HireRight

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HireRight Holdings Corporation
Company type Public
NYSE:  HRT
Industry Pre-employment screening
Founded1995;29 years ago (1995) [1]
Headquarters Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Key people
Guy Abramo
Services Background check
RevenueIncrease2.svgUS$722 million (2023) [2]
Number of employees
3,190 (2023) [2]
Website hireright.com

HireRight Holdings Corporation is a global family of background screening companies based in Nashville, Tennessee. The company became public via an initial public offering in 2021 with a listing on the New York Stock Exchange. [3] [4] In 2024, private equity firms General Atlantic and Stone Point Capital agreed to acquire the company for $1.65 billion. [5] [6]

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Acquisitions and mergers

Powerchex

On June 23, 2010, HireRight announced that it had acquired Powerchex, a UK-based pre-employment screening company specialising in the financial services sector in the City of London. [7] Powerchex was a full member of the UK chapter of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners or NAPBS, [8] and was started by Alexandra Kelly in 2005 who is the former managing director and owner of the company.

In October 2010, Powerchex was rebranded as HireRight. [9]

Both Powerchex and Kroll Background Screening (below) are now fully owned subsidiaries of HireRight.

Kroll

On August 3, 2010, HireRight then-parent company Altegrity Risk International announced it had completed the acquisition of Kroll Inc. from Marsh & McLennan Companies in an all-cash transaction valued at US$1.13 billion. In October 2010, Kroll Background Worldwide was rebranded as HireRight. [9]

On March 13, 2018, it was reported that Duff & Phelps Corp. would buy Kroll, Inc. (which did not include background screening portion of the former Kroll business that had been rebranded with HireRight brands). [10] On June 4, 2018, the transaction was completed. [11] [12]

General Information Services

On Friday, May 25, 2018, HireRight and General Information Services (GIS) announced their intent and agreement to a merger. [13] The companies announced the closing of the merger on July 12, 2018. [14] The resulting combined group is the largest provider of background screening services in the United States. Following the merger, HireRight rebranded, with both HireRight and GIS using the new branding. [15]

J-Screen and PeopleCheck

On October 12, 2019, HireRight announced the acquisition of J-Screen in Japan and PeopleCheck in Australia. [16]

HireRight was the subject of a number of class-action and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) lawsuits. [17] [18] In 2011 the company paid $28 million to plaintiffs who accused HireRight of failing to provide copies of reports to job applicants and failing to resolve disputes. [17] And on August 8, 2012, the US Department of Justice announced HireRight settled charges of violating the FCRA for $2.6M. [17] [19]

Companies that use background check services must follow FCRA procedures or face class-action liability with millions of dollars in exposure. [20] According to a Wall Street Journal investigation into hiring practices in the trucking industry, class-action lawsuits were brought against trucking companies over how they use HireRight. [17] [21] HireRight customer U.S. Xpress settled in 2013 for $2.75M, and Swift in 2014 for $4.4M over their failure to disclose hiring practices. [22] [23] [24] [25]

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