What is the most common complaint against Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates?

The most common issue consumers report about Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Threatened to sue you for very old debt". This is based on 85 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates are falling. The company received 0 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates's reputation grade?

Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates has a reputation grade of C (score: 56.1/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates respond to consumer complaints?

Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 28% of cases.

In how many states does Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates operate?

Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 32 states, with the most complaints from Georgia (9 complaints).

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

Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 32 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

20
Attempts to collect debt not owed

16
Communication tactics

16
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

12
False statements or representation

5
Disclosure verification of debt

5

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record miller-stark-klein-and-associates Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates

Grade C · 85 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #898 · compose #3142

VOL 85
GRADE C
12MO 0
STATES 32
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 28%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #898
COMPOSE #3,142

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Account Services Collections, Inc (85 complaints)

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

Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates's 85 CFPB complaints sit next to Account Services Collections, 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 →

Distributed filing map

Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates spreads filings across 32 states - Georgia leads at only 10.6%

Despite a broad state map, Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates still sits volume #898 against composite #3,142 - the two RankMaps diverge by 2,244 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; Georgia still leads at 10.6% across 32 states
Seasonal peak: 2025-09 12.5%; 8–15% band · 4 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #898 volume; #3,142 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,244 places worse than volume

How does Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates compare to its peers?

How does Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Miller, Stark, Klein a… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

28%

21%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2019-11 2025-12

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	20
Attempts to collect debt not owed	16
Communication tactics	16
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	12
False statements or representation	5
Disclosure verification of debt	5
Taking/threatening an illegal action	5
Written notification about debt	3
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	3

Where do complaints against Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates come from?

Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Georgia

9
California

8
Texas

8
New York

7
Florida

6
Ohio

6
Arizona

5
Michigan

5

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Miller, Stark, Klein and Associates: 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: 85.

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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