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Who in Maine was complaining inDecember 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 Maine sent the CFPB 273 complaints in December 2025, down 6% on the month before (291) and up 94% on the same month a year earlier (141).
That is 0.1% of the 512,474 complaints received nationally in the month, or 19.3 per 100,000 residents against 150 nationally.
| Measure | Maine | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Complaints, Dec 2025 | 273 | 512,474 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 19.3 | 150 |
| The month before | 291 | — |
| Same month a year earlier | 141 | — |
By product
- Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports199 · 72.9%
- Debt collection24 · 8.8%
- Credit card20 · 7.3%
- Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service9 · 3.3%
- Checking or savings account8 · 2.9%
- All other categories13 · 4.8%
| Product (CFPB label) | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 199 | 72.9% |
| Debt collection | 24 | 8.8% |
| Credit card | 20 | 7.3% |
| Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service | 9 | 3.3% |
| Checking or savings account | 8 | 2.9% |
| Mortgage | 6 | 2.2% |
| Vehicle loan or lease | 3 | 1.1% |
| Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan | 2 | 0.7% |
| Prepaid card | 1 | 0.4% |
| Student loan | 1 | 0.4% |
Companies with the most complaints from Maine in the month, with their size
| Company (as named by the CFPB) | Complaints, Dec 2025 | Share | Company size |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIFAX, INC. | 63 | 23.1% | no public measure |
| TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC. | 59 | 21.6% | no public measure |
| Experian Information Solutions Inc. | 56 | 20.5% | no public measure |
| SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL | 5 | 1.8% | $115bn assets |
| Paypal Holdings, Inc | 5 | 1.8% | no public measure |
| Block, Inc. | 5 | 1.8% | no public measure |
| All other companies, including those not listed by name | 80 | 29.3% | — |
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. 1 of the 6 companies in this table has 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 Maine in December 2025?
273, which is 0.1% of the national total for the month. A year earlier: 141.
What were they about?
“Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports” (199), “Debt collection” (24), “Credit card” (20), “Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service” (9).
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.