What is the most common complaint against Hauge Associates, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Hauge Associates, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 90 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Hauge Associates, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Hauge Associates, Inc. are falling. The company received 15 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Hauge Associates, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Hauge Associates, Inc. has a reputation grade of C (score: 60.8/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Hauge Associates, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Hauge Associates, Inc. has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 8% of cases.

In how many states does Hauge Associates, Inc. operate?

Hauge Associates, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 15 states, with the most complaints from Iowa (47 complaints).

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

Hauge Associates, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 15 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

28
Written notification about debt

17
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

14
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

8
False statements or representation

8
Communication tactics

8

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record hauge-associates-inc Hauge Associates, Inc.

Grade C · 90 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #863 · compose #2267

VOL 90
GRADE C
12MO 15
STATES 15
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 8%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #863
COMPOSE #2,267

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Benuck & Rainey, Inc. (90 complaints)

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

Hauge Associates, Inc.'s 90 CFPB complaints sit next to Benuck & Rainey, 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

52.2% of Hauge Associates, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in Iowa

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Hauge Associates, Inc. is volume #863 but composite #2,267, while Iowa dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Iowa 52.2%; 47 of 90 filings · 15 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2014-09 12.5%; 8–15% band · 1 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #863 volume; #2,267 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,404 places worse than volume

How does Hauge Associates, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Hauge Associates, 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

Hauge Associates, Inc. National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

96%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

13%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-09 2025-09

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	28
Written notification about debt	17
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	14
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	8
False statements or representation	8
Communication tactics	8
Disclosure verification of debt	5
Improper contact or sharing of info	2

Where do complaints against Hauge Associates, Inc. come from?

Hauge Associates, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Iowa

47
Nebraska

13
South Dakota

7
Illinois

4
Texas

4
Colorado

3
Minnesota

3
New York

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Hauge Associates, 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: 90.

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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