CFPB · Single-product concentration
Bessine Walterbach, LLP
20 CFPB complaints · 100% in "Debt collection" · top issue Took or threatened to take negative or legal action.
Bessine Walterbach, LLP: 100% of 20 CFPB complaints sit in "Debt collection". Timely 100% · relief 0%. Allegations, not findings.
- Single-product concentration
- +400% filings 2017 to 2025
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company bessine-walterbach-llp
0% relief · 100% timely · 20 filings · Debt collection
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: Transworld Systems Inc (0% relief)
Bessine Walterbach, LLP closes 0% with relief, below the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
Most of Bessine Walterbach, LLP's 20 filings include narrative text
55% carry a written consumer narrative, this ledger is unusually text-rich for a CFPB company page. Counts still add to the company's total filings; narrative presence is not a severity finding.
CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.
Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Bessine Walterbach, LLP complaint mix by product
- Debt collection 20 100.0% – 0% relief
How Bessine Walterbach, LLP's 20 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Debt collection | 20 |
Concentrated filing states for Bessine Walterbach, LLP
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- MO
- 45% of this company's filings
Bessine Walterbach, LLP rising annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2025
- 5
- +400% vs 2017
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| MO | 9 |
| KS | 8 |
| IA | 1 |
| AL | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Took or threatened to take negative or legal action | 7 |
| Written notification about debt | 6 |
| False statements or representation | 5 |
| Attempts to collect debt not owed | 2 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 100% |
| 2018 | 2 | 100% |
| 2019 | 3 | 100% |
| 2020 | 3 | 100% |
| 2021 | 3 | 100% |
| 2022 | 1 | 100% |
| 2023 | 2 | 100% |
| 2025 | 5 | 100% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
Bessine Walterbach, LLP filings cluster in one product
Bessine Walterbach, LLP's 20 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 4 states show a filing. 55% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2017 through 2025-11-17.
Bessine Walterbach, LLP answers 100% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 100% with a written explanation. 0% end in monetary or non-monetary relief for the consumer. Consumers disputed just 0% of responses after the company replied. "Debt collection" draws the most filings, most often for "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action."
A complaint is a consumer-reported allegation, not proven wrongdoing. See the disclaimer below for how volume relates to company size, and cross-check against the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database directly before drawing conclusions about Bessine Walterbach, LLP.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Bessine Walterbach, LLP: nearest filing volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among companies with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.
Similar filing volume
Nearest companies by total CFPB complaints. This record: 20.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 100%.
Disclaimer: This data is from CFPB public records. PlainComplaint does not provide financial advice. A complaint does not indicate that a company has violated any law or regulation. Complaint volumes are influenced by company size, customer base, and market presence. Use this data as one of many inputs when evaluating a company.
Data sourced from official public datasets for Bessine Walterbach, LLP (100% timely; 0% relief). methodology.
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