What is the most common complaint against Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt was result of identity theft". This is based on 16 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC are rising. The company received 5 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC's reputation grade?

Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC has a reputation grade of C (score: 57.3/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC has a 93% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 50% of cases.

In how many states does Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC operate?

Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 2 states, with the most complaints from Illinois (15 complaints).

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

Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 2 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

7
False statements or representation

4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly

1
Improper contact or sharing of info

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record heavner-beyers-mihlar-llc Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC

Grade C · 16 CFPB filings · 93% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #2084 · compose #2888

VOL 16
GRADE C
12MO 5
STATES 2
TIMELY 93%
DISPUTE 50%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #2,084
COMPOSE #2,888

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Absolute Collections Corp. (16 complaints)

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

Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC's 16 CFPB complaints sit next to Absolute Collections Corp. 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

93.8% of Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC's CFPB filings land in Illinois

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC is volume #2,084 but composite #2,888, while Illinois dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Illinois 93.8%; 15 of 16 filings · 2 states touched
Spike month: 2025-10 50.0%; 6 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,084 volume; #2,888 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 804 places worse than volume

How does Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC compare to its peers?

How does Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar 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

Heavner, Beyers & Mihl… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

93%

39%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

50%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2019-03 2025-11

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	7
False statements or representation	4
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1
Improper contact or sharing of info	1

Where do complaints against Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC come from?

Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Illinois

15
Missouri

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar 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: 16.

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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