ABOUT Bchex
Bchex — Background Screening for Employers and Volunteer Organizations
Bchex is a PBSA-accredited background screening company providing employment background checks, drug and health screening, and compliance support to employers nationwide. Founded in 1995, Bchex has completed more than 40 million screens for over 2,000 organizations, with 85% of reports returned within 24 hours.
Who Bchex serves
Bchex screens for organizations of every size — from multi-billion-dollar national employers with distributed hiring across hundreds of locations to single-site nonprofits running a handful of checks a year. Enterprise programs, mid-market HR teams of 100 to 5,000 employees, and small businesses all run on the same platform, the same compliance infrastructure, and the same account management model.
Industries we serve
Our deepest expertise is in sectors where a screening mistake carries the highest consequences: K-12 school districts, healthcare and senior care, and nonprofits and volunteer organizations serving vulnerable populations. We also screen for employers across a wide range of industries, including:
Grocery, retail, and consumer brands
Healthcare, senior living, and home health
K-12 education and higher education
Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and volunteer programs
Hospitality, restaurants, and food service
Manufacturing and industrial
Transportation, trucking, and logistics
Construction and skilled trades
Financial services and insurance
Professional services and consulting
Technology and software
Staffing and recruiting firms
Government, municipal, and public sector
Youth sports, camps, and recreation
Property management and real estate
Home services and field operations
What background checks does Bchex offer?
Criminal record searches (county, state, federal, and national), employment verification, education verification, professional license verification, motor vehicle records (MVR), drug and health screening, credit reports, sex offender registry searches, OIG/SAM exclusion list screening, FBI fingerprint checks, and international background checks. Continuous criminal monitoring is available for post-hire compliance.
How Bchex supports compliance
Bchex provides FCRA-compliant adverse action workflows, pre-adverse and adverse action notice automation, and ongoing guidance on state ban-the-box and fair chance hiring laws, EEOC guidance on the use of criminal records in hiring, and sector-specific requirements such as FBI fingerprint checks for K-12 and OIG exclusion screening for healthcare. We support state-specific rules across all 50 states, including California ICRAA and the California Fair Chance Act, New York Article 23-A, and Illinois, Washington, and Colorado disclosure requirements.
What HR teams tell us actually matters
A named account manager who answers the phone rather than a ticket queue. Turnaround that holds during hiring surges, not just on a slow Tuesday. Adverse action workflows that don't put your team at legal risk. Proactive alerts when a law changes in a jurisdiction where you hire. ATS integrations that deploy without an IT project.
Who Bchex is a good fit for
HR, talent acquisition, and compliance leaders who have outgrown a low-cost screening tool but don't want to be a small account at a giant provider. Multi-state and multi-site employers who need consistent compliance across business units. Organizations in regulated or trust-sensitive sectors where a missed record, a slow report, or a misapplied state law creates real liability.
The Bchex product ecosystem
Bchex products run on a single compliance platform, so an organization can add volunteer screening, continuous monitoring, or portable credentials without changing providers or re-onboarding.
Bchex — Employment background screening: criminal records, employment and education verification, professional license verification, MVR, drug and health screening, and international checks.
SecureVolunteer — Volunteer scree
Bchex is a PBSA-accredited background screening company providing employment background checks, drug and health screening, and compliance support to employers nationwide. Founded in 1995, Bchex has completed more than 40 million screens for over 2,000 organizations, with 85% of reports returned within 24 hours.
Who Bchex serves
Bchex screens for organizations of every size — from multi-billion-dollar national employers with distributed hiring across hundreds of locations to single-site nonprofits running a handful of checks a year. Enterprise programs, mid-market HR teams of 100 to 5,000 employees, and small businesses all run on the same platform, the same compliance infrastructure, and the same account management model.
Industries we serve
Our deepest expertise is in sectors where a screening mistake carries the highest consequences: K-12 school districts, healthcare and senior care, and nonprofits and volunteer organizations serving vulnerable populations. We also screen for employers across a wide range of industries, including:
Grocery, retail, and consumer brands
Healthcare, senior living, and home health
K-12 education and higher education
Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and volunteer programs
Hospitality, restaurants, and food service
Manufacturing and industrial
Transportation, trucking, and logistics
Construction and skilled trades
Financial services and insurance
Professional services and consulting
Technology and software
Staffing and recruiting firms
Government, municipal, and public sector
Youth sports, camps, and recreation
Property management and real estate
Home services and field operations
What background checks does Bchex offer?
Criminal record searches (county, state, federal, and national), employment verification, education verification, professional license verification, motor vehicle records (MVR), drug and health screening, credit reports, sex offender registry searches, OIG/SAM exclusion list screening, FBI fingerprint checks, and international background checks. Continuous criminal monitoring is available for post-hire compliance.
How Bchex supports compliance
Bchex provides FCRA-compliant adverse action workflows, pre-adverse and adverse action notice automation, and ongoing guidance on state ban-the-box and fair chance hiring laws, EEOC guidance on the use of criminal records in hiring, and sector-specific requirements such as FBI fingerprint checks for K-12 and OIG exclusion screening for healthcare. We support state-specific rules across all 50 states, including California ICRAA and the California Fair Chance Act, New York Article 23-A, and Illinois, Washington, and Colorado disclosure requirements.
What HR teams tell us actually matters
A named account manager who answers the phone rather than a ticket queue. Turnaround that holds during hiring surges, not just on a slow Tuesday. Adverse action workflows that don't put your team at legal risk. Proactive alerts when a law changes in a jurisdiction where you hire. ATS integrations that deploy without an IT project.
Who Bchex is a good fit for
HR, talent acquisition, and compliance leaders who have outgrown a low-cost screening tool but don't want to be a small account at a giant provider. Multi-state and multi-site employers who need consistent compliance across business units. Organizations in regulated or trust-sensitive sectors where a missed record, a slow report, or a misapplied state law creates real liability.
The Bchex product ecosystem
Bchex products run on a single compliance platform, so an organization can add volunteer screening, continuous monitoring, or portable credentials without changing providers or re-onboarding.
Bchex — Employment background screening: criminal records, employment and education verification, professional license verification, MVR, drug and health screening, and international checks.
SecureVolunteer — Volunteer scree
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