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Who in Iowa was complaining inSeptember 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 782 complaints in September 2025, down 6% on the month before (835) and up 49% on the same month a year earlier (525).
That is 0.2% of the 503,850 complaints received nationally in the month, or 24.1 per 100,000 residents against 147 nationally.
| Measure | Iowa | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Complaints, Sep 2025 | 782 | 503,850 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 24.1 | 147 |
| The month before | 835 | — |
| Same month a year earlier | 525 | — |
By product
- Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports626 · 80.1%
- Debt collection56 · 7.2%
- Credit card28 · 3.6%
- Checking or savings account20 · 2.6%
- Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service17 · 2.2%
- All other categories35 · 4.5%
| Product (CFPB label) | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 626 | 80.1% |
| Debt collection | 56 | 7.2% |
| Credit card | 28 | 3.6% |
| Checking or savings account | 20 | 2.6% |
| Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service | 17 | 2.2% |
| Mortgage | 10 | 1.3% |
| Student loan | 10 | 1.3% |
| Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan | 7 | 0.9% |
| Vehicle loan or lease | 6 | 0.8% |
| Debt or credit management | 1 | 0.1% |
| Prepaid card | 1 | 0.1% |
Companies with the most complaints from Iowa in the month, with their size
| Company (as named by the CFPB) | Complaints, Sep 2025 | Share | Company size |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. | 222 | 28.4% | no public measure |
| EQUIFAX, INC. | 199 | 25.4% | no public measure |
| Experian Information Solutions Inc. | 178 | 22.8% | no public measure |
| CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 9 | 1.2% | $662bn assets |
| CL Holdings LLC | 9 | 1.2% | no public measure |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 8 | 1% | $1.92tn assets |
| MOHELA | 6 | 0.8% | no public measure |
| BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE | 5 | 0.6% | $43bn assets |
| Chime Financial Inc | 5 | 0.6% | no public measure |
| Block, Inc. | 5 | 0.6% | no public measure |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 5 | 0.6% | $4.09tn assets |
| All other companies, including those not listed by name | 131 | 16.8% | — |
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. 4 of the 11 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 September 2025?
782, which is 0.2% of the national total for the month. A year earlier: 525.
What were they about?
“Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports” (626), “Debt collection” (56), “Credit card” (28), “Checking or savings account” (20).
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 30 Sep 2026, complaints received through 30 Sep 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.