What Safe Hiring Solutions does

Safe Hiring Solutions is a U.S.-based SaaS provider of background screening, continuous arrest monitoring, visitor management, and safety-training software, headquartered in Crawfordsville, Indiana and founded in 2005 by former Metro Nashville violent crime detective Mike McCarty. The company operates a multi-module platform — Background Checks, ArrestAlert, SafeVisitor, Reflynk, LearningZone, StudentDefender, SafeVendor, and Fingerprint Services — hosted on Microsoft Azure with SOC2 Type 2 compliance and integrated with major Student Information Systems (PowerSchool, Skyward, Infinite Campus), church management software (Rock RMS, Planning Center), crisis-response platforms (CrisisGo, Share911), and the NASRO SROapp. Its two anchor verticals are K-12 schools (750,000+ cumulative background checks) and churches/ministries (4,000+ served via the Ministry Defender Solutions subsidiary), with secondary exposure to healthcare, nonprofits, and corporate hiring. Revenue is generated through a mix of one-time background check fees and recurring subscriptions, including ArrestAlert at $1 per person per month and SafeVendor at $29.95 per check plus a $75 annual fee, with no monthly minimums or setup fees for most services.

The go-to-market combines enterprise field sales, inside sales, self-serve online onboarding, and strategic channel partnerships — most notably an exclusive endorsement from Brotherhood Mutual Insurance for ministry screening, plus relationships with the Southern Baptist Convention, Kiwanis International, and NASRO. Differentiation rests on the founder's law-enforcement credibility, PBSA accreditation and FCRA compliance as a consumer reporting agency, and the ArrestAlert data asset covering 93% of U.S. jail/booking institutions for real-time arrest notifications.

Name

Safe Hiring Solutions

Legal name

Safe Hiring Solutions LLC

Website

https://safehiringsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Safe Hiring Solutions is a U.S. SaaS provider offering background screening, continuous arrest monitoring, visitor management, and safety training primarily to K-12 schools, churches, and youth-serving nonprofits across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Background Screening and Safety Compliance Software

NAICS

Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611), Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Continuous Monitoring & Post-Hire Screening (BPACALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Employee Verification & Background Check Coordination (BPAAAIAG), Identity Verification (ID, SSN Trace, KYC-lite) (BPACALAD), Content Moderation, Safe Messaging & Classroom Communication Safety (EDAFALAE)

Keywords

• Background screening services
• Visitor management systems
• Continuous arrest monitoring
• Automated reference checks
• Child safety training

Headquarters

HQ city

Danville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Background Check Services: One-time fees for comprehensive background checks including SSN verification, county/state/federal criminal searches, sex offender registry checks, motor vehicle records, education/employment verifications, drug testing, and national criminal database searches. Pricing varies by check type and depth.
2. Arrest Alert Continuous Monitoring: Monthly subscription for real-time arrest monitoring. Priced at $1 per person per month. Provides ongoing risk management and allows organizations to extend background check renewal intervals.
3. SafeVendor Certification: Annual certification program for school vendors requiring background checks. $29.95 per background check plus $75 annual fee. Includes identity verification, national criminal database, sex offender search, federal criminal search, and 10-year county residence search.
4. Learning Zone Training Platform: Subscription-based training platform for child abuse prevention and safety training. Offers tiered pricing including BMIC (Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company) discounted pricing for insured ministries. Staff/high-volunteer courses and volunteer courses available.
5. SafeVisitor Management System: Visitor management system with various service tiers. Includes setup, training, and ongoing access fees. Pricing varies by school size and features required.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Safe Hiring Solutions provides a prevention-based 360-degree safety technology and services platform for schools, ministries, non-profits, healthcare, and corporate clients. Its core offerings include multi-layered background checks, continuous real-time arrest monitoring (ArrestAlert), visitor/volunteer/vendor management (SafeVisitor), automated reference checks (Reflynk), online safety training (LearningZone), student threat assessment (StudentDefender), vendor certification (SafeVendor), and fingerprint services, delivered as integrated SaaS modules on a SOC2-compliant Microsoft Azure platform.

Product overview

Safe Hiring Solutions offers a comprehensive, prevention-based safety technology platform serving schools, businesses, ministries, and non-profits. The portfolio consists of a unified platform with multiple integrated modules: Background Checks (core screening product), SafeVisitor/SafeSchool Solutions (visitor/volunteer/vendor management platform with integrated ArrestAlert), Reflynk (automated reference checks), LearningZone (LMS for safety training), StudentDefender (student threat/suicide assessment), SafeVendor (vendor certification), and Fingerprint Services. These products are designed to work together as a 360-degree safety ecosystem, with ArrestAlert providing continuous post-hire monitoring and the SafeSchool/SafeVisitor platform serving as the primary interface for schools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SafeVisitor Solutions: Visitor, volunteer and vendor management system for schools and organizations
• Arrest Alert
• Reflynk
• Student Defender
• SafeVendor Management
• LearningZone LMS
• Ministry Defender Solutions
• SafeSchool Solutions
• SafeVolunteer Solutions

Products and services

• Background Checks Comprehensive, multi-layered background screening service covering SSN verification, county/state/federal criminal searches, national sex offender registry, motor vehicle records, education and employment verification, exclusion lists, drug testing, and national arrest records, designed for schools, ministries, non-profits, healthcare, and corporate employers requiring FCRA-compliant consumer reporting.
• ArrestAlert Continuous real-time arrest monitoring service that sends SMS and email notifications when employees or volunteers are booked into jail, integrated with 93% of U.S. jail/booking institutions, priced at $1 per person per month for organizations seeking ongoing post-hire risk management.
• SafeVisitor Solutions Comprehensive visitor, volunteer, and vendor management system for schools featuring instant sex offender screening, badge printing, real-time denied entry notifications, event scheduling, student tardy/early dismissal management, custom branded kiosks, integrated ArrestAlert notifications, and crisis management integrations with CrisisGo and Share911.
• Reflynk Automated reference checking platform that sends digital surveys via SMS and email to references, collects standardized responses, and generates actionable candidate reports, reducing manual reference check time by up to 90% for HR teams and hiring managers.
• LearningZone LMS Online learning management system delivering child abuse prevention, safety, and security training through video and podcast content hosted by national experts, including staff/volunteer courses, quizzes for retention, BMIC special pricing for insured ministries, and integration with Rock RMS and Planning Center church management software.
• StudentDefender Early warning system for school safety teams that enables behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM), suicide prevention using validated tools like the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, risk alerts, automated reminders, and safety plans, with integration to the NASRO SROapp for school resource officer documentation.
• SafeVendor Annual vendor background screening and certification program for schools requiring all vendors to pass background checks, including SSN verification, national criminal database, sex offender search, federal criminal search, and 10-year county criminal search, with criteria-based approval at $29.95 per background check plus $75 annual certification fee.
• Fingerprint Services FBI fingerprint-based background checks using certified biometric equipment, offering on-site fingerprint capture, direct FBI submission, and mobile fingerprinting services in Indiana for organizations needing FBI-level identity verification.
• MinistryDefender Solutions Dedicated division serving churches and faith-based organizations with purpose-built safety solutions including background checks, ArrestAlert continuous monitoring, SafeVisitor management, LearningZone training, and Reflynk reference checks, exclusive endorsed by Brotherhood Mutual Insurance with BMIC special pricing for insured ministries.
• SafeSchool Solutions Comprehensive prevention-based technology and services platform for K-12 schools combining SafeVisitor visitor/volunteer/vendor management, background checks, ArrestAlert continuous monitoring, fingerprinting, and the NASRO SROapp for school resource officers into a unified 360-degree school safety ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• 750,000+ K-12 background checks completed
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Brotherhood Mutual InsurancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExclusive endorsement and strategic partnership. Brotherhood Mutual Insurance recommends Ministry Defender Solutions to insured ministries for background screening. Special BMIC pricing available for policyholders. Joint marketing and co-branded materials.
• Southern Baptist ConventioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with Southern Baptist Convention for ministry background screening services. Featured partner on Ministry Defender Solutions website.
• Kiwanis InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational non-profit partnership providing background screening services to Kiwanis organizations and their youth-serving programs.
• NASRO (National Association of School Resource Officers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with NASRO to provide SROapp for school resource officers to document daily activities including mentoring, teaching, and law enforcement. Integration with StudentDefender platform.
• PowerSchoolcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership with PowerSchool Student Information System. SafeVisitor integrates with PowerSchool for student tardy and early dismissal management.
• SkywardcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership with Skyward Student Management System. SafeVisitor integrates for student information sync and attendance management.
• Infinite CampuscoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership with Infinite Campus Student Information System. SafeVisitor integrates for student data synchronization.
• Rock RMScoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Rock RMS church management software. Learning Zone training and SafeVisitor volunteer management integrate with Rock RMS for seamless church operations.
• Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch denomination partnership providing background screening and safety solutions.
• Missionary ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch denomination partnership for safety and screening services.
• Caring WellminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Caring Well initiative for church safety and abuse prevention.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Checkr: Checkr is a leading AI-powered background check platform serving employers, gig economy, and enterprise customers. It is comparable as a modern background-screening provider, though it operates at much greater scale and across all industries rather than specializing in schools and ministries.
• Sterling (Sterling Talent Solutions): Sterling is a large, established background screening and identity verification provider serving enterprise, healthcare, and financial services clients. It overlaps with SHS on multi-jurisdictional criminal search, motor vehicle records, and continuous monitoring, though Sterling serves a broader set of industries.
• HireRight: HireRight is a global background screening provider serving enterprise employers across transportation, healthcare, retail, and government. It is comparable on FCRA-compliant criminal background checks and continuous monitoring, but does not specialize in K-12 or faith-based vertical workflows like SafeVisitor.
• Pinkerton (background screening division): Pinkerton is a global corporate security and investigations firm offering pre-employment screening, due diligence, and continuous monitoring. It is comparable as a long-standing investigative and screening services provider, though Pinkerton serves large enterprise/government rather than schools and ministries.

Direct peers

• Raptor Technologies: Raptor Technologies is a leading K-12 school safety platform offering visitor management, volunteer screening, and emergency management. It is directly comparable as a school-focused safety and visitor management vendor competing head-to-head with SafeHiring's SafeSchool and SafeVisitor solutions.
• Navigate360: Navigate360 provides K-12 safety solutions spanning visitor management, behavior/threat assessment, social-emotional learning, and emergency response. It is comparable to SHS's bundled school safety platform (SafeSchool + StudentDefender + Arrest Alert) and competes in the same school district RFPs.
• Accurate Background: Accurate Background is a background screening provider offering criminal searches, verifications, drug testing, and continuous monitoring. It is comparable on the core screening product line serving employers, though it lacks SHS's specialized K-12 and ministry vertical focus.
• Vector Solutions (SafeSchools): Vector Solutions' SafeSchools division provides online safety training, compliance, and staff screening for K-12 schools. It is comparable to LearningZone for child abuse prevention training and overlaps with SHS on background check and training delivery to school districts.

Emerging players

• Singlewire (Visitor Management): Singlewire Software offers visitor management (InVentry) and mass notification solutions primarily targeting K-12 schools and healthcare. It directly competes with SafeHiring's SafeVisitor and integrates with student information systems, making it a close category peer.
• Securly: Securly provides student safety, wellness, and monitoring software for K-12 schools, including threat detection and suicide prevention. It overlaps with StudentDefender's behavioral threat assessment and suicide prevention capabilities, though Securly is more focused on digital/web filtering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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