What is the most common complaint against Berndt & Associates, P.C.?

The most common issue consumers report about Berndt & Associates, P.C. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Attempted to collect wrong amount". This is based on 18 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Berndt & Associates, P.C. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Berndt & Associates, P.C. are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Berndt & Associates, P.C.'s reputation grade?

Berndt & Associates, P.C. has a reputation grade of B (score: 70.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Berndt & Associates, P.C. respond to consumer complaints?

Berndt & Associates, P.C. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Berndt & Associates, P.C. operate?

Berndt & Associates, P.C. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 2 states, with the most complaints from Michigan (16 complaints).

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

Berndt & Associates, P.C. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 2 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

6
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

5
False statements or representation

3
Written notification about debt

2
Communication tactics

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record berndt-associates-pc Berndt & Associates, P.C.

Grade B · 18 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1966 · compose #1288

VOL 18
GRADE B
12MO 0
STATES 2
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,966
COMPOSE #1,288

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Ameris Bancorp (18 complaints)

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

Berndt & Associates, P.C.'s 18 CFPB complaints sit next to Ameris Bancorp 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 →

State-heavy filing map

88.9% of Berndt & Associates, P.C.'s CFPB filings land in Michigan

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Berndt & Associates, P.C. is volume #1,966 but composite #1,288, while Michigan dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Michigan 88.9%; 16 of 18 filings · 2 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2022-09 9.1%; 8–15% band · 2 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,966 volume; #1,288 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 678 places better than volume

How does Berndt & Associates, P.C. compare to its peers?

How does Berndt & Associates, P.C. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Berndt & Associates, P… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

94%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2018-07 2026-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	6
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	5
False statements or representation	3
Written notification about debt	2
Communication tactics	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against Berndt & Associates, P.C. come from?

Berndt & Associates, P.C.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Michigan

16
Kentucky

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Berndt & Associates, P.C.: 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: 18.

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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