What is the most common complaint against Flathmann and Stern, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Flathmann and Stern, LLC is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 1 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Flathmann and Stern, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Flathmann and Stern, LLC are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Flathmann and Stern, LLC's reputation grade?

Flathmann and Stern, LLC has a reputation grade of A (score: 80.5/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Flathmann and Stern, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Flathmann and Stern, LLC has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Flathmann and Stern, LLC operate?

Flathmann and Stern, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 1 states, with the most complaints from Michigan (1 complaints).

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

Flathmann and Stern, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 1 states, reputation grade A.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record flathmann-and-stern-llc Flathmann and Stern, LLC

Grade A · 1 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #4777 · compose #422

VOL 1
GRADE A
12MO 0
STATES 1
TIMELY 100%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #4,777
COMPOSE #422

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 245 Holdings LLC (1 complaints)

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

Flathmann and Stern, LLC's 1 CFPB complaints sit next to 245 Holdings LLC 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

100.0% of Flathmann and Stern, LLC's CFPB filings land in Michigan

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Flathmann and Stern, LLC is volume #4,777 but composite #422, while Michigan dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Michigan 100.0%; 1 of 1 filings · 1 states touched
Spike month: 2024-06 100.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #4,777 volume; #422 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 4,355 places better than volume

How does Flathmann and Stern, LLC compare to its peers?

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

Flathmann and Stern, L… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-06 2024-06

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against Flathmann and Stern, LLC come from?

Flathmann and Stern, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Michigan

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Flathmann and Stern, LLC: 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: 1.

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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