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Background Check Software

Software and services for running criminal, employment, education and drug checks on candidates or tenants, so hiring and leasing decisions rest on verified fact rather than a CV.

81 businesses

Background Check

Belleville, Illinois, United States

The koleman group specializes in pre-employment screening & background check. We offer on site drug testing. We are designed to…

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Certiphi Background Screening

Warminster, Pennsylvania, United States

Certiphi screening, inc. Is a member of the vertical screen family of applicant screening companies, exclusively serving the…

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cFIRST

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Cfirst is a digital global background screening service provider headquartered in cincinnati, Ohio. We excel at impact-driven…

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CIC Screening

Goodlettsville, Tennessee, United States

Cic screening delivers fast, accurate background checks with real human support and screening programs built around your…

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Cision US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cision is the global leader in consumer and media intelligence, engagement, and communication solutions. We equip PR and…

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Criminal Search

Kennesaw, Georgia, United States

Welcome to microbilt, a leading innovator in alternative credit data and risk management solutions for over 40 years. Our…

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Deverus

Austin, Texas, United States

Established in 1998, privately-held Austin-based deverus, inc., helps companies in the background screening industry work better…

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eKnowID

Chicago, Illinois, United States

In this modern age a person’s digital profile is readily used to determine eligibility for employment, education and housing. The…

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Employers Choice Screening

Whittier, California, United States

Aligning your organization with a reputable and compliant employment background screening company is crucial. How do you find the…

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Fresh Haystack

Columbia, Maryland, United States

Canda solutions is a leading risk management software and services provider specializing serving national security enterprises…

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Global Investigative Services

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Since 1993, global has been focusing on assisting businesses, agencies, and institutions, throughout the world, secure qualified…

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GradADVANTAGE

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Impress potential employers with gradadvantage™ by making sure your resume rises to the top! Increase resume views by adding the…

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JDP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

For the past 16 years, jdp has been a trusted provider of comprehensive background screening solutions and advanced verification…

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Justiweb

Murrysville, Pennsylvania, United States

Founded in 1982 and a fore-runner in the background checking industry, justifacts credential verification's mission is to be the…

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MeasureOne

San Francisco, California, United States

Automate your business workflows and lower your costs with measureone, the most comprehensive and accurate platform for income…

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MonitorBase

Murray, Utah, United States

Since 2007, monitorbase has helped thousands of retail mortgage loan officers find closed loans within their contacts. Our…

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Perfect Fit

Chicago, Illinois, United States

G2 is the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace. More than 100 million people annually - including employees at…

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S2Verify

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

S2verify is a full-service background screening provider. Our services include: criminal background checks, drug testing…

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ScreeningOne

Tampa, Florida, United States

Screen better. Hire smarter. For businesses of all sizes, private, public or non-profit, pre-employment screening is the key to a…

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These providers run the checks that sit between an offer and a start date: criminal record searches at county, state and federal level, employment and education verification, drug and health screening, motor vehicle records, credit checks, and in some cases tenant screening for landlords. A customer submits a candidate's consent and identifying details, the vendor pulls from court records, databases, past employers and schools, and returns a report — usually through a portal or an API into the applicant tracking system — with results flagged against what the employer has decided counts as a pass, a fail, or something needing a second look.

People end up looking for this because they've been burned, or they're worried they will be. A reference that didn't check out after the hire, a degree that was never awarded, a driver with a licence that had already been suspended — any of these turns into a liability question fast, especially in regulated industries like healthcare, transport, education, or finance. Hiring at any real volume also exposes how slow and inconsistent manual checks are: someone in HR calling old employers and typing county court websites, results varying by who did the digging, and offers stalling while everyone waits. Add FCRA, EEOC guidance, and a patchwork of state and local ban-the-box and salary-history-style rules, and doing this by hand becomes a compliance risk as much as an efficiency one.

The products differ mainly in how they source data and how much of the compliance workflow they automate. Some run direct county-level court research themselves, which is slower but more accurate in jurisdictions with poor digital records; others lean on national database aggregation, which is fast but can carry more false positives or gaps that need manual confirmation. Turnaround time varies a lot in practice — same-day versus several days — and matters more the higher your hiring volume. Coverage is another real divide: international checks, gig-economy or high-volume retail screening, and tenant screening are handled well by some vendors and not offered at all by others. Worth comparing directly: adverse-action and dispute workflow automation (does it handle FCRA notices for you or leave that to your legal team), depth of integration with your ATS or HRIS, candidate-facing experience for consent and status tracking, and whether pricing is per-check or bundled, since a la carte pricing gets expensive fast once you add drug testing and education verification on top of a basic criminal check.

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