Verification Services

What Verification Services does

Verification Services Inc. (VSI), founded in 1997 and headquartered in Hollywood, Florida, is a privately held background screening provider serving U.S. employers, staffing agencies, and property managers. The company offers nine core screening services: criminal history reports (county, state, federal, multi-jurisdictional, sex offender registry, OFAC), credit reports, drug screenings, education verifications, employment verifications, motor vehicle reports, social security number verification and trace, tenant screenings, and personal dossier reports. These services are bundled into three tiered packages (Tier CH, Tier B, and Tier C) and can be custom-tailored to client requirements.

The technical platform is built around a proprietary encrypted client portal with SSL delivery, supported by a national network of more than 1,000 in-person courthouse researchers and a Proprietary Offender Data (POD) database aggregating federal and state criminal sources. Operations follow Six Sigma quality methodology, and the company emphasizes turnaround times of 48 business hours or less. VSI is FCRA- and CFPB-compliant and undergoes annual audits by statewide repositories, TransUnion, Equifax, and state DMVs.

The business model is transactional fee-based, with no annual or start-up fees and no publicly disclosed pricing. Revenue is generated on a pay-as-you-go basis per screening package ordered through the client portal or via a direct enterprise sales motion. The customer base spans multiple verticals including construction, healthcare, legal, banking, staffing, transportation, accounting, and property management, with named enterprise logos including Crawford, Morgan Morgan, CCA, GL Homes, AIG, Bank of America, and Nexxus. The company reports a 97% client retention rate, sells exclusively through direct B2B channels in a single-country (U.S.) footprint, and operates with a small headcount of 11-50 employees.

Name

Verification Services

Legal name

Verification Services Inc.

Website

https://verifications.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Verification Services Inc. (VSI), founded 1997 in Hollywood, Florida, is a U.S. background screening provider offering criminal, credit, drug, education, employment, MVR, SSN trace, tenant, and dossier reports to employers, staffing agencies, and landlords via tiered packages through its encrypted client portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Background Screening Services

NAICS

Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Criminal Background Checks (National/State/County) (BPACALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Employment Verification (Work History & References) (BPACALAB), Identity Verification (ID, SSN Trace, KYC-lite) (BPACALAD), Credit History Checks (Permissible Purpose) (BPACALAF), Identity, Address & Reference Verification (BPAKAEAJ)

Keywords

• Background screening services
• Employment verification
• Criminal history checks
• Tenant screening services
• Drug screening services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hollywood

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Background Screening Services: The company generates revenue through providing comprehensive background screening services including criminal history reports, credit reports, drug screenings, employment verifications, education verifications, motor vehicle reports, tenant screenings, and personal dossier reports. Services are offered in tiered packages (Tier CH, Tier B, Tier C) with custom tailoring available for specific employer or landlord needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Verification Services Inc. (VSI) provides comprehensive background screening services for employers and property managers, including criminal history reports, credit reports, drug screenings, education and employment verifications, motor vehicle reports, social security number verification and trace, tenant screenings, and personal dossier reports. Services are delivered through a proprietary encrypted client portal system with nationwide in-person courthouse research and are offered both individually and as customizable bundled packages.

Product overview

Verification Services Inc. (VSI) is a background screening platform offering a comprehensive suite of individual verification services and bundled package offerings. The core product portfolio consists of nine distinct screening services: Criminal History Reports, Credit Reports, Drug Screenings, Education Verifications, Employment Verifications, Motor Vehicle Reports, Social Security Number Verification and Trace, Tenant Screenings, and Personal Dossier Reports. These services are delivered through VSI's signature client portal system. The company also offers three tiered service packages—Tier CH (Criminal History), Tier B (Comprehensive), and Tier C (Comprehensive)—that bundle multiple services together at different levels, allowing employers and property managers to select screening packages suited to their specific needs. All packages can be custom tailored to individual requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Criminal History Reports

Quantifiable outcome

• Typically provides records within 48 business hours or less
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Checkr: Checkr is a tech-forward background screening platform automating criminal, motor vehicle, and employment verification with native ATS/HRIS integrations — competing head-to-head with VSI for the same HR buyers with a digital-native delivery model.
• HireRight: HireRight is a global enterprise background screening provider covering criminal, employment, education, credit, and drug screening — directly comparable to VSI's full-service employer screening suite, though at much larger enterprise scale.
• First Advantage: First Advantage is a global screening provider offering criminal background checks, employment verifications, drug testing, and tenant screening — overlapping almost entirely with VSI's product mix and target customer base.
• GoodHire: GoodHire is a mid-market background screening platform focused on small and mid-sized employers, offering criminal, employment, education, and drug screening — competing with VSI for the same SMB/mid-market HR buyer.
• BackgroundChecks.com: BackgroundChecks.com provides US criminal background, employment verification, and tenant screening reports for employers and landlords — directly comparable to VSI's Tier CH/B/C packages for similar buyer segments.
• Sterling: Sterling is one of the largest US background screening providers offering criminal, employment, education, credit, and drug screening for employers — directly competing with VSI across the same core service portfolio and verticals.
• Accurate Background: Accurate Background is a US background screening provider serving employers and property managers with criminal, employment, education, credit, and tenant screening — directly overlapping VSI's product portfolio and customer segments.

Emerging players

• Certn: Certn is a venture-backed global background screening platform using AI to automate criminal, employment, and education checks — a digitally-native emerging competitor challenging traditional players like VSI.

Broad incumbents

• TransUnion Employment Screening Services: TransUnion, which audits VSI annually, also offers direct employment screening and credit reporting services — a bureau-level incumbent whose data feeds VSI and which competes with VSI on credit/integrated reports.
• Intellicorp (Appriss Insights): Appriss Insights (parent of Intellicorp) provides criminal history and identity verification data products used by HR, government, and retail — overlapping with VSI's POD criminal database offering at a broader, data-vendor level.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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