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Who in Iowa 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 Iowa sent the CFPB 1,039 complaints in January 2025, up 56% on the month before (664) and up 243% on the same month a year earlier (303).
That is 0.2% of the 475,783 complaints received nationally in the month, or 32.1 per 100,000 residents against 139 nationally.
| Measure | Iowa | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Complaints, Jan 2025 | 1,039 | 475,783 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 32.1 | 139 |
| The month before | 664 | — |
| Same month a year earlier | 303 | — |
By product
- Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports665 · 64%
- Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service208 · 20%
- Debt collection50 · 4.8%
- Checking or savings account48 · 4.6%
- Credit card26 · 2.5%
- All other categories42 · 4%
| Product (CFPB label) | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 665 | 64% |
| Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service | 208 | 20% |
| Debt collection | 50 | 4.8% |
| Checking or savings account | 48 | 4.6% |
| Credit card | 26 | 2.5% |
| Student loan | 14 | 1.3% |
| Vehicle loan or lease | 12 | 1.2% |
| Mortgage | 5 | 0.5% |
| Prepaid card | 5 | 0.5% |
| Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan | 4 | 0.4% |
| Debt or credit management | 2 | 0.2% |
Companies with the most complaints from Iowa in the month, with their size
| Company (as named by the CFPB) | Complaints, Jan 2025 | Share | Company size |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIFAX, INC. | 225 | 21.7% | no public measure |
| Experian Information Solutions Inc. | 216 | 20.8% | no public measure |
| TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. | 195 | 18.8% | no public measure |
| Block, Inc. | 168 | 16.2% | no public measure |
| Early Warning Services, LLC | 37 | 3.6% | no public measure |
| CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 29 | 2.8% | $662bn assets |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 14 | 1.3% | $1.92tn assets |
| CBC Companies, Inc. | 13 | 1.3% | no public measure |
| SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL | 8 | 0.8% | $115bn assets |
| MOHELA | 7 | 0.7% | no public measure |
| CITIBANK, N.A. | 5 | 0.5% | $1.98tn assets |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 5 | 0.5% | $4.09tn assets |
| All other companies, including those not listed by name | 117 | 11.3% | — |
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. 5 of the 12 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 Iowa in January 2025?
1,039, which is 0.2% of the national total for the month. A year earlier: 303.
What were they about?
“Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports” (665), “Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service” (208), “Debt collection” (50), “Checking or savings account” (48).
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.