CFPB Consumer Complaint Profile

Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation

Consumers have filed 429 complaints with the CFPB against this company, a record that maps out how disputes over credit, billing and collections tend to unfold.

Data updated 2026-08-14

429
Total complaints
Above average
46
Last 12 months
94.2%
Timely response
Below median
32
States affected

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The verdict

Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation ranks #551 of 3,843 financial companies by CFPB complaint volume, with 429 complaints on record. On-time replies land at 94.2%, the 27th percentile for the 100+ complaint peer group.

#551
of 3,843 companies by volume
94.2%
on time (27th pctile)
Debt collection
most-complained product
32
states with complaints
F
PlainCredit Trust Score
34/100
Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation · 3 of 3 dimensions reported

Based on this company's own CFPB response record -- timely response, dispute rate, and relief rate, each benchmarked against every tracked company with 10+ complaints. Not a measure of product quality, pricing, or company size.

Timely Response D 94.2%
Share of complaints answered within the CFPB response window
Dispute Rate F 33.1%
Share of responses the consumer disputed (lower is better)
Relief Rate F 0.5%
Share of complaints closed with monetary or non-monetary relief

Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation vs. all companies by on-time response rate

Every company with 100+ CFPB complaints on file (1,335 total)

94.2% Around the middle higher than 27% of 1,335 companies

companies with 100+ CFPB complaints, bucketed by value

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Source Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Complaint Database · 2026-08-14

What changed

CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2024 to 2025 complete years

  • Annual CFPB complaint volume moved from 33 in 2024 to 55 in 2025 (2024 → 2025).

See the full year-over-year release diff

Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation timely response rate 94.2%
Industry benchmark

Percent of CFPB complaints answered within the regulator's expected window. Industry benchmark sits at 95%.

Reading this profile

Complaints by Product

Debt collection - Credit card debt 162
Debt collection - Credit card 55
Debt collection - I do not know 54
Student loan - Private student loan 33
Debt collection - Private student loan debt 31
Debt collection - Non-federal student loan 20
Student loan - Non-federal student loan 19
Debt collection - Auto debt 9
Debt collection - Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.) 8
Debt collection - Other debt 6

Top Issues

1.Took or threatened to take negative or legal action 74
2.Attempts to collect debt not owed 67
3.False statements or representation 64
4.Written notification about debt 44
5.Communication tactics 34
6.Dealing with your lender or servicer 29
7.Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed 22
8.Taking/threatening an illegal action 22
9.Disclosure verification of debt 18
10.Dealing with my lender or servicer 12

Complaints by Year

Year Complaints
2013 8
2014 31
2015 41
2016 32
2017 31
2018 25
2019 28
2020 42
2021 38
2022 29
2023 30
2024 33
2025 55
2026year in progress 6

Complaints by State (Top 15)

California 190
Pennsylvania 69
Nevada 50
Washington 30
Arizona 20
Oregon 11
Florida 7
Georgia 6
Virginia 5
New York 4
Maryland 4
Missouri 3
Hawaii 2
Idaho 2
Colorado 2

Company Responses

Closed with explanation 426
Closed 1
Closed with monetary relief 1
Closed with non-monetary relief 1

What the CFPB Complaint Record Shows for Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation

Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation carries 429 complaints in the CFPB's database, 46 of them filed within the past 12 months. Consumers spanning 32 states and territories have weighed in, giving this a multi-regional footprint. No product draws more complaints than "Debt collection," which sits at the top of the product breakdown. Within that category, the most frequently cited specific issue is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action" - a useful starting point for anyone trying to understand what goes wrong most often in the company's consumer interactions.

CFPB-forwarded complaints against Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation draw a 94.2% reply rate inside the Bureau's 15-day window. That falls short of the 95% benchmark, a gap that tends to track with more disputes downstream. Consumers formally disputed the company's response at a 33.1% rate among resolved cases, a signal of how often the initial resolution failed to satisfy the complainant. Among resolved complaints, 0.5% closed with some form of monetary or non-monetary relief to the consumer.

How to read complaint counts

Complaint counts alone do not tell the full story: larger institutions with more customers will naturally generate more complaints in absolute terms. The more informative signals are the direction of the yearly trend shown above, the state-level concentration, and the ratio of monetary-relief closures to closed-without-relief outcomes. Together, these fields provide context for reading the published CFPB record; they do not establish wrongdoing or resolve an individual dispute.

Educational data summary, not financial or legal advice. Individual complaint outcomes vary. Consumers should consult a qualified attorney or financial advisor for guidance on a specific dispute.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many CFPB complaints does Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation have?

Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation has 429 total consumer complaints filed with the CFPB, with 46 filed in the last 12 months.

Does Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation respond to complaints on time?

CFPB complaints against Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation draw a 94.2% timely-response rate inside the expected window.

What product generates the most complaints for Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation?

Among all products tied to Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation, "Debt collection" accounts for the largest share of complaints (full breakdown above).

What is the most common complaint issue with Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation?

"Took or threatened to take negative or legal action" is the single most frequently cited issue in complaints against Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation - see all issues and counts above.

How do I file a complaint against Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation?

You can file a complaint against Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation directly with the CFPB at consumerfinance.gov/complaint. The CFPB will forward your complaint to the company and work to get you a response, typically within 15 days.

In how many states have consumers complained about Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation?

Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation has drawn CFPB complaints from 32 states and territories. That figure covers the 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and smaller CFPB-tracked jurisdictions (Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, military postal codes), so it can run higher than the 52 states/territories with a dedicated page on this site.

Nationwide companies with similar complaint volume or dispute rates

Two CFPB peer sets for Patenaude & Felix A Professional Corporation: nearest financial companies by total complaint volume and by the share of complaints consumers mark as disputed. These are cross-firm neighborhoods, not the product-category list below.

Similar dispute rates

Nearest companies by share of complaints marked disputed (33.1% here).

Also handles Debt collection

Other companies with the same primary CFPB product category on file.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database Data through March 2026