Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Complaints about consumer financial products and services
The Consumer Complaint Database is a collection of complaints about consumer financial products and services that we sent to companies for response. Complaints are published after the company responds, confirming a commercial relationship with the consumer, or after 15 days, whichever comes first. Complaints referred to other regulators, such as complaints about depository institutions with less than $10 billion in assets, are not published in the Consumer Complaint Database.
This database is not a statistical sample of consumers’ experiences in the marketplace. Complaints are not necessarily representative of all consumers’ experiences and complaints do not constitute “information” for purposes of the Information Quality Act .
Complaint volume should be considered in the context of company size and/or market share. For example, companies with more customers may have more complaints than companies with fewer customers. We encourage you to pair complaint data with public and private datasets for additional context.
The Bureau publishes the consumer’s narrative description of his or her experience if the consumer opts to share it publicly and after the Bureau removes personal information. We don’t verify all the allegations in complaint narratives. Unproven allegations in consumer narratives should be regarded as opinion, not fact. We do not adopt the views expressed and make no representation that consumers’ allegations are accurate, clear, complete, or unbiased in substance or presentation. Users should consider what conclusions may be fairly drawn from complaints alone.
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Try the sample queries below in the BigQuery UI.
Which subproducts result in the largest number of complaints?
Determine the product types that are most frequently reported in the CFPB complaint database.
Run this query.
Which companies have failed to issue a timely response the greatest number of times?
Count the number of consumer complaints that did not receive a timely response, grouped by company name.
Run this query.
There are no restrictions on the use of this dataset, and it can be used or redistributed as desired. The data are provided "AS IS" without any warranty, express or implied, from Google. Google disclaims all liability for any damages, direct or indirect, resulting from the use of the dataset.
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