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Top 25 Retail background check providers based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 599 retail background check providers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 17,592 professional contacts across them, including 6,248 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers retail background check providers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest retail background check providers based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,879 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sterling was acquired by First Advantage on October 31st, 2024.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 2,848 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “HireRight delivers global background checks, drug testing, and employment verification services through an innovative platform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,619 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “In a category of inflexible giants and ill-equipped startups, Accurate Background stands alone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,474 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “GIS | HireRight was established in 1966 and is one of the nation's oldest and largest background screening providers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 698 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cisive is a trusted partner for comprehensive, high-risk compliance-driven background screening and workforce monitoring solutions, specializing in highly regulated…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 667 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “cFIRST is a digital global background screening service provider headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 259 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Universal Background provides industry leading people insights to safety sensitive organizations in a simplified experience through our best-in-class background screening, drug…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 192 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Asurint is a leading provider of screening data and software serving the the employment, tenant, and government sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 185 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Verified First, we believe great companies start with great people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 172 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Better By Every Measure.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 147 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We've moved!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 146 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A federally qualified Small Business, IDS offers end to end investigative solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 144 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to ScoutLogic.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 137 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Vault Workforce Screening was acquired by Sterling on January 2, 2024.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PreCheck, Powered by Cisive, is a healthcare specific background screening firm helping healthcare organizations improve patient safety and the quality of care with our suite of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 124 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AccuSourceHR™ Workforce Solutions is a PBSA-accredited employment screening organization, with fast, affordable, technology-driven solutions and award-winning US-based client care.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 107 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1982 and a fore-runner in the Background Checking Industry, Justifacts Credential Verification's mission is to be the premier provider of thorough and informative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 100 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “KENTECH is an award-winning investigative technology company that helps organizations make faster, smarter, more defensible decisions about the people they hire, partner with, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “InfoMart is a WBENC-certified and PBSA-accredited industry leader in background screening services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Verified Credentials, LLC is a leading background screening company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Inflection delivers powerful, fair, and reliable screening products to empower companies to make better and faster people decisions about who they should hire, who they should…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hiring decisions are more complex than ever.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1983, Concorde has established itself as an industry leader in all facets of Employment Screening and Health Services including: Drug and Alcohol Testing, Background…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “About USAFact, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Checkers International is a WOC-owned, attorney-led provider of background checks and social media screening services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: retail background check providers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names retail background check providers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of retail background check providers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name retail background check providers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Retail background check providers based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 599 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among retail background check providers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “retail background check providers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names retail background check providers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among retail background check providers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 6,248 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names retail background check providers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many retail background check providers are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 599 retail background check providers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Sterling, headquartered in Independence, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most retail background check providers?
New York leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Austin (8) and Houston (8).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 6,248 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 599 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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