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

CFPB complaint data Grade F 77 complaints

Stern Recovery Services, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 10 states, reputation grade F.

Complaints by issue type

What consumers report about Stern Recovery Services, Inc.

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
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Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record stern-recovery-services-inc Stern Recovery Services, Inc.

Grade F · 77 CFPB filings · 88% timely · lead issue: Written notification about debt

  • VOL 77
  • GRADE F
  • 12MO 0
  • STATES 10
  • TIMELY 88%
  • ISSUE Written notification about…
  • RANK #951
  • COMPOSE Not ranked

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Adelante, Inc (77 complaints)

Adelante, IncAdelante, Inc77Concentric Receivables Management, Ltd.Concentric Receivables Manag…77Early Warning Services, LLCEarly Warning Services, LLC77HF HoldingsHF Holdings77Stern Recovery Services, Inc. (this)Stern Recovery Services, Inc…77
CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Stern Recovery Services, Inc.'s 77 CFPB complaints sit next to Adelante, 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 →

How the 77 complaints break down

Every complaint issue type on record for Stern Recovery Services, Inc., not just the top ones shown above.

Reputation score breakdown

F
Composite reputation score
46.6/100
Stern Recovery Services, Inc.

Blends complaint volume, timely-response rate, dispute rate, and recent trend from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database into one comparable 0-100 score. Not an official CFPB rating and not a finding of wrongdoing — see methodology for the exact formula.

Complaint volume F
77
Fewer complaints relative to graded peers scores higher; volume reflects footprint as much as conduct.
Timely response A
88%
Share of complaints answered inside the CFPB’s 15-day window.
Dispute rate N/A
N/A
No dispute rate reported.
Recent trend B
Falling
Whether the last 12 months of complaints are rising, stable, or falling vs the prior period.

State-heavy filing map

79.2% of Stern Recovery Services, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in North Carolina

Concentration is computed from this collector's company_states rows only, not a national baseline. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state
North Carolina 79.2%
61 of 77 filings · 10 states touched
Spike month
2016-06 15.7%
8 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Corpus ranks
#951 volume
Composite not ranked (fewer than 200 complaints)
Volume rank among 5,420 collectors

How does Stern Recovery Services, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Stern Recovery Services, 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
Stern Recovery Services, Inc. National average
Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better
0
0
268
Timely-response ratehigher is better
88%
92%
91%
Consumer-dispute ratelower is better
0%
16%
19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Response speed vs. dispute rate, among similar-volume collectors

Timely response and dispute rate track only weakly together nationally (r=0.22 among collectors with 5+ complaints): answering promptly does not reliably buy Stern Recovery Services, Inc. a lower dispute rate.

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Timely response rate (%) (X) and Dispute rate (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Responsive but disputedSlow & disputedResponsive & trustedSlow but undisputed 20%40%60%80%100%120% 0%10%20%30%40% Timely response rate (%) Dispute rate (%) Stern Recovery Services, Inc. vs. 9 similar-volume peers, by response speed and dispute rate Stephens and Michaels Associates, Inc.United Student Aid (USA) FundsSessoms & Rogers, P.A.Universal Fidelity LPRevenue Assurance Professionals LLCPinnacle Asset Management, LLCJonathan Neil & Associates, IncEarly Warning Services, LLCConcentric Receivables Management, Ltd.
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Stern Recovery Services, Inc.'s complaint volume in context

Stern Recovery Services, Inc. vs all collectors by complaint volume

Where this collector's total CFPB complaint count sits among every tracked debt collector (volume, not a quality ranking)

77 Top 18% higher than 82% of 5,420 collectors

0–20: 3,504 collectors (65%). Below this entry. 20–40: 565 collectors (10%). Below this entry. 40–60: 260 collectors (5%). Below this entry. 60–80: 163 collectors (3%). This entry sits in this band. 80–100: 112 collectors (2%). Above this entry. 100–120: 63 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 120–140: 67 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 140–160: 53 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 160–180: 42 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 180–200: 55 collectors (1%). Above this entry. 200–220: 536 collectors (10%). Above this entry. Stern Recovery Services, Inc. 0 220 tracked debt collectors, bucketed by value

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Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database · September 2026

Complaint Trend (24 months)

Falling ↓
2016-05 2019-04

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue Complaints
Written notification about debt
41
Attempts to collect debt not owed
26
False statements or representation
5
Communication tactics
2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly
2
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action
1

Where do complaints against Stern Recovery Services, Inc. come from?

Stern Recovery Services, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Top states by complaints against Stern Recovery Services, Inc.

Across 10 states with at least one filing

complaints
Source CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Stern Recovery Services, 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: 77.

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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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