Certn isn’t a background check provider with a tech department, it’s a tech-first leader innovating every part of the background…
4.8
63 reviews
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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.
Iprospectcheck was founded on the belief that all employers deserve access to a strategic screening partner that consistently…
4.7
Our mission is to provide you the best screening in the world. We do this by working proactively with our customers regarding…
4.7
317 reviews
Incheck offers a full suite of background screening solutions for employers and volunteer organizations. With 20 years of…
4.5
1 reviews
At one source, we believe success for any organization begins with the right people. We provide timely, comprehensive, and…
4.5
2 reviews
Data facts provides clients with national and international background screening solutions to make sound hiring decisions. We…
4.3
2 reviews
Shield screening provides better background checks while alleviating the risk and stress associated with the screening process…
4.3
3 reviews
Founded in 2005, asurint has redefined screening by blending advanced technology with human insights, creating a smarter, more…
4.2
15 reviews
Infomart is a wbenc-certified and pbsa-accredited industry leader in background screening services. Our services include criminal…
4.0
2 reviews
At verified first, we believe great companies start with great people. Since 2013, we’ve helped organizations transform their…
4.0
19 reviews
Sterling was acquired by first advantage on October 31st, 2024. First advantage (nasdaq: fa) is a leading provider of employment…
3.3
52 reviews
Cfirst is a digital global background screening service provider headquartered in cincinnati, Ohio. We excel at impact-driven…
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Cic screening delivers fast, accurate background checks with real human support and screening programs built around your…
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We are the only integrated background verification aggregator platform bringing together 100’s of agencies and regulatory bodies…
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Aligning your organization with a reputable and compliant employment background screening company is crucial. How do you find the…
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Pink screening is women-owned business that was founded by three women with experience in human resources, financial management…
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For the past 16 years, jdp has been a trusted provider of comprehensive background screening solutions and advanced verification…
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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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Automate your business workflows and lower your costs with measureone, the most comprehensive and accurate platform for income…
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At millow, we help businesses make informed decisions by mitigating hiring and financial risks. As a trusted background…
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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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Our founder and president, connie belshe, rp, knows the “trenches” in the background screening industry, and is determined that…
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Trusted employees provides businesses, non-profits, and volunteer organizations with a tailored and compliant approach to…
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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.