---
title: "CFPB Consumer Complaint Volume"
slug: cfpb-consumer-complaint-volume
summary: "718,186 complaints received by the CFPB in October 2026, up 190,211 from October 2025"
category: "Courts"
unit: count
frequency: monthly
direction: bidirectional
latest_value: 718186.0
latest_period: "2026-10"
trend: rising
last_updated: "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z"
source: "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau"
source_url: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/consumer-complaints/
canonical_html: https://americandefault.org/indicators/cfpb-consumer-complaint-volume/
citation_apa: "Kilburn, R. (2026). CFPB Consumer Complaint Volume [Data set]. American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/cfpb-consumer-complaint-volume/"
citation_chicago: "Kilburn, Ross. 2026. \"CFPB Consumer Complaint Volume.\" American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/cfpb-consumer-complaint-volume/."
citation_mla: "Kilburn, Ross. \"CFPB Consumer Complaint Volume.\" American Default Research, 2026, americandefault.org/indicators/cfpb-consumer-complaint-volume/."
---

# CFPB Consumer Complaint Volume

> 718,186 complaints received by the CFPB in October 2026, up 190,211 from October 2025

## Current Reading

As of October 2026, CFPB Consumer Complaint Volume is **718,186** (rising).

complaints received by the CFPB in October 2026 and published so far

## What Changed

- The CFPB received 718,186 consumer complaints in October 2026 that it has published, up from 527,975 in October 2025.
- The most published complaints in any month since the database reached its current product coverage in 2016.
- Higher than in the same month a year earlier for 58 months in a row.

## Recent Values

| Period | Value |
|--------|-------|
| 2026-10 | 718.186K |
| 2026-09 | 693.146K |
| 2026-08 | 664.863K |
| 2026-07 | 681.074K |
| 2026-06 | 646.384K |
| 2026-05 | 642.339K |
| 2026-04 | 643.074K |
| 2026-03 | 640.659K |
| 2026-02 | 504.063K |
| 2026-01 | 547.501K |
| 2025-12 | 521.615K |
| 2025-11 | 516.918K |

## Historical Context

- Peak since 2012: **718,186** in October 2026
- Low since 2012: **3,387** in January 2012
- Pre-pandemic average (2015-01 – 2019-12): **19,524**
- Post-pandemic average (2020-01 – 2024-12): **99,061**

## Methodology

This indicator carries monthly observations and is interpreted as moving in both directions against household distress, with no single end of the range reading as the distressed one. Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Automation: collected automatically on the daily refresh pipeline, with no hand entry.

## Source

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — [https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/consumer-complaints/](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/consumer-complaints/)

Data retrieved: 2026-11-04T00:00:00Z

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## Citation

**APA 7th**

    Kilburn, R. (2026). CFPB Consumer Complaint Volume [Data set]. American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/cfpb-consumer-complaint-volume/

**Chicago (author-date)**

    Kilburn, Ross. 2026. "CFPB Consumer Complaint Volume." American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/cfpb-consumer-complaint-volume/.

**MLA 9th**

    Kilburn, Ross. "CFPB Consumer Complaint Volume." American Default Research, 2026, americandefault.org/indicators/cfpb-consumer-complaint-volume/.

Use **American Default Research** as the institutional name in source lists, bibliographies, and press citations. **American Default** is the brand and URL form. **American Distress Index (ADI)** is the product name for the national composite score.