What is the most common complaint against Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas)?

The most common issue consumers report about Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 320 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) are falling. The company received 9 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas)'s reputation grade?

Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) has a reputation grade of C (score: 58.5/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) respond to consumer complaints?

Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 4% of cases.

In how many states does Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) operate?

Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 32 states, with the most complaints from Arizona (40 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 32 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

174
Written notification about debt

56
False statements or representation

27
Communication tactics

20
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

19
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

15

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record berlin-wheeler-inc-kansas Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas)

Grade C · 320 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #385 · compose #2605

VOL 320
GRADE C
12MO 9
STATES 32
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 4%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #385
COMPOSE #2,605

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Holloway Credit Solutions (322 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas)'s 320 CFPB complaints sit next to Holloway Credit Solutions on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

Distributed filing map

Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) spreads filings across 32 states - Arizona leads at only 12.5%

Despite a broad state map, Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) still sits volume #385 against composite #2,605 - the two RankMaps diverge by 2,220 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; Arizona still leads at 12.5% across 32 states
Seasonal peak: 2026-02 13.6%; 8–15% band · 6 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #385 volume; #2,605 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,220 places worse than volume

How does Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) compare to its peers?

How does Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

43%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2018-06 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	174
Written notification about debt	56
False statements or representation	27
Communication tactics	20
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	19
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	15
Disclosure verification of debt	5
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	2
Electronic communications	2

Where do complaints against Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas) come from?

Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas)'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Arizona

40
Louisiana

35
California

31
Kansas

31
Nevada

29
Texas

25
Virginia

24
Florida

18

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Berlin-Wheeler, Inc. (Kansas): nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 320.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.68847352024922%.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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