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Who in California was complaining inJune 2025?

36,939 complaints

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 California sent the CFPB 36,939 complaints in June 2025, level, on the month before (36,894) and up 83% on the same month a year earlier (20,220).

That is 9% of the 412,161 complaints received nationally in the month, or 93.9 per 100,000 residents against 121 nationally.

MeasureCaliforniaUnited States
Complaints, Jun 202536,939412,161
Per 100,000 residents93.9121
The month before36,894—
Same month a year earlier20,220—

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By product

Product (CFPB label)ComplaintsShare
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports32,47587.9%
Debt collection1,6504.5%
Credit card9482.6%
Checking or savings account7382%
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service3060.8%
Mortgage2460.7%
Vehicle loan or lease2050.6%
Student loan1260.3%
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan1190.3%
Prepaid card950.3%
Debt or credit management310.1%

Companies with the most complaints from California in the month, with their size

Company (as named by the CFPB)Complaints, Jun 2025ShareCompany size
EQUIFAX, INC.11,46231%no public measure
TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.10,29327.9%no public measure
Experian Information Solutions Inc.9,66026.2%no public measure
BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION3090.8%$2.65tn assets
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.2920.8%$4.09tn assets
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY2730.7%$1.92tn assets
CITIBANK, N.A.2520.7%$1.98tn assets
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION2370.6%$662bn assets
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY1390.4%$214bn assets
CBC Companies, Inc.1350.4%no public measure
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC1350.4%no public measure
Resurgent Capital Services L.P.1330.4%no public measure
LEXISNEXIS1210.3%no public measure
ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.1180.3%no public measure
SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL1140.3%$115bn assets
All other companies, including those not listed by name3,2668.8%—

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. 7 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 California in June 2025?

36,939, which is 9% of the national total for the month. A year earlier: 20,220.

What were they about?

“Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports” (32,475), “Debt collection” (1,650), “Credit card” (948), “Checking or savings account” (738).

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.