What is the most common complaint against Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc. is "Written notification about debt", specifically "Didn't receive enough information to verify debt". This is based on 7 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc. are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc. has a reputation grade of C (score: 56.5/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc. has a 43% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc. operate?

Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 6 states, with the most complaints from South Carolina (2 complaints).

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

Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 6 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Written notification about debt

2
False statements or representation

2
Communication tactics

2
Attempts to collect debt not owed

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record harris-klein-associaties-inc Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc.

Grade C · 7 CFPB filings · 43% timely · lead issue: Written notification about debt · vol #2826 · compose #3070

VOL 7
GRADE C
12MO 0
STATES 6
TIMELY 43%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Written notification about…
RANK #2,826
COMPOSE #3,070

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Account Services Inc. (7 complaints)

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

Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc.'s 7 CFPB complaints sit next to Account Services 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 →

Spiky monthly series

South Carolina is the plurality state for Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc. (28.6%)

Peak share is this collector's company_monthly maximum divided by its own stored monthly total. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: South Carolina 28.6%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 6 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2016-06 25.0%; 2 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks: #2,826 volume; #3,070 composite; Among 5,420 volume-ranked / 5,278 scored collectors

How does Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does HARRIS, KLEIN ASSOCIATIES, INC. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

HARRIS, KLEIN ASSOCIAT… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

43%

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2015-06 2025-07

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Written notification about debt	2
False statements or representation	2
Communication tactics	2
Attempts to collect debt not owed	1

Where do complaints against Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc. come from?

Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

South Carolina

2
Alabama

1
California

1
Florida

1
Massachusetts

1
Pennsylvania

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Harris, Klein Associaties, Inc.: 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: 7.

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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