What is the most common complaint against Hawes Klein LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Hawes Klein LLC is "Written notification about debt", specifically "Didn't receive enough information to verify debt". This is based on 12 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Hawes Klein LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Hawes Klein LLC have been stable. The company received 3 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Hawes Klein LLC's reputation grade?

Hawes Klein LLC has a reputation grade of F (score: 25.5/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Hawes Klein LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Hawes Klein LLC has a 0% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Hawes Klein LLC operate?

Hawes Klein LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 12 states, with the most complaints from Alabama (1 complaints).

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

Hawes Klein LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 12 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Written notification about debt

5
False statements or representation

3
Attempts to collect debt not owed

2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

1
Communication tactics

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record hawes-klein-llc Hawes Klein LLC

Grade F · 12 CFPB filings · 0% timely · lead issue: Written notification about debt · vol #2320 · compose #5249

VOL 12
GRADE F
12MO 3
STATES 12
TIMELY 0%
ISSUE Written notification about…
RANK #2,320
COMPOSE #5,249

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: 1803 Capital, LLC (12 complaints)

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

Hawes Klein LLC's 12 CFPB complaints sit next to 1803 Capital, 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 →

Distributed filing map

Hawes Klein LLC spreads filings across 12 states - Alabama leads at only 8.3%

Despite a broad state map, Hawes Klein LLC still sits volume #2,320 against composite #5,249 - the two RankMaps diverge by 2,929 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; Alabama still leads at 8.3% across 12 states
Seasonal peak: 2015-04 14.8%; 8–15% band · 4 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,320 volume; #5,249 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,929 places worse than volume

How does Hawes Klein LLC compare to its peers?

How does Hawes Klein 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

Hawes Klein LLC National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

23%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

17%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-12 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Written notification about debt	5
False statements or representation	3
Attempts to collect debt not owed	2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	1
Communication tactics	1

Where do complaints against Hawes Klein LLC come from?

Hawes Klein LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Alabama

1
Florida

1
Georgia

1
Kentucky

1
Maryland

1
New Jersey

1
Ohio

1
Pennsylvania

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Hawes Klein 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: 12.

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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