Commercial Collection Bureau

What Commercial Collection Bureau does

Commercial Collection Bureau (CCB) is a privately held, Minnesota-based commercial debt collection agency that recovers past-due B2B receivables on behalf of US businesses. The company targets a broad vertical set including aerospace and defense, construction and real estate, healthcare and medical, technology, financial services, and industrial and manufacturing, with case studies demonstrating recoveries on disputed invoices, defaulted leases, and international guarantors. CCB is licensed through the Minnesota Department of Commerce, is fully bonded, and holds California Collection Agency License #CA-20581061, and has operated for over 30 years self-reporting an 88% success rate on in-business accounts.

CCB's product set centers on full-service commercial debt collection, priced on a contingency basis with rates frozen at placement: 10% for 0-100 day claims, 20% for 101-300 days, 30% for 301+ days, 40% for special claims (disputed, second placements, NSF/bad check, bankruptcy), and 45% for judgment claims, with a 50% surcharge on interest and collection fees passed through to the debtor. The company layers on an Internal Rapid Recovery (IRR) pre-collection letter program (flat-fee, $10-$20 per account across volume tiers from 50 to 2,500+ accounts), Receivables Outsourcing for AR portfolio management, a $100 Business Background Report, and Collections Training/Advising. Delivery runs through a hybrid direct-sales motion (phone consultation) combined with a self-serve online client portal hosted at app.simplicitycollect.com that supports 24/7 account management, payment reporting, and direct collector communication.

The business is operated by a 1-10 person team with no disclosed outside investors, no M&A history, and no institutional funding; centralized collection operations out of Minnesota support both domestic placements and international skip tracing. CCB monetizes primarily via transaction fees on successful recoveries rather than subscriptions, with no upfront client fees and the ability in many cases to pass collection costs to debtors through credit-application clauses — a structure that aligns the agency's incentives with creditor cash recovery while limiting recurring revenue visibility.

Name

Commercial Collection Bureau

Legal name

Commercial Collection Bureau

Website

https://ccbureau.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Commercial Collection Bureau is a privately held, Minnesota-based B2B commercial debt collection agency serving US businesses across multiple verticals (aerospace, construction, healthcare, technology, financial services, industrial) via contingency-based recovery, a flat-fee pre-collection letter program, and an online client portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Debt Collection Services

NAICS

Collection Agencies (561440)

SIC

Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies (7320)

akta.pro primary industry

Third-Party Debt Collection Agencies (Consumer & Commercial) (BPAAAEAB)

Keywords

• Commercial debt collection
• B2B collections agency
• Accounts receivable recovery
• Pre-collection letter programs
• Skip tracing investigations

Headquarters

HQ city

Minnetonka

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Contingency-Based Collection Fees: Standard commercial debt collection fees are contingency-based (10-30% of principal balance recovered) based on the age of debt. Rates are frozen at time of placement. Additional 50% fee charged on amounts recovered above the principal (interest and collection fees).
2. Internal Rapid Recovery (IRR) Pre-Collection Program: Flat-fee pre-collection letter program with pricing tiers from $12-$20 per account depending on volume (50-2500+ accounts).
3. Business Background Reports: $100 per comprehensive background report including UCC searches, lawsuits, judgments, registered agents, executive lists, corporate filings, and business registration information. Provided free on any claim placed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Commercial Collection Bureau (CCB) is a full-service B2B commercial debt collection agency that recovers large-dollar and complex past-due accounts receivable on a contingency-fee basis for U.S. businesses. Its core offering is end-to-end commercial collections, supported by an Internal Rapid Recovery (IRR) pre-collection letter program, skip-tracing/investigation services, and a 24/7 online client portal for account management.

Product overview

Commercial Collection Bureau (CCB) offers a unified collection services platform built around its core Commercial Debt Collection offering. The platform is complemented by the Internal Rapid Recovery (IRR) pre-collection letter program for early-stage accounts, Investigation Services/Skip Tracing for locating debtors, and Receivables Outsourcing for portfolio management. CCB also provides a client portal for account management and offers Business Background Reports and Collections Training as supplementary services. The company operates on a contingency fee model with frozen rates upon placement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Internal Rapid Recovery (IRR) Program: Pre-collection letter program for accounts 60-120 days overdue, utilizing a series of four hand-signed letters sent over 30 days.

Products and services

• Commercial Debt Collection
• Internal Rapid Recovery (IRR) Pre-Collection Program
• Investigation Services / Skip Tracing

Quantifiable outcome

• 88% of in-business accounts are collected successfully
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AllianceOne Receivables Management: National third-party commercial collection agency serving B2B creditors across verticals including healthcare, financial services, and commercial sectors. Comparable to CCB on contingency-based fee structure, multi-vertical targeting, and use of analytics-driven recovery workflows.
• ConServe (Coffey Services): Accounts receivable management firm providing first-party and third-party commercial debt collection services. Closely comparable in B2B focus, contingency pricing, and customer base spanning healthcare, education, financial services, and commercial clients - the same verticals CCB targets.
• IC System: One of the largest privately held third-party commercial collection agencies in the U.S., competing head-to-head with CCB for B2B debt placements across verticals. Operates a contingency-based model analogous to CCB and serves a comparable client base of mid-market and enterprise creditors.
• Credit Collection Services (CCS): Mid-sized commercial collection agency offering third-party debt recovery with a vertical-segmented sales approach analogous to CCB. Direct competitor for B2B placements from mid-market creditors in healthcare, telecom, and commercial sectors.
• Wakefield & Associates: Commercial-first collection agency serving creditors across the U.S. with a contingency fee structure and vertical specialization similar to CCB's model. Comparable on small-team operating profile and focus on B2B debt rather than consumer debt.
• Transworld Systems: National commercial debt collection and accounts receivable management provider offering contingency and flat-fee programs similar to CCB. Directly comparable in target market (B2B), pricing tiers, and use of letter-based pre-collection sequences alongside full agency collections.

Broad incumbents

• PRA Group (Portfolio Recovery Associates): Publicly traded, large-scale debt purchaser and collection operator with both portfolio acquisition and third-party recovery businesses. Overlaps with CCB on commercial third-party collections while operating at materially greater scale and with a debt-buying model that CCB does not currently employ.
• Dun & Bradstreet: Global business credit information, data, and analytics provider. Directly comparable through CCB's Business Background Reports service (UCC searches, lawsuits, judgments, corporate filings), as D&B operates the largest commercial credit database that CCB accesses for investigations.

Emerging players

• EOS Group (EOS Holding): European-origin commercial debt collection specialist with U.S. operations, sharing CCB's stated DNA of combining U.S. and European best practices. Comparable on international skip tracing and B2B complex-claim recovery, and a relevant peer given CCB's stated European collection methodology influence.

Others

• Simplicity Collect: Provider of the online client portal technology that CCB uses (app.simplicitycollect.com/ClientPortalLogin.aspx). A technology enabler rather than a competitor, but a meaningful peer given that the portal underpins CCB's self-serve placement and account-management motion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CCBCollects

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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