What is the most common complaint against Halsted Financial Services, LLC.?

The most common issue consumers report about Halsted Financial Services, LLC. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 1,805 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Halsted Financial Services, LLC. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Halsted Financial Services, LLC. are rising. The company received 661 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Halsted Financial Services, LLC.'s reputation grade?

Halsted Financial Services, LLC. has a reputation grade of D (score: 55.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Halsted Financial Services, LLC. respond to consumer complaints?

Halsted Financial Services, LLC. has a 97% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 9% of cases.

In how many states does Halsted Financial Services, LLC. operate?

Halsted Financial Services, LLC. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 53 states, with the most complaints from Texas (238 complaints).

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

Halsted Financial Services, LLC. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 53 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

510
Electronic communications

346
Communication tactics

263
False statements or representation

196
Written notification about debt

187
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

103

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record halsted-financial-services-llc Halsted Financial Services, LLC.

Grade D · 1,805 CFPB filings · 97% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #95 · compose #3300

VOL 1,805
GRADE D
12MO 661
STATES 53
TIMELY 97%
DISPUTE 9%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #95
COMPOSE #3,300

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Credit Systems International, Inc. (1,806 complaints)

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

Halsted Financial Services, LLC.'s 1,805 CFPB complaints sit next to Credit Systems International, 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 →

Distributed filing map

Halsted Financial Services, LLC. spreads filings across 53 states - Texas leads at only 13.2%

Despite a broad state map, Halsted Financial Services, LLC. still sits volume #95 against composite #3,300 - the two RankMaps diverge by 3,205 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; Texas still leads at 13.2% across 53 states
Seasonal peak: 2026-01 9.1%; 8–15% band · 8 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #95 volume; #3,300 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,205 places worse than volume

How does Halsted Financial Services, LLC. compare to its peers?

How does Halsted Financial Services, 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

Halsted Financial Serv… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

661

711

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

97%

98%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

24%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2024-01 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	510
Electronic communications	346
Communication tactics	263
False statements or representation	196
Written notification about debt	187
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	103
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	78
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	71
Disclosure verification of debt	22
Improper contact or sharing of info	18

Where do complaints against Halsted Financial Services, LLC. come from?

Halsted Financial Services, LLC.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Texas

238
California

182
Florida

174
Georgia

126
Ohio

71
New York

70
Illinois

69
Pennsylvania

63

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Halsted Financial Services, 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: 1,805.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 96.62990196078431%.

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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