Who Is Complaining?

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Who in Oregon is complaining aboutDebt collection?

8.5% of Oregon complaintsUS share 4.6%

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.

Oregon consumers filed 1,461 complaints under “Debt collection” in the 12 months to 1 Oct 2026, up 53% on the 956 of the 12 months before. That is 34.2 per 100,000 residents, below the national 92.8.

The category makes up 8.5% of the state's complaints, against 4.6% nationally. 21% of closed complaints ended with monetary or non-monetary relief (22.7% nationally) and 97.5% of responses were timely.

256complaints, last 90 daysdown 28% vs prior 90 days
1,461complaints, last 365 daysup 53% vs prior 365 days
34.2per 100,000 residentsUS 92.8
7,094complaints, all years

Companies with the most Debt collection complaints from Oregon, with their size

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

Company (as named by the CFPB)Complaints from OR, 12 monthsShareCompany size
CL Holdings LLC1087.4%no public measure
ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC.755.1%no public measure
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC694.7%no public measure
Resurgent Capital Services L.P.563.8%no public measure
Experian Information Solutions Inc.533.6%no public measure
CCS Financial Services, Inc.473.2%no public measure
EQUIFAX, INC.402.7%no public measure
SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL342.3%$115bn assets
TRANSUNION INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.312.1%no public measure
Bonneville Billing and Collections292%no public measure
Kriya Capital, LLC292%no public measure
I.C. System, Inc.251.7%no public measure
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc.221.5%$21bn assets
CAINE & WEINER COMPANY, INC.201.4%no public measure
T.S. Holdings201.4%no public measure
BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION181.2%$2.65tn assets
Aldous & Associates, PLLC181.2%no public measure
Rowland Avenue Management, Inc. A/KA Columbia Debt Recovery, LLC d/b/a Genesis171.2%no public measure
National Credit Systems,Inc.171.2%no public measure
Source Receivables Management LLC151%no public measure
All other companies, including those not listed by name71849.1%—

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. 3 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
Attempts to collect debt not owed50634.6%
Written notification about debt39326.9%
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action25617.5%
False statements or representation15710.7%
Communication tactics805.5%
Electronic communications422.9%
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly271.8%

How companies responded

MeasureOregon, this productUnited States, this product
Complaints per 100,000 residents, 12 months34.292.8
Closed with monetary or non-monetary relief21%22.7%
Responses marked timely97.5%96.5%

Trend

Debt collection complaints from Oregon in each of the last 24 months. Peak month in view: 165. The hatched month is incomplete.

Other products in Oregon

Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports · 12,744Credit card · 875Checking or savings account · 752Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service · 410Mortgage · 316Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan · 178Student loan · 173Vehicle loan or lease · 126

Questions and answers

How many Debt collection complaints come from Oregon?

1,461 in the 12 months to 1 Oct 2026, 956 in the 12 months before and 7,094 since 2011.

Is that high for the population?

34.2 per 100,000 residents in Oregon against 92.8 nationally.

Which issues come up most?

“Attempts to collect debt not owed” (34.6%), “Written notification about debt” (26.9%), “Took or threatened to take negative or legal action” (17.5%), “False statements or representation” (10.7%).

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.