What Tracers does

Tracers, operating as a commercial brand of Enformion, LLC and headquartered in Brooksville, Florida, is a cloud-based investigative research software platform that aggregates over 120 billion records from more than 6,000 sources, claiming coverage of approximately 98% of the US adult population. The platform is positioned primarily for legal professionals, licensed investigators, and law enforcement agencies, but extends across nine documented verticals: legal professionals, licensed investigators, law enforcement, collections agencies, corporations, financial services, government, insurance, and healthcare. Core technical functionality combines multi-source cross-referencing with multiple access modes — manual web searches via a cloud-based portal, automated batch file processing for high-volume use cases, and REST-style API endpoints — supporting use cases such as skip tracing, asset search, criminal records retrieval, property records search, identity verification, social media search, license plate recognition, inmate monitoring, and business/corporate due diligence.

The underlying architecture centres on a unified data layer powering both UI-driven and programmatic access. Distinct API products (Phone Append, Identity Verification, Collection Agency, Financial Institutions, and Healthcare) expose subsets of the data for embedding into customer and partner systems. Specialized investigative tools — including OSINT, deceased records, utility listings, and address history — are packaged as modules around the platform, alongside vertical-specific solution suites for collections, insurance, healthcare, government, and law enforcement. Distribution combines direct sales, bar-association referral partnerships (Texas, Missouri, Vermont, Connecticut), and partner-site / API resellers.

Revenue is generated through hybrid pricing: subscription-style recurring SaaS platform access, usage-based API and batch-processing fees with competitive per-hit rates for high volume, and professional-services revenue from court-run document retrieval. Customer intake is quote-based with tiered volume pricing (1–100, 100–1,000, 1,000–10,000+, and 10,000+ monthly search bands). The company is private, with no disclosed external funding, and operates as a subsidiary under Enformion, LLC.

Name

Tracers

Legal name

Enformion, LLC

Website

https://tracers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tracers is a cloud-based investigative research platform aggregating 120+ billion records from 6,000+ sources. It serves legal professionals, law enforcement, collections agencies, corporations, financial institutions, government, insurance, and healthcare organizations across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Investigative Research Software

NAICS

Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611), Investigation and Security Services (5616)

SIC

Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies (7320), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation Support & Civil Investigations (Witness/Asset/Skip Tracing) (BPAKAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Skip Tracing & Locate Services (Address/Phone/Employer Discovery) (BPAAAEAF)

Keywords

• Investigative research software
• Public records search
• Skip tracing services
• Identity verification software
• Due diligence platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooksville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Access: Cloud-based subscription access to the Tracers investigative research platform with per-search or subscription-based pricing models. Customers can access data through manual searches, batch processing, or API integration.
2. API Access: API access for high-volume processing and integration with third-party platforms. Revenue generated through API usage, particularly for financial services, healthcare, and collection agency integrations.
3. Batch Processing Services: Batch file processing for customers needing to search hundreds or thousands of individuals at once with competitive per-hit rates.
4. Court Run Services: Court document retrieval services with turnaround time of a few days for specific court documents not available through the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tracers provides a cloud-based investigative research platform that aggregates over 120 billion public and private records from 6,000+ sources, enabling users to locate individuals, verify identities, search assets, and conduct due diligence. The platform is offered through three access methods—a web-based dashboard for manual searches, batch processing for high-volume operations, and REST APIs for programmatic integration—and is used by legal professionals, licensed investigators, law enforcement, collections agencies, corporations, financial institutions, government agencies, insurers, and healthcare organizations.

Product overview

Tracers is a cloud-based investigative research software platform that provides access to public and private records for legal professionals, investigators, law enforcement, collections agencies, corporations, financial services, government, insurance, and healthcare industries. The platform offers a unified core system with multiple access methods including individual web searches, batch processing, and API integration. Key products include the core Investigative Research Software platform, specialized practice area solutions (Family Law, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation, Immigration), investigator tools (Background Investigations, Skip Tracing, Asset Recovery, OSINT), industry-specific solutions (Collections, Corporations, Financial Services, Government, Insurance, Healthcare), and specialized search products (License Plate Recognition, Incarcerated Inmate Search, Social Media Search, Property Records Search). The platform claims access to over 120 billion records from over 6,000 sources, covering nearly every adult in the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Core Investigative Research Software Platform Cloud-based investigative and data research software that provides access to public and private records, enabling users to find key information about individuals and businesses for legal, investigative, and compliance purposes. Used by legal professionals, licensed investigators, law enforcement, collections agencies, corporations, financial services, government, insurance, and healthcare organizations.
• Skip Tracing People location service that combines real-time and alternative data sources to find current contact information for individuals who are difficult to locate, used extensively in debt collection and investigations.
• Batch Skip Tracing Automated bulk skip tracing solution that processes large lists of individuals simultaneously for efficient debt recovery and investigative workflows.
• Batch Processing Bulk data processing service allowing users to search thousands of records simultaneously through automated batch file processing with competitive per-hit rates.
• Collections Solutions Industry-specific suite of tools for collection agencies, debt buyers, repossession firms, and first/third party collections operations, including skip tracing, right-party contact, phone appends, debt recovery assessment, and bankruptcy records search.
• Law Enforcement Solutions Specialized tools for federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies including crime and criminal investigations support, training and case support, data sharing capabilities, and transparency and community policing features.
• Government Solutions Government sector tools including tax and revenue software, healthcare provider fraud detection, identity management software, property tax fraud prevention, tax refund identity fraud software, public assistance fraud prevention, and collections software for state and local agencies.
• Insurance Solutions Industry-specific tools for insurance companies and payers including claims management software, fraud detection software, data prefill, location intelligence software, active risk management software, and quoting and underwriting solutions.
• Healthcare Solutions Healthcare industry tools for fraud waste and abuse detection, healthcare payer software, member identity intelligence, and provider data management and services.
• Phone Append API REST API endpoint for appending phone numbers to existing contact records to improve debtor contact in collections operations.
• Identity Verification API REST API endpoint for real-time identity verification and authentication services for financial institutions and businesses.
• Collection Agency API REST API endpoint for collection agencies to access skip tracing, identity verification, and debtor location services programmatically.
• Financial Institutions API REST API endpoint for banks and financial services companies to access KYC, customer due diligence, and fraud detection services.
• Healthcare API REST API endpoint for healthcare organizations to access fraud detection, identity management, and provider data services.
• Court Run Services Court document retrieval services for specific documents not available through the platform, with turnaround time of a few days.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000 public-safety professionals joined Tracers last year alone
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• State Bar of TexascoreGTM or Marketing PartnerThe State Bar of Texas has partnered with Tracers to provide their members with access to investigative research software. This partnership provides credibility endorsement for Tracers among Texas legal professionals.
• Missouri BarcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMissouri Bar Association partnership providing Tracers access to their member attorney base and endorsement credibility for the platform among Missouri legal professionals.
• Vermont Bar AssociationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerVermont Bar Association partnership offering Tracers investigative research tools to Vermont attorneys with association endorsement.
• Connecticut Bar AssociationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerConnecticut Bar Association partnership providing Tracers platform access to Connecticut legal professionals with bar endorsement.
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs PolicecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerVA Police uses Tracers for investigative research, demonstrating platform credibility in law enforcement applications.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the dominant public records, skip tracing, identity verification, KYC/AML, and investigative data provider. It directly competes with Tracers across legal, collections, government, and law enforcement verticals with deeper global coverage and AI-driven risk analytics.
• TransUnion (TLO): TransUnion's TLO (now part of Truveta/TransUnion Public Records) provides investigative search, skip tracing, and asset location services used heavily by law enforcement, PIs, and legal professionals, directly overlapping with Tracers' core offerings.
• IRBsearch (Intelius): IRBsearch delivers background checks, criminal records, and people/business search data to PIs, legal, and HR screening customers, competing head-to-head with Tracers on data breadth and investigative search workflows.
• Pipl: Pipl provides identity resolution and people/search APIs used for fraud prevention, KYC, and investigations, directly competing with Tracers' API-based identity verification and people-locator products.

Broad incumbents

• Verisk Analytics: Verisk is a large analytics and data services incumbent serving insurance, financial services, and government. It competes with Tracers in insurance data prefill, fraud detection, and risk analytics, though it does not focus on Tracers' skip-tracing niche.
• PeopleConnect (TruthFinder/Instant Checkmate): PeopleConnect operates consumer-facing people search and background check brands (TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate). While it targets consumers rather than enterprise PIs, it relies on similar public records aggregation, making it a tangential competitor for upstream data sourcing.
• BeenVerified: BeenVerified is a consumer background check service aggregating public records. It does not directly compete for enterprise PI customers, but it competes for upstream data sources and brand attention in the broader people-search category.

Emerging players

• Checkr: Checkr is a modern background screening platform that uses APIs and ML to deliver FCRA-compliant background checks to employers and gig economy companies. It overlaps with Tracers' corporate/HR screening use case with a more modern, developer-first delivery model.
• BatchSkipTracing: BatchSkipTracing specializes in high-volume, batch skip tracing for real estate investors, debt collectors, and PIs. It overlaps directly with Tracers' Batch Skip Tracing product in the collections and asset recovery segments.

Others

• Enformion: Enformion is the parent holding company of Tracers and offers comparable public records search and skip tracing tools under its own brand, making it the closest corporate relative and a useful benchmark for unit economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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