# Accurate Background (Accurate)

> Accurate provides global employment background checks, identity and workforce screening, drug and health testing, verification, compliance, and continuous monitoring.

## Facts
- **Website:** https://www.accurate.com/
- **Headquarters:** 200 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 1100, Irvine, California 92618, United States
- **Country:** United States
- **Founded:** 1997
- **Founder:** Dave Dickerson
- **Employees:** 1001-5000
- **Service regions:** Global; six continents and 30 languages
- **Categories:** Background Checking

## Overview
Accurate Background is a privately held global workforce-screening provider founded in 1997 by Dave Dickerson. Its services cover criminal and civil record searches, identity, employment and education verification, drug and occupational-health screening, motor-vehicle and credit checks, international screening, continuous monitoring, I-9 and E-Verify, and integrations with recruiting and HR systems. Accurate reports more than 16,000 customers, over 60 million annual searches, service across six continents and 30 languages, and a 98.5% customer-retention rate. Its current headquarters is in Irvine, California, and its official LinkedIn page lists 1,001–5,000 employees. Background Checking remains the correct primary category. The imported loan event and $17.5 million total are removed because the reviewed official sources describe a privately held operating company but do not substantiate those figures as an aggregate funding total.

## Products
Global criminal and civil background checks; identity verification; employment and education verification; drug and health screening; occupational health; motor vehicle reports; credit checks; healthcare screening; continuous workforce monitoring; I-9 and E-Verify; international screening; candidate portals; compliance tools; ATS and HR-system integrations.

## Customers
More than 16,000 employers across enterprise, mid-market, and small-business segments; over 60 million searches annually across six continents and 30 languages.

## Leadership
- Dave Dickerson — founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/dave-dickerson))

## Sources
- [Accurate official website logo](https://www.accurate.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/logo-1.svg) — official
- [Accurate official about page](https://www.accurate.com/about-us/) — official
- [Accurate official homepage](https://www.accurate.com/) — official
- [Accurate 25-year company history](https://www.accurate.com/25years/) — official
- [Accurate official privacy policy](https://www.accurate.com/privacy-policy/) — official
- [Accurate official LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/accurate-background) — official-social
- [Accurate official about page](https://www.accurate.com/about-us/) — official

## FAQ
**What does Accurate do?**

Accurate provides global employment background checks, identity and workforce screening, drug and health testing, verification, compliance, and continuous monitoring.

**Where is Accurate headquartered?**

Accurate is headquartered in 200 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 1100, Irvine, California 92618, United States.

**When was Accurate founded?**

Accurate was founded in 1997.

**Who founded Accurate?**

Accurate was founded by Dave Dickerson.

**How many employees does Accurate have?**

Accurate has 1001-5000 employees.

**What kind of HR technology is Accurate?**

Accurate is categorized under Background Checking on DHRMap.

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