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Who in District of Columbia was complaining inSeptember 2025?

1,487 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 District of Columbia sent the CFPB 1,487 complaints in September 2025, up 3% on the month before (1,446) and up 65% on the same month a year earlier (902).

That is 0.3% of the 503,850 complaints received nationally in the month, or 214 per 100,000 residents against 147 nationally.

MeasureDistrict of ColumbiaUnited States
Complaints, Sep 20251,487503,850
Per 100,000 residents214147
The month before1,446—
Same month a year earlier902—

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By product

Product (CFPB label)ComplaintsShare
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports1,32188.8%
Debt collection553.7%
Credit card392.6%
Checking or savings account271.8%
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service110.7%
Mortgage110.7%
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan80.5%
Student loan60.4%
Vehicle loan or lease60.4%
Prepaid card20.1%
Debt or credit management10.1%

Companies with the most complaints from District of Columbia in the month, with their size

Company (as named by the CFPB)Complaints, Sep 2025ShareCompany size
EQUIFAX, INC.46931.5%no public measure
TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.42428.5%no public measure
Experian Information Solutions Inc.37024.9%no public measure
CITIBANK, N.A.120.8%$1.98tn assets
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY110.7%$1.92tn assets
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION110.7%$662bn assets
NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION90.6%$204bn assets
CL Holdings LLC80.5%no public measure
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.70.5%$4.09tn assets
CBC Companies, Inc.50.3%no public measure
National Credit Systems,Inc.50.3%no public measure
FAIR COLLECTIONS & OUTSOURCING, INC.50.3%no public measure
DISCOVER BANK50.3%no public measure
All other companies, including those not listed by name1469.8%—

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. 5 of the 13 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 District of Columbia in September 2025?

1,487, which is 0.3% of the national total for the month. A year earlier: 902.

What were they about?

“Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports” (1,321), “Debt collection” (55), “Credit card” (39), “Checking or savings account” (27).

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.