County Wide Group

What County Wide Group does

County Wide Group is a privately held, full-service investigative agency founded in 1993 and headquartered in Melville, New York. The firm delivers six core service lines — Investigations (general, litigation support, threat assessments, executive protection, missing persons, matrimonial, tenant/eldercare screening, insurance fraud), Polygraph Examinations, Due Diligence, Applicant Screenings, Surveillance, and Digital Forensics — to private individuals, large corporations, insurance carriers, legal professionals, and a broad cross-section of verticals including technology, logistics, healthcare, real estate, and education. The lead polygraph examiner is accredited by federal, state, and local law enforcement and recognized by the US Department of Justice as a Qualified Polygraph Expert, and the firm is licensed, bonded, and insured, with legally admissible evidence positioned as a core deliverable.

The firm generates revenue through professional services engagements structured as retainer or service agreements, with individually quoted pricing based on scope, complexity, and client budget. Its go-to-market motion is direct consultative sales — phone, email, and a website contact form — with team-specific routing across each service line and complimentary comprehensive reviews offered to prospects. The digital forensics line is delivered through a partnership with Digital Forensics Services, Inc., extending capability into forensic imaging, network/internet forensics, data recovery, e-discovery, eavesdropping detection, and PC/MAC/mobile forensic examinations without an in-house lab buildout. Distribution is entirely domestic and concentrated in the New York market, with no public revenue, funding, M&A, or headcount-growth disclosures in the source data.

Name

County Wide Group

Legal name

County Wide Group

Website

https://countywidegroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

County Wide Group is a privately held, full-service investigative agency founded in 1993 in Melville, New York, delivering investigations, polygraph, due diligence, applicant screening, surveillance, and digital forensics to private individuals, corporations, insurers, and legal professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lindenhurst

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Investigative Services Retainer: County Wide Group operates on a retainer and/or service agreement basis with clients. The agreement covers fees/payment schedule, services to be performed, and rights to information. Services are tailored to client needs and budgets, suggesting project-based and retainer engagement models.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

County Wide Group is a full-service, licensed, bonded, and insured investigative agency that delivers six integrated service lines: Investigations, Polygraph Examinations, Due Diligence, Applicant Screenings, Surveillance, and Digital Forensics. Services are sold on retainer and service-agreement terms to private individuals, businesses, large corporations, and legal professionals, combining decades of law enforcement experience with modern investigative techniques to produce legally sound and admissible evidence.

Product overview

County Wide Group is a full-service investigative agency offering a unified portfolio of investigative services for private individuals, businesses, corporations, and legal professionals. The core offering encompasses Investigations (with sub-services including litigation support, threat assessments, missing persons, matrimonial, tenant screening, and insurance fraud), Polygraph Examinations, Due Diligence, Applicant Screenings, Surveillance, and Digital Forensics. These services are delivered as integrated capabilities under one licensed, bonded, and insured agency, combining law enforcement experience with modern investigative techniques to provide legally sound and admissible evidence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Investigations Full-service investigative offerings including general investigations, litigation support (witness locating, skip trace, asset searches, witness interviews), threat assessments, executive protection, missing persons, matrimonial investigations, tenant/childcare/eldercare screening, and insurance fraud investigations, for private individuals, businesses, corporations, and legal professionals.
• Polygraph Examinations Polygraph examination services for relationship concerns, civil litigations, and criminal investigations, administered by a lead examiner accredited by federal, state, and local law enforcement and recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice as a Qualified Polygraph Expert.
• Due Diligence Corporate due diligence investigations including commercial, financial, integrity, and operational assessments covering criminal history, civil litigation, social security verification, corporate records, DMV records, education/employment verification, government watch lists, liens/judgments/bankruptcies, and professional license verification.
• Applicant Screenings Pre-employment screening services including background verifications, pre-employment interviews, drug screenings, employee risk assessments, professional exit interviews, criminal checks, credit profiles, DMV records, social security traces, sex offender searches, OFAC/terrorist watch list checks, education/employment/professional licensing verification, civil litigation searches, and social networking analysis.
• Surveillance Surveillance services covering corporate surveillance (employee misconduct, workers' compensation fraud, internal theft, corporate intelligence), insurance fraud investigation, and sensitive matters (child custody, adultery/infidelity, stalking, personal safety).
• Digital Forensics Digital forensic services including forensic imaging, network forensics, internet forensics, data recovery, e-discovery compliance, eavesdropping detection/e-surveillance, and PC/MAC/mobile forensic examinations, delivered through a partnership with Digital Forensics Services, Inc.

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Digital Forensics Services, Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationCounty Wide Group has partnered with Digital Forensics Services, Inc. as part of their investigative service offerings. The partnership enables delivery of comprehensive digital forensic services including Forensic Imaging, Network Forensics, Internet Forensics, Data Recovery, E-Discovery Compliant services, Eavesdropping Detection/E-Surveillance, and PC/MAC/Mobile Forensic Examinations. Digital Forensics Services, Inc. is positioned as a leader in digital forensic services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Checkr: Checkr is a technology-led background screening platform automating criminal, driving, and identity checks. Represents the tech-enabled disruptive model competing with CWG's traditional applicant screening service.
• Bishop Fox: Bishop Fox is a cybersecurity consulting firm specializing in offensive security, digital forensics, and incident response — comparable to CWG's digital forensics partnership offering but with deeper technical specialization.

Direct peers

• Guidepost Solutions: Guidepost Solutions offers investigative, security, and compliance consulting with a strong domestic US presence and overlap in insurance fraud, corporate investigations, and due diligence.
• Hillard Heintze: Hillard Heintze provides investigative, security, and threat management services to corporations, legal counsel, and high-net-worth individuals — closely aligned to CWG's mix of corporate and private client work.
• Control Risks: Control Risks is a global risk consultancy delivering corporate investigations, due diligence, and security services, comparable to CWG's investigations, due diligence, and executive protection offerings.
• Sterling (Sterling Talent Solutions): Sterling provides background screening, due diligence, and identity verification services at scale, directly competing with CWG's applicant screening service line, though with a more technology-driven model.
• Pinkerton Corporate Investigations: Pinkerton is a global investigative and security services firm offering corporate investigations, surveillance, due diligence, and background screening. Most direct large-scale competitor to County Wide Group across investigations, surveillance, and screening service lines.
• Kroll: Kroll provides corporate investigations, due diligence, cyber risk, and security consulting globally. Direct peer for the corporate-side investigative, due diligence, and digital forensics offerings that CWG delivers.

Broad incumbents

• HireRight: HireRight is a global background screening provider serving enterprise customers, competing with CWG's applicant screening and due diligence offerings as part of a much larger technology-enabled portfolio.
• FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting's Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment provides investigations, due diligence, and dispute advisory as part of a much broader professional services portfolio — comparable on investigations but far larger and more diversified.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CountyWideGrp
• Facebookfacebook.com/countywidegroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-county-wide-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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