Who Is Complaining?

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Who in Colorado is complaining aboutCredit reporting or other personal consumer reports?

81.2% of Colorado complaintsUS share 90.8%

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.

Colorado consumers filed 32,869 complaints under “Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports” in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, up 43% on the 22,909 of the 12 months before. That is 547 per 100,000 residents, below the national 1,844.

The category makes up 81.2% of the state's complaints, against 90.8% nationally. 32.5% of closed complaints ended with monetary or non-monetary relief (32.9% nationally) and 99.9% of responses were timely.

8,671complaints, last 90 days+1% vs prior 90 days
32,869complaints, last 365 daysup 43% vs prior 365 days
547per 100,000 residentsUS 1,844
65,352complaints, all years

Companies with the most Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports complaints from Colorado, with their size

Ordered by complaints from Colorado consumers in the last 12 months. Size is the company's national figure.

Company (as named by the CFPB)Complaints from CO, 12 monthsShareCompany size
TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.11,56435.2%no public measure
EQUIFAX, INC.10,11930.8%no public measure
Experian Information Solutions Inc.9,58929.2%no public measure
LEXISNEXIS2160.7%no public measure
CBC Companies, Inc.1160.4%no public measure
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION730.2%$662bn assets
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.490.1%$4.09tn assets
SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL470.1%$115bn assets
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY460.1%$1.92tn assets
CITIBANK, N.A.450.1%$1.98tn assets
CL Holdings LLC400.1%no public measure
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC370.1%no public measure
Resurgent Capital Services L.P.370.1%no public measure
ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.360.1%no public measure
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FNIS)320.1%no public measure
BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION290.1%$2.65tn assets
Nelnet, Inc.270.1%no public measure
National Credit Systems,Inc.230.1%no public measure
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.220.1%$21bn assets
ALLY FINANCIAL INC.200.1%$188bn assets
All other companies, including those not listed by name7022.1%—

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. 8 of the 20 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.

Issues

Issue (CFPB label)ComplaintsShare
Incorrect information on your report18,18555.3%
Improper use of your report7,89124%
Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem6,38419.4%
Unable to get your credit report or credit score1760.5%
Problem with fraud alerts or security freezes1290.4%
Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services590.2%
Problem with a company's investigation into an existing issue360.1%
Identity theft protection or other monitoring services9<0.1%

How companies responded

MeasureColorado, this productUnited States, this product
Complaints per 100,000 residents, 12 months5471,844
Closed with monetary or non-monetary relief32.5%32.9%
Responses marked timely99.9%99.9%

Trend

Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports complaints from Colorado in each of the last 24 months. Peak month in view: 3,161. The hatched month is incomplete.

Other products in Colorado

Debt collection · 2,338Credit card · 1,507Checking or savings account · 1,399Mortgage · 712Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service · 584Student loan · 324Vehicle loan or lease · 313Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan · 259

Questions and answers

How many Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports complaints come from Colorado?

32,869 in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, 22,909 in the 12 months before and 65,352 since 2011.

Is that high for the population?

547 per 100,000 residents in Colorado against 1,844 nationally.

Which issues come up most?

“Incorrect information on your report” (55.3%), “Improper use of your report” (24%), “Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem” (19.4%), “Unable to get your credit report or credit score” (0.5%).

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.