Together, the companies will offer small-to-medium-sized businesses a faster, easier, and more integrated screening experience.
HireRight, a leading provider of global background screening services and workforce solutions, has completed the acquisition of ClearChecks, a background screening provider focused on the small-to-medium-sized business (SMB) market.
The acquisition marks a significant step in HireRight’s continued investment and growth strategy for backgroundchecks.com (BGC), the company’s self-service screening platform for SMBs. The addition of ClearChecks to the HireRight family of companies will support HireRight’s efforts to form a market-leading technology and service model tailored to the needs of SMBs—offering a modern user experience and innovative features, such as one-click integrations with applicant tracking systems.
“HireRight and ClearChecks share a commitment to providing high-quality, thorough screening services and outstanding customer satisfaction,” said Euan Menzies, HireRight President and CEO. “This investment further highlights HireRight’s commitment to the SMB market and our goal of delivering high-quality service with a fast turnaround time for customers and their candidates.”
“ClearChecks is delighted to now be part of HireRight and strengthen their offerings by incorporating our innovative technology, intuitive design, and exceptional live-person customer support into their backgroundchecks.com brand,” said Charlie Cafazza, Co-CEO of ClearChecks.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with HireRight in providing quality screening services in the SMB sector and beyond,” said Dan Ellis, Co-CEO of ClearChecks. “When Charlie and I founded ClearChecks, our mission was to build a technology platform aimed at mid-market companies. Through this strategic partnership, we will be equipped to offer innovative new features, products, ATS integrations, and API to a broader group of growing businesses.”
For more information on the full range of products and services available from HireRight, please visit www.HireRight.com.
About HireRight
HireRight is a leading global provider of technology-driven workforce risk management and compliance solutions. We provide comprehensive background screening, verification, identification, monitoring, and drug and health screening services for approximately 34,000 customers across the globe. We offer our services via a global platform that tightly integrates into our customers’ human capital management systems enabling highly effective and efficient workflows for workforce hiring, onboarding, and monitoring. In 2024, we screened over 60 million job applicants, employees, and contractors for our customers and processed over 120 million screens. For more information, visit www.hireright.com.
About backgroundchecks.com
Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, backgroundchecks.com, part of the HireRight family of companies, provides a suite of background screening services, including services sourced from a proprietary database of over 650 million criminal records and more than 22 million photos. Backgroundchecks.com delivers reports in an intuitive, user-friendly format. For more information, visit www.backgroundchecks.com.
About ClearChecks
ClearChecks is a data and risk-management company for small to enterprise customers. They provide background checks, credit reporting, and other data services for businesses nationwide without collecting and storing sensitive personal information. They offer a wide range of reports and data sources for different types of businesses. For more information, visit www.clearchecks.com.
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The addition of ClearChecks to the HireRight family of companies will support HireRight’s efforts to form a market-leading technology and service model tailored to the needs of SMBs—offering a modern user experience and innovative features.
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