What is the most common complaint against Bluestein Hirsch and Associates?

The most common issue consumers report about Bluestein Hirsch and Associates is "Taking/threatening an illegal action", specifically "Threatened arrest/jail if do not pay". This is based on 9 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Bluestein Hirsch and Associates increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Bluestein Hirsch and Associates are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Bluestein Hirsch and Associates's reputation grade?

Bluestein Hirsch and Associates has a reputation grade of B (score: 67.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Bluestein Hirsch and Associates respond to consumer complaints?

Bluestein Hirsch and Associates has a 78% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Bluestein Hirsch and Associates operate?

Bluestein Hirsch and Associates has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 5 states, with the most complaints from New Jersey (3 complaints).

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

Bluestein Hirsch and Associates - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 5 states, reputation grade B.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Taking/threatening an illegal action

3
Communication tactics

2
Improper contact or sharing of info

2
False statements or representation

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record bluestein-hirsch-and-associates Bluestein Hirsch and Associates

Grade B · 9 CFPB filings · 78% timely · lead issue: Taking/threatening an illegal action · vol #2569 · compose #1558

VOL 9
GRADE B
12MO 0
STATES 5
TIMELY 78%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Taking/threatening an ille…
RANK #2,569
COMPOSE #1,558

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 1st Results Billings & Collections, Inc. (9 complaints)

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

Bluestein Hirsch and Associates's 9 CFPB complaints sit next to 1st Results Billings & Collections, Inc. 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

33.3% of Bluestein Hirsch and Associates's CFPB filings land in New Jersey

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Bluestein Hirsch and Associates is volume #2,569 but composite #1,558, while New Jersey dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: New Jersey 33.3%; 3 of 9 filings · 5 states touched
Spike month: 2024-02 33.3%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,569 volume; #1,558 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,011 places better than volume

How does Bluestein Hirsch and Associates compare to its peers?

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

Bluestein Hirsch and A… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

78%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-02 2024-05

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Taking/threatening an illegal action	3
Communication tactics	2
Improper contact or sharing of info	2
False statements or representation	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against Bluestein Hirsch and Associates come from?

Bluestein Hirsch and Associates's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

New Jersey

3
Illinois

2
California

1
Florida

1
Ohio

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Bluestein Hirsch and Associates: 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: 9.

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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