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Who in South Carolina was complaining inMay 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 South Carolina sent the CFPB 8,758 complaints in May 2025, up 7% on the month before (8,165) and up 107% on the same month a year earlier (4,231).
That is 2.1% of the 415,181 complaints received nationally in the month, or 157 per 100,000 residents against 122 nationally.
| Measure | South Carolina | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Complaints, May 2025 | 8,758 | 415,181 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 157 | 122 |
| The month before | 8,165 | — |
| Same month a year earlier | 4,231 | — |
By product
- Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports7,917 · 90.4%
- Debt collection463 · 5.3%
- Checking or savings account85 · 1%
- Credit card81 · 0.9%
- Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service55 · 0.6%
- All other categories157 · 1.8%
| Product (CFPB label) | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 7,917 | 90.4% |
| Debt collection | 463 | 5.3% |
| Checking or savings account | 85 | 1% |
| Credit card | 81 | 0.9% |
| Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service | 55 | 0.6% |
| Mortgage | 47 | 0.5% |
| Student loan | 35 | 0.4% |
| Vehicle loan or lease | 34 | 0.4% |
| Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan | 27 | 0.3% |
| Prepaid card | 8 | 0.1% |
| Debt or credit management | 6 | 0.1% |
Companies with the most complaints from South Carolina in the month, with their size
| Company (as named by the CFPB) | Complaints, May 2025 | Share | Company size |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIFAX, INC. | 2,843 | 32.5% | no public measure |
| TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. | 2,478 | 28.3% | no public measure |
| Experian Information Solutions Inc. | 2,280 | 26% | no public measure |
| CBC Companies, Inc. | 120 | 1.4% | no public measure |
| Block, Inc. | 50 | 0.6% | no public measure |
| CL Holdings LLC | 46 | 0.5% | no public measure |
| ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC. | 32 | 0.4% | no public measure |
| BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 29 | 0.3% | $2.65tn assets |
| Resurgent Capital Services L.P. | 29 | 0.3% | no public measure |
| CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 29 | 0.3% | $662bn assets |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 27 | 0.3% | $1.92tn assets |
| SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL | 26 | 0.3% | $115bn assets |
| LEXISNEXIS | 22 | 0.3% | no public measure |
| Nelnet, Inc. | 21 | 0.2% | no public measure |
| NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 20 | 0.2% | $204bn assets |
| All other companies, including those not listed by name | 706 | 8.1% | — |
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 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 South Carolina in May 2025?
8,758, which is 2.1% of the national total for the month. A year earlier: 4,231.
What were they about?
“Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports” (7,917), “Debt collection” (463), “Checking or savings account” (85), “Credit card” (81).
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.