Employment Screening Services

What Employment Screening Services does

Employment Screening Services (operating as DISA Global Solutions, formerly GHRR – Global HR Resources) is a private U.S.-based provider of employment background screening and HR risk management solutions, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The company serves HR professionals, hiring managers, and job candidates through its core product, the DISAScreen platform — an end-to-end screening workflow system that unifies smart dashboards for hiring managers, a secure candidate portal for disclosures, electronic signatures, and status tracking, barcode-enabled check-in at collection sites, and configurable real-time notifications. Its technology emphasizes operational ease-of-use, candidate experience customization with client branding, and integration pathways with leading Applicant Tracking Systems.

The company generates revenue primarily through subscription-based, recurring employment screening service contracts priced via personalized quote-based sales engagement rather than public pricing. Its go-to-market combines enterprise field sales targeting larger organizations with a self-serve platform motion for mid-market customers, supported by content marketing through an HR-focused blog. The customer base spans "thousands of companies" across multiple industries, with no vertical concentration disclosed. The company has received multiple funding rounds, with a 2020 round led by Renovo Capital, and operates with 101-250 employees. Sheila Benson serves as Founder, President, and CEO, providing leadership continuity since inception. The company rebranded from GHRR to DISA Global Solutions as part of a broader repositioning toward global enterprise screening.

Name

Employment Screening Services

Website

https://es2.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Employment Screening Services (DISA Global Solutions) is a U.S.-based employment background screening provider serving HR professionals and hiring managers via its DISAScreen platform, offering end-to-end candidate screening, branded candidate portals, barcode check-in, and ATS integrations on a recurring subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employment Screening Software

NAICS

Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Continuous Monitoring & Post-Hire Screening (BPACALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Drug & Alcohol Testing Coordination (BPACALAE), Global / International Background Screening (BPACALAI)

Keywords

• Background check services
• Employment screening software
• Pre-employment screening
• HR compliance solutions
• Workforce screening platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Employment Screening Services: Core revenue stream from providing comprehensive background checks and employment screening services to companies. Services include comprehensive candidate screening orders that can be submitted in minutes through the DISAScreen platform.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Employment Screening Services (DISA Global Solutions) provides the DISAScreen platform, an end-to-end employment screening solution that combines background checks, drug and alcohol screening, and onboarding workflows. The platform offers smart dashboards for hiring managers and a candidate-facing portal that supports real-time tracking, digital consent, and barcode-tracked sample handling. The company serves HR professionals and hiring managers who need to manage candidate screening and compliance at scale.

Product overview

DISA Global Solutions (formerly GHRR) offers a single unified employment screening platform called DISAScreen. The platform is designed for both hiring managers and candidates: hiring managers use smart dashboards to order and monitor comprehensive candidate screenings, while candidates go through a personalized portal experience that handles document review, electronic signatures, collection site navigation with barcode check-ins, and real-time status notifications. The platform emphasizes an integrated, end-to-end experience accessible from a single portal without requiring candidates to navigate between multiple websites.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DISAScreen DISAScreen is an end-to-end employment screening platform that provides background checks, drug and alcohol screening, and onboarding workflows through smart dashboards for hiring managers and a candidate-facing portal. It supports digital consent, real-time candidate tracking, and barcode-based sample handling, and is designed for HR professionals and hiring managers who need to manage high-volume candidate screening with regulatory compliance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Comprehensive candidate screening order can be submitted in minutes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• First Advantage: Public, large-scale background screening and workforce solutions provider. Comparable in customer base, service breadth, and global enterprise focus; serves as a benchmark for scale in the same category.
• Sterling: Large, long-established background screening provider serving enterprise HR. Closely comparable to DISA Global Solutions in customer segment, service breadth (background checks, drug testing, monitoring), and consultative enterprise sales motion; a primary 'switch-from' competitor for the company.
• HireRight: Global employment screening provider offering background checks, drug/health screening, and identity verification to enterprise and mid-market employers. Direct peer — same buyer, overlapping product suite, similar go-to-market.
• Checkr: AI-native employment background screening platform serving enterprise and mid-market HR teams. Directly comparable to DISAScreen in target buyer (hiring managers/HR), product category (pre-employment background checks), and workflow, though differentiated by its modern PLG motion and machine-learning adjudication.
• InfoMart: Employment background screening company with an integrated technology platform serving HR teams. Closely comparable business model and target buyer to DISA Global Solutions.
• Universal Background Screening: Background screening provider targeting employers with integrated screening workflow tools. Comparable in product category and target segment.
• Accurate Background: Mid-market and enterprise employment background screening provider with similar technology-platform positioning and consultative sales motion. Direct competitor for DISA's mid-market self-serve offering and enterprise accounts.

Emerging players

• Veremark: International background screening provider with a modern API-first platform serving global employers. Comparable in product category and global scope, though with a younger product and emerging-market positioning.
• Intelligo: AI-enabled background screening and risk intelligence provider. Comparable in product category and target buyer; differentiated by data-analytics depth and emerging-player positioning relative to traditional screening incumbents.
• Certn: AI-driven background screening platform focused on faster, developer-friendly screening for growing employers. Comparable in target buyer and product category, but differentiated by technology approach and growth-stage profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ess_inc
• Facebookfacebook.com/employmentscreeningservices
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/employment-screening-services

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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