Jun 2026), NCUA call reports (30 Jun 2026), HMDA transmittal sheet (2025), Census Bureau population estimates (2025). All are US government works. Search the CFPB database · Methodology · Report an error.