What is the most common complaint against Machol & Johannes, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about Machol & Johannes, LLC is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Not given enough info to verify debt". This is based on 213 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Machol & Johannes, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Machol & Johannes, LLC are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Machol & Johannes, LLC's reputation grade?

Machol & Johannes, LLC has a reputation grade of D (score: 53.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Machol & Johannes, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

Machol & Johannes, LLC has a 92% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 16% of cases.

In how many states does Machol & Johannes, LLC operate?

Machol & Johannes, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 14 states, with the most complaints from Colorado (90 complaints).

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

Machol & Johannes, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 14 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

36
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

34
Disclosure verification of debt

28
False statements or representation

27
Taking/threatening an illegal action

25
Written notification about debt

23

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record machol-johannes-llc Machol & Johannes, LLC

Grade D · 213 CFPB filings · 92% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #504 · compose #3700

VOL 213
GRADE D
12MO 0
STATES 14
TIMELY 92%
DISPUTE 16%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #504
COMPOSE #3,700

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Green Square Company LLC. (213 complaints)

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

Machol & Johannes, LLC's 213 CFPB complaints sit next to Green Square Company 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 →

State-heavy filing map

42.3% of Machol & Johannes, LLC's CFPB filings land in Colorado

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Machol & Johannes, LLC is volume #504 but composite #3,700, while Colorado dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Colorado 42.3%; 90 of 213 filings · 14 states touched
Seasonal peak: 2025-08 9.4%; 8–15% band · 5 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #504 volume; #3,700 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,196 places worse than volume

How does Machol & Johannes, LLC compare to its peers?

How does Machol & Johannes, 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

Machol & Johannes, LLC National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

92%

27%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

16%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2022-11 2026-01

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	36
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	34
Disclosure verification of debt	28
False statements or representation	27
Taking/threatening an illegal action	25
Written notification about debt	23
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	21
Communication tactics	9
Improper contact or sharing of info	7
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	3

Where do complaints against Machol & Johannes, LLC come from?

Machol & Johannes, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Colorado

90
Washington

54
New Mexico

23
Oklahoma

17
Utah

5
Oregon

4
California

3
Texas

3

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Machol & Johannes, 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: 213.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 91.54929577464789%.

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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