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Who in Iowa was complaining inMarch 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 704 complaints in March 2025, up 5% on the month before (668) and up 81% on the same month a year earlier (390).
That is 0.2% of the 396,973 complaints received nationally in the month, or 21.7 per 100,000 residents against 116 nationally.
| Measure | Iowa | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Complaints, Mar 2025 | 704 | 396,973 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 21.7 | 116 |
| The month before | 668 | — |
| Same month a year earlier | 390 | — |
By product
- Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports521 · 74%
- Debt collection60 · 8.5%
- Student loan33 · 4.7%
- Credit card30 · 4.3%
- Checking or savings account23 · 3.3%
- All other categories37 · 5.3%
| Product (CFPB label) | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 521 | 74% |
| Debt collection | 60 | 8.5% |
| Student loan | 33 | 4.7% |
| Credit card | 30 | 4.3% |
| Checking or savings account | 23 | 3.3% |
| Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service | 16 | 2.3% |
| Mortgage | 9 | 1.3% |
| Vehicle loan or lease | 6 | 0.9% |
| Debt or credit management | 4 | 0.6% |
| Prepaid card | 1 | 0.1% |
| Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan | 1 | 0.1% |
Companies with the most complaints from Iowa in the month, with their size
| Company (as named by the CFPB) | Complaints, Mar 2025 | Share | Company size |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. | 172 | 24.4% | no public measure |
| EQUIFAX, INC. | 169 | 24% | no public measure |
| Experian Information Solutions Inc. | 152 | 21.6% | no public measure |
| MOHELA | 16 | 2.3% | no public measure |
| Block, Inc. | 12 | 1.7% | no public measure |
| CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 11 | 1.6% | $662bn assets |
| Nelnet, Inc. | 10 | 1.4% | no public measure |
| CITIBANK, N.A. | 8 | 1.1% | $1.98tn assets |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 6 | 0.9% | $4.09tn assets |
| Maximus Federal Services, Inc. | 6 | 0.9% | no public measure |
| AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY | 5 | 0.7% | $214bn assets |
| DISCOVER BANK | 5 | 0.7% | no public measure |
| SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL | 5 | 0.7% | $115bn assets |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 5 | 0.7% | $1.92tn assets |
| All other companies, including those not listed by name | 122 | 17.3% | — |
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. 6 of the 14 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 March 2025?
704, which is 0.2% of the national total for the month. A year earlier: 390.
What were they about?
“Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports” (521), “Debt collection” (60), “Student loan” (33), “Credit card” (30).
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.