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Experian RentBureau

Experian RentBureau collects rent-payment history used by tenant-screening companies and may add some positive rental data to Experian credit reports.

What the report is used for

Rental-history verification, resident screening, and reporting qualifying rent-payment data into certain Experian credit files.

If it appears on an adverse-action notice

A notice naming RentBureau suggests rental-payment information affected a housing or related decision. Check whether the disputed data is in a RentBureau disclosure, an Experian credit report, or both.

What may be in the report.

The actual fields depend on the product ordered and whether the company has information about you.

  • Reported rent payments and account status
  • Property manager or rental-data furnisher
  • Rental addresses, dates, and related identifiers
Official consumer routes

Request, freeze, or dispute the right file.

Use these direct paths instead of a paid credit-repair service or a phone number from an unsolicited message. A freeze at one company does not automatically freeze another report.

Request your report

The CFPB list identifies a free-report path for RentBureau.

877-704-4519

Experian RentBureau, P.O. Box 26, Allen, TX 75013

Official request path
Freeze not listed by CFPB

Freeze information

The CFPB company list does not mark this company as offering a report freeze. Check the company page for any narrower state right, suppression option, or updated policy.

Check current freeze path

Dispute an error

Identify the property, month, payment status, and whether the same item also appears on an Experian nationwide credit report.

877-704-4519

Experian RentBureau, P.O. Box 26, Allen, TX 75013

Official dispute path

First three steps.

Do not dispute accurate information just because it led to an unfavorable decision.

  1. 01 Ask which RentBureau or Experian report was actually used.
  2. 02 Compare each reported rent month with leases, ledgers, receipts, and bank records.
  3. 03 Dispute with the company maintaining the item and the property or rental-data furnisher.
Have the denial notice?

Separate the reporting-company disclosure from the decision-maker’s action.

The company that supplied a report usually did not make the final decision. Use the notice decoder to choose the credit, banking, housing, employment, insurance, or utility context, then identify the report and next record to compare.

Open the denial decoder

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