HireRight Holdings Corporation is a global family of background screening companies based in Nashville, Tennessee.

[3][4] In 2024, private equity firms General Atlantic and Stone Point Capital agreed to acquire the company for $1.65 billion.

[7] 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.

[8] Powerchex was a full member of the UK chapter of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners or NAPBS,[9] and was started by Alexandra Kelly in 2005 who is the former managing director and owner of the company.

[18][20] Companies that use background check services must follow FCRA procedures or face class-action liability with millions of dollars in exposure.