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Who in Illinois was complaining inOctober 2025?

23,413 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 Illinois sent the CFPB 23,413 complaints in October 2025, up 7% on the month before (21,976) and up 92% on the same month a year earlier (12,212).

That is 4.5% of the 519,786 complaints received nationally in the month, or 184 per 100,000 residents against 152 nationally.

MeasureIllinoisUnited States
Complaints, Oct 202523,413519,786
Per 100,000 residents184152
The month before21,976—
Same month a year earlier12,212—

← Sep 2025Nov 2025 →

By product

Product (CFPB label)ComplaintsShare
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports21,28390.9%
Debt collection9894.2%
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service3321.4%
Credit card2911.2%
Checking or savings account2651.1%
Mortgage860.4%
Vehicle loan or lease690.3%
Student loan530.2%
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan280.1%
Prepaid card150.1%
Debt or credit management2<0.1%

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

Company (as named by the CFPB)Complaints, Oct 2025ShareCompany size
EQUIFAX, INC.7,66932.8%no public measure
TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.7,36231.4%no public measure
Experian Information Solutions Inc.5,53123.6%no public measure
CBC Companies, Inc.2220.9%no public measure
Early Warning Services, LLC1690.7%no public measure
LEXISNEXIS1610.7%no public measure
Chime Financial Inc1150.5%no public measure
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.1020.4%$4.09tn assets
Resurgent Capital Services L.P.920.4%no public measure
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION780.3%$662bn assets
ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.770.3%no public measure
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC740.3%no public measure
CL Holdings LLC680.3%no public measure
CITIBANK, N.A.540.2%$1.98tn assets
BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION530.2%$2.65tn assets
All other companies, including those not listed by name1,5866.8%—

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 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 Illinois in October 2025?

23,413, which is 4.5% of the national total for the month. A year earlier: 12,212.

What were they about?

“Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports” (21,283), “Debt collection” (989), “Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service” (332), “Credit card” (291).

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.