About Checkr

Checkr is a background screening and verification company focused on helping organizations make safe, fair, and compliant trust decisions. The company positions itself as building a “data platform to power safe and fair decisions,” addressing rising fraud, fragmented records, and changing compliance requirements with a modern, AI-native approach. Through its People Trust Platform, Checkr provides background checks, identity and credential verifications, adjudication tooling, analytics, and continuous monitoring. The platform is designed to speed up hiring and reduce manual operational effort via automation (including charge language standardization) while keeping candidates central through a mobile-optimized experience, report transparency, and support. Checkr emphasizes compliance enablement across federal, state, and local regulations, with tooling for disclosure and consent, adverse action workflows, and individualized assessments. Beyond employment use cases, Checkr describes broader trust applications such as approving loans, allowing visitors into a school, selecting a nanny, and empowering individuals to order personal background checks. The company also highlights its advocacy for fair chance hiring and states it has committed to Pledge 1% (donating 1% of product, 1% of equity, and 1% of profits) to advance fair chance hiring via Checkr.org.

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