What Fidelifacts does

Fidelifacts/Metropolitan NY, Inc. is a privately held background screening and investigative services firm headquartered in Mineola, New York, operating under New York State Private Investigator license #11000041413 with additional licensing in New Jersey. Founded circa 1960, the company delivers pre-employment and post-employment background checks, criminal record searches, credit reports, employment and education verification, drug screening, and regulatory-mandated investigations to employers, financial services applicants, healthcare organizations, and landlords. Its product portfolio spans the FIDNET electronic screening portal, NY Statewide Criminal Checks via OCA files with historical coverage to 1976/1981, the FACIS Level 3 healthcare exclusion screening database, NYS Department of Financial Services background investigations priced at $2,000 per case, a 50-State Criminal Record Database add-on, and tenant/nanny screening reports.

The firm monetizes primarily through per-screening transaction fees on a pay-as-you-go basis with no contracts or minimum orders, supplemented by volume discounts and a $2,000 flat fee for the DFS regulatory product sold on a multi-year contract basis. Distribution runs through direct phone (1-800-678-0007) and email sales, the FIDNET self-serve portal, and a core partnership with i3screen that adds drug and alcohol testing program management across 3,500+ collection sites. Geographically, Fidelifacts is licensed and primarily active in NY and NJ, while publishing multi-state compliance alerts (notably California and Michigan in 2023) suggesting broader jurisdictional reach through its customer base.

The company is closely held with no disclosed parent, private equity, or venture backing, no published revenue, and no M&A activity on record. Headcount sits in the 11–50 range. Competitive positioning rests on regulatory acceptance (NYS DFS, NY PI licensure), proprietary depth of NY OCA criminal file access, and a 60-plus-year brand reputation rather than on technology differentiation; there is no disclosed AI/ML capability, patent portfolio, or third-party technology integration beyond the i3screen drug-testing partnership.

Name

Fidelifacts

Legal name

Fidelifacts/Metropolitan NY, Inc.

Website

https://fidelifacts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fidelifacts is a New York–licensed, privately held background screening and investigative services firm serving employers, financial services applicants, healthcare organizations, and landlords across NY, NJ, and additional U.S. states with criminal, credit, employment, and drug screening products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Background Screening Services

NAICS

Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Pre-Employment Background Checks & Screening (BPAKAEAA)

Keywords

• Employment background screening
• Criminal record checks
• Tenant screening services
• Drug screening programs
• Investigative consumer reports

Headquarters

HQ city

Mineola

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Employment Background Screening Services: Per-screening fees for employment background checks including criminal records, credit reports, employment verification, education verification, and reference checks. Charged on a per-name basis with volume discounts available.
2. Drug Screening Program Management: Partnership with i3screen providing drug and alcohol testing program management for DOT and non-DOT employers, including vendor lab services, MRO services, and random testing administration
3. NYS Department of Financial Services Background Investigations: Comprehensive background investigations for financial services regulatory compliance at $2,000 per person for NYS DFS requirements

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fidelifacts provides pre-employment and post-employment background screening reports, consumer reports, investigative consumer reports, criminal history searches, and due-diligence background investigative services for employers, landlords, and financial-services applicants. Core deliverables include credit reports, county/statewide/federal criminal records searches, employment and education verification, professional and personal references, driver history, military records, FACIS healthcare exclusion screening, and NYS Department of Financial Services regulatory investigations. The company is licensed by the State of New York under license #11000041413 and operates primarily in the New York and New Jersey markets.

Product overview

Fidelifacts is a background screening and investigative services company offering a portfolio of interconnected screening products. The core offering includes Employment Background Screening, which combines credit reports, criminal records, employment verification, education verification, and reference checks. Related services include Tenant & Nanny Background Screening, Drug Screening (via i3screen partnership), NY Statewide Criminal Checks, and the 50 State Criminal Record Database as an add-on search. Specialized offerings include NYS Department of Financial Services Investigations for banking sector compliance and FACIS for healthcare sector sanctions screening. Due Diligence Investigations round out the product suite for business investigations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FACIS®: Fraud and Abuse Control Information System - assists Risk Managers, Human Resources and Medical Staffing Services Personnel in precluding employment of an excluded individual or entity where reimbursement is sought from any federal healthcare program.

Products and services

• Employment Background Screening Comprehensive pre-employment and post-employment background screening service for employers and HR departments, including credit reports, criminal records searches, employment verification, education verification, military records, reference checks, and driver history searches.
• Drug Screening Program Management Drug and alcohol testing program management for DOT and non-DOT employers, including instant/POCT testing, Medical Review Officer (MRO) services, random testing administration, electronic CCF collections at over 3,500 locations, prescription reporting, and mobile/on-site collection services, delivered through a partnership with i3screen.
• Tenant & Nanny Background Screening Background screening services for tenant applicants and domestic workers including nannies, covering criminal records, credit checks, and verification services, for landlords, property managers, and private household employers.
• NY Statewide Criminal Records Search Real-time search of New York State OCA criminal record files covering felony and misdemeanor convictions across all five NYC boroughs (back to September 1976) and Nassau/Suffolk counties (back to 1981), providing same-day results for NY arrests entered into the statewide database.
• NYS Department of Financial Services Background Investigations Comprehensive background investigation for banking and financial services regulatory compliance, including credit history, federal civil and bankruptcy court searches, federal criminal record search, county and statewide criminal checks, educational records, employment history with interviews, professional and personal references, news search, regulatory agency checks, driving record, judgment and lien filings, and license verification.
• Due Diligence Investigations Background investigation services for business due diligence, including asset investigations, social security traces, professional license verification, national appellate court searches, and OFAC/Patriot Act prohibited party searches.
• 50-State Criminal Record and Sex Offender Database Multi-state criminal record database search covering court records, corrections records, and sex offender registries across all 50 states, available as an add-on to county or statewide criminal searches.
• FACIS (Fraud and Abuse Control Information System) Healthcare sector exclusion screening database containing information from all 50 states on individuals subject to State licensing board sanctions, used by risk managers, HR personnel, and medical staffing services to preclude employment of excluded individuals where federal healthcare program reimbursement is sought.

Quantifiable outcome

• Coverage back to September 1976 in NYC 5-boroughs, 1981 in Nassau/Suffolk counties for criminal records
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• i3screencoreTechnology or IntegrationFidelifacts established a partnership with i3screen leveraging more than 100 years of combined expertise with cutting edge technology for a smarter screening process. The partnership provides employment screening and total program management for both DOT and Non-DOT employers through dynamic technology. Services include drug and alcohol testing program management, electronic CCF collections at over 3500 locations, instant/POCT testing, Medical Review Officer (MRO) services, prescription reporting, random testing program administration, and mobile/on-site collection services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Checkr: Tech-enabled employment background screening platform with API-first delivery, automated FCRA workflows and AI-assisted adjudication. Directly competes with Fidelifacts, particularly for customers seeking modern HRIS/ATS integrations.
• HireRight: Global employment background screening firm serving enterprise and mid-market employers with criminal, credit, employment, education verification and drug testing. Directly competes with Fidelifacts across nearly identical product lines.
• A-Check America: Employment background screening provider offering criminal record searches, employment/education verification and drug testing. Comparable service portfolio aimed at employer HR customers similar to Fidelifacts.
• First Advantage: Large global background screening provider offering criminal, employment, education verification and healthcare exclusion screening (including FACIS-class products). Direct competitor with overlapping product portfolio and enterprise footprint.
• Accurate Background: Employment background screening company serving mid-market and enterprise clients with criminal, employment and drug screening. Comparable in product mix and customer type to Fidelifacts, with broader national reach.
• Sterling (Sterling Talent Solutions): One of the largest employment background screening providers in North America, offering criminal, employment, education and drug screening to enterprise employers. Directly competes with Fidelifacts in the same product category with significantly broader geographic and technology scale.

Broad incumbents

• TransUnion: Major consumer credit bureau providing credit reports and identity/background data products that screening firms (including Fidelifacts) rely on as inputs. Adjacent incumbent in the screening value chain rather than a direct SMB competitor.
• Kroll: Global investigations, risk and compliance firm with deep investigative services capability and corporate due diligence practice. Overlaps with Fidelifacts on due diligence and investigative consumer reports, though Kroll operates at enterprise scale.
• Pinkerton: Established corporate investigations and security services firm with pre-employment screening and background check capabilities. Comparable investigative-services DNA but much broader portfolio than Fidelifacts.
• LexisNexis Risk Solutions: Large-scale data and analytics provider supplying public records, criminal history and identity data used across employment screening workflows. Functions as both a data supplier and a competitor in higher-end screening and due diligence.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fidelifacts

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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

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