About Us

Hi, I’m Jordan, a researcher and writer for BestBackgroundChecks and I welcome you to the web’s Online Background Check Directory. We include background check and records search companies based on merit instead of a cozy relationship with their PR office and purse strings.

You will find only background check companies that have been reviewed and are legitimate. In other words you will not find a company on here that isn’t verifiable through a number of techniques we use. However, be aware that even the best companies will have disgruntled customers because of the nature of this business. That is…public records can be very haphazard and sometimes finding even a little information on an individual can be futile.

I’m a frequent user of online background check and people searches services and have a very good idea of the frustration you may be experiencing. Have you visited one “review” site after another and read the same rehashed lines about “those other” services that don’t work so “get mine it’s the only one that works?” I’m guessing you have also seen the “special offers” and “guaranteed results” all over the place as well.

When this website was started in 2002, back in the Wild West days of the internet, there was very little accountability for any background check company and people were being fleeced of millions of dollars! Today there are websites like RipOff Report, and the BBB, but they only air complaints and sadly we have even managed to locate some negative publicity about these “consumer protection sites” as well.

So…we decided to make a directory of every available consumer and professional background check and screening service that was legitimate in order to show you what the options are. Each company is evaluated and given a score based on how accurate and comprehensive the results are, along with their customer service. Go through and pick the service you are most comfortable with and start your own search.

Get started at the background check directory.