Berg Consulting Group

What Berg Consulting Group does

Berg Consulting Group, Inc. is a privately held professional services firm founded in 2000 and headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, with an estimated 1–10 employees. The firm provides consulting, M&A advisory, and vendor-management services exclusively to the background screening industry. Its core advisory practice spans growth strategy, cost reduction, and operational improvement for consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) and employment screening firms.

The firm has built three productized revenue lines around this advisory base. The Better Vendor Program (SILC) negotiates preferential pricing on background screening data sources (CBSV, SSN verification, IRS Income transcripts, Eviction Data, Vault Verify) and resells access to clients. The Benchmarking Blue Book is a comparative pricing and performance dataset covering background screening vendors. An industry job board extends the firm's reach into HR and operations talent placement. Bruce Berg, the founder and principal, has 33 years of industry experience and is a founding member of the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA), which underpins the firm's deal-flow and network position.

Revenue mechanics combine hourly/diagnostic consulting fees, success-based M&A intermediary commissions (one disclosed deal: S.O. Screening, 2020), and transaction-tied vendor rebates from data spend routed through SILC. The firm claims cumulative client savings of $1,648,721 across its vendor program and cites a 200% YoY growth outcome from a single client testimonial. No financial disclosures (revenue, ARR, EBITDA) are available; the firm is bootstrapped with no external funding rounds on record.

Name

Berg Consulting Group

Legal name

Berg Consulting Group, Inc.

Website

https://bergconsultinggroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Berg Consulting Group is a Palm Beach Gardens-based boutique consultancy serving the background screening industry with strategy, cost-reduction, and M&A advisory services, plus a vendor-negotiation program (SILC) and benchmarking data products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Background Screening Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Risk, Compliance & Internal Controls Consulting (BPAHACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

M&A Advisory (Buy-Side & Sell-Side) (BPAHAOAA), Due Diligence & Investigative Research (BPAHALAI)

Keywords

• Background screening consulting
• M&A advisory services
• Employment verification services
• Criminal background checks
• Cost reduction consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

West Palm Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: General consulting for background screening companies including sales, marketing, operations, productivity, costs, criminal search acquisition costs, and competitive analysis. Services include growth products, advice, cost cutting solutions, and operations tools.
2. Mergers and Acquisitions Intermediary: M&A services as intermediary for buying and selling background screening businesses, acting as broker between sellers and buyers in the industry.
3. Better Vendor Program (SILC): Source Improvement and Lower Costs program - pay-for-performance cost savings service helping clients reduce data acquisition costs by 33-50% on county criminal searches, with reported cumulative savings of $1,648,721 for clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Berg Consulting Group provides consulting, advisory, and M&A intermediary services exclusively to professional background-screening companies, helping owners and executives improve growth, cut costs, and execute exits. The firm also distributes a suite of background-screening verification products (CBSV, Social Security Verification, IRS Income Verification, Employment & Education Verifications, Automated Reference Checks, Eviction Data, Vault Verify) and operating tools such as the Better Vendor Program (SILC/SMARTS) and Berg's Background Business Benchmarking Blue Book.

Product overview

Berg Consulting Group offers a consulting and services platform for the background screening industry, comprising advisory services (consulting, M&A advisory, cost reduction programs) and data verification products (CBSV, Social Security Verification, IRS Income Verification, Eviction Data, Employment/Education Verifications, Vault Verify). The Better Vendor Program and SILC service help clients reduce operational costs, while the Screening Industry Careers job board provides recruiting support. Founded in 2000, the company focuses exclusively on helping background screening companies improve profitability, operations, and strategic outcomes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consulting Services Advisory services for background screening business owners, executives, sales and operations staff covering growth strategy, cost cutting, operations tools, staffing, quality, turnaround time, technology, and M&A services.
• Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory Intermediary services for buying or selling background screening companies, including company valuation and transaction facilitation.
• Better Vendor Program (SILC) Cost savings program that helps background screening companies reduce data acquisition costs, including county criminal search acquisition costs, via pay-for-performance savings sourcing.
• SMARTS (Source Improvement and Lower Costs) Web-based cost savings tool within the Better Vendor Program that communicates new potential savings sources and provides clients with tools to test and adopt recommended sources.
• Automated Reference Checks Streamlined reference checking service for employment verification purposes.
• Screening Industry Careers Industry-specific job board connecting background screening professionals with career opportunities.
• CBSV (Criminal Background Search Verification) Criminal background verification service for pre-employment screening.
• Social Security Verification Social security number validation and verification service.
• IRS Income Verification Income verification service using IRS records for employment screening purposes.
• Berg's Background Business Benchmarking Blue Book Industry benchmarking resource providing performance metrics and standards for background screening companies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 200% growth year over year for clients (testimonial)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PBSA (Professional Background Screening Association)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003Berg Consulting Group founder Bruce Berg is a founding member of PBSA (formerly NAPBS - National Association of Professional Background Screeners). PBSA was founded in 2003 as a non-profit trade association serving companies offering tenant, employment and background screening. BCG actively participates in PBSA conferences and committees.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Strategic Coach: Coaching and consulting firm for entrepreneurs and founders. Comparable as a high-touch, expert-led advisory business targeting owner-operators — similar buyer profile to BCG's background screening company principals.
• EOS Worldwide: Franchised consulting network that helps entrepreneurial companies implement operating systems. Comparable to BCG as a niche, founder-expert-led consulting model targeting SMB operators — though EOS scales via implementers while BCG relies on Bruce Berg personally.
• Vistage: Peer advisory and executive coaching organization serving SMB CEOs and owners. Comparable to BCG because both monetize founder/executive-level advisory relationships with smaller business owners seeking growth and exit strategies.
• Mirus Capital Advisors: M&A advisory firm specializing in staffing, recruiting, and HR services transactions. Closely comparable to BCG's M&A intermediation practice within the broader employment services ecosystem, though operating in staffing rather than screening specifically.

Broad incumbents

• Insperity: Large HR services / PEO company that advises SMBs on workforce and compliance matters. Comparable as a scaled HR advisory and services platform, though broader in scope than BCG's screening-specific niche.
• Checkr: Technology-forward background screening company serving gig economy and enterprise clients. Comparable as a high-profile industry incumbent that BCG's smaller CRA clients must compete with or potentially exit to.
• Sterling: One of the largest U.S. background screening companies and a likely BCG client or counterparty. Comparable because Sterling sits squarely inside BCG's served industry and represents the type of large incumbent that BCG's smaller CRA clients benchmark against.
• HireRight: Major global background screening provider serving enterprise employers. Comparable as a key player inside BCG's vertical — BCG's consulting, M&A, and cost-cutting services target the type of mid-market CRAs that compete with or sell to HireRight.

Emerging players

• Accurate Background: Mid-market background screening provider that competes in the same tier as many of BCG's CRA clients. Comparable because BCG's growth and benchmarking services help CRAs compete against Accurate and similar mid-sized peers.
• Pivotal Advisors: M&A advisory focused on the staffing and workforce solutions industry. Comparable to BCG's M&A intermediary service as another specialist advisor serving owner-operators in the broader employment services ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/bruce-berg-6566b11
• Xx.com/bergconsultgrp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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