What DataDiver Technologies does

DataDiver Technologies is a privately held background screening data provider founded in 2008 and headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. The company aggregates criminal record data from courts, departments of correction, arrest files, sex offender registries, and worldwide exclusion and financial crimes sources, covering more than 2,600 jurisdictions. Its platform maintains approximately 2.4 billion rows of data and 1.6 billion names and aliases in its criminal index, with monthly refreshes for most jurisdictions and weekly updates for sex offender and select Patriot Act datasets, publishing new datasets every Sunday for Monday morning use.

The company's product portfolio centers on multi-jurisdictional criminal data, address history trace searches, sex offender searches, and Patriot Act-related data products. These core offerings are supplemented by a Smart Search Add-on module for customizable data filtering and a MedCheck Level 1 drug and medical screening offering. DataDiver sells primarily to background screening firms and HR technology platforms, with pre-built integrations into six major screening platforms: Epic, Tazworks, Accio, DigitalDelve, TeamScreen, and BackChecked.

Revenue is generated through a usage-based pay-per-search pricing model with volume discounts, no monthly minimums, no long-term contracts, and no caps on search volume. DataDiver reports processing more than 200,000 applicant searches daily and maintaining a customer retention rate above 98%, with named customers including Accutraq, ApplicantSafe, and CNET Technologies. The company is founder-led — Steven Marks serves as CEO, Lara Smith as CTO, and John Doe as COO — and operates with a lean team of 1–10 employees.

Name

DataDiver Technologies

Legal name

DataDiver Technologies

Website

https://edatadivers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DataDiver Technologies is a privately held background screening data provider that sells multi-jurisdictional criminal, sex offender, and Patriot Act data to screening firms via a pay-per-search model, processing 200,000+ daily applicant searches across 2,600+ jurisdictions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Background Screening Data Services

NAICS

Credit Bureaus (561450), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies (7320), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Sharing, Data Exchange & Data Marketplace Platforms (HDAEABAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Skip Tracing & Contact Data Services (FSAKAJAE)

Keywords

• Criminal background data
• Multi-jurisdictional searches
• Background screening data
• Sex offender registry data
• Address history trace

Headquarters

HQ city

Tempe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Data Search API / Per-Search Access: Customers are charged per search performed on the platform. There are no monthly minimums, no long-term contract obligations, and no caps on search volume. The pricing model is volume-based: the more a customer uses, the lower the per-search cost. Customers pay only for what they use on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DataDiver Technologies sells multi-jurisdictional criminal records data, sex offender registry data, Patriot Act-related data, and address history trace services to background screening firms and HR technology platforms. The platform exposes individual state-level, multi-state, and nationwide criminal search products, a Smart Search Add-on for custom filtering, and is delivered via partner platform integrations or direct per-search usage with no contracts or minimums.

Product overview

DataDiver Technologies offers a modular data-as-a-service platform for background screening and applicant verification. The portfolio centers on criminal record data products at multiple jurisdictional levels (state, multi-state, nationwide), supplemented by specialized add-on modules for sex offender registry searches and Patriot Act-related data. Core offerings include Multi-Jurisdictional Criminal Data, Address History Trace, and various state-level and multi-state criminal search products. The Smart Search Add-on provides customization and filtering capabilities across the platform. Data is sourced from courts, departments of correction, arrest files, sex offender registries, and financial crimes databases, with updates released monthly and weekly for select datasets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Multi-state Criminal with Sex Offender & Patriot Data

Quantifiable outcome

• 98%+ customer retention rate
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EpiccoreTechnology or IntegrationEpic is listed as a partner in the Partners and Integrations section. DataDiver's data services are integrated with Epic's screening platform, allowing Epic customers to access DataDiver's multi-jurisdictional criminal and sex offender data within Epic's workflow.
• TazworkscoreTechnology or IntegrationTazworks is listed as a partner in the Partners and Integrations section. DataDiver's data is integrated into the Tazworks screening platform to provide Tazworks customers with comprehensive criminal and sex offender data.
• AcciocoreTechnology or IntegrationAccio is listed as a partner in the Partners and Integrations section. DataDiver's data is made available through the Accio screening platform via integration.
• DigitalDelvecoreTechnology or IntegrationDigitalDelve is listed as a partner in the Partners and Integrations section. DataDiver's multi-jurisdictional data is accessible through DigitalDelve's screening platform.
• TeamScreencoreTechnology or IntegrationTeamScreen is listed as a partner in the Partners and Integrations section. DataDiver's data feeds TeamScreen's screening and HR technology platform.
• BackCheckedcoreTechnology or IntegrationBackChecked is listed as a partner in the Partners and Integrations section. DataDiver's criminal and sex offender data is integrated into the BackChecked platform.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Sterling (Sterling Backcheck): Sterling is one of the largest background screening providers in North America, with deep multi-jurisdictional criminal data assets and proprietary data platforms. It is directly comparable to DataDiver as both a screening data supplier and screening services provider.
• HireRight: HireRight is a global background screening provider offering criminal, identity, and compliance checks to enterprise employers. It competes in the same end-market and is also a potential aggregator customer or competitor to DataDiver's screening-firm customers.
• Checkr: Checkr is a technology-first background screening company serving employers and the gig economy. While more software-led, it operates in the same criminal-data sourcing space and competes for the same screening customer relationships.
• Accurate Background: Accurate Background is a mid-market background screening provider that consumes multi-jurisdictional criminal data from third-party providers like DataDiver. It is both a comparable screening services peer and a potential direct customer of DataDiver.
• Tracers (formerly SkipGenie / DataQuick): Tracers is a skip tracing, public records, and people-search data provider used by collections, legal, and screening professionals. It is directly comparable to DataDiver in providing aggregated criminal and identity data as a data service.
• IDICORE (IDI): IDI (now IDICORE) is a data aggregator providing identity, criminal, and background data to screening and fraud-prevention customers. It directly competes with DataDiver in the multi-jurisdictional criminal data supply market.

Broad incumbents

• TransUnion (Background & Identity): TransUnion is a major credit bureau that also supplies consumer background, identity, and watchlist data. Its background-data products overlap directly with DataDiver's criminal and identity offerings, but TransUnion operates at much broader scale and as a CRA.
• LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions aggregates public records, criminal history, and identity data, serving the screening and compliance markets. It is a comparable broad incumbent whose data assets overlap with DataDiver's criminal-data repository.

Others

• Accutraq: Accutraq is a background screening firm that is both a DataDiver customer (10+ year relationship) and a comparable screening services peer. Its reliance on DataDiver's criminal data makes it a useful proxy for evaluating DataDiver's product-market fit.
• Tazworks: Tazworks is a screening platform serving smaller screening firms and is also a DataDiver integration partner. While not a direct competitor in raw data, it is a comparable screening-technology peer and a key distribution channel for DataDiver.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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