Background Screening for the Franchise Industry
Why have a background check partner for your franchise?
According to Nerd Wallet, franchisees purchase franchises for brand recognition, business assistance, buying power, and lower failure rate. By using Diligent Data as your go-to pre-employment screening firm, we can work with you and your franchisees to mitigate risk using services within your budget. For most franchise concepts, having adequate staffing is one of the keys to success. Your franchisees use your systems, why not create another system for them to help them hire the best people!
Franchise Background Checks & Services
Franchises are all about systems. Let us help you create a blueprint for your pre-employment background check system. We can tailor your pre-screening needs depending industry, budget, and provide you an efficient way for your background checks to get completed. Any of our services can be chosen à la carte to fulfill your needs. As you sell more franchises, each new franchisee can work with us directly to place orders and receive results quickly. If you are a franchise development company and are interested in suggesting background checks for your clients, please download our franchise checks flyer. Quantity discounts apply.
Why are background checks so important?
Protecting the Brand – When a franchise expands, it entrusts its brand identity to franchisees. Thorough background checks help ensure that potential franchisees and new employees align with the brand’s core values. This alignment is essential for maintaining consistency across all franchise locations. It also creates and maintains customer trust. Just as one of a franchise’s key strengths is brand consistency from location to location, background checks help build that trust across all locations.
Legal Compliance- Background checks are regulated by a variety of laws and regulations that vary by region, and it’s crucial for franchises to navigate these legal complexities to avoid costly penalties and legal disputes. There are not only federal and state requirements for background checks but also regional regulations. Many jurisdictions across the U.S. have Ban-the-Box and data privacy laws. Diligent Data will ensure that your background checks are fully compliant
Can I screen potential franchisees?
Absolutely. Screening potential franchisees is a crucial step in safeguarding your brand and ensuring that your franchise is entrusted to individuals who align with your business values and standards. By conducting comprehensive background checks, you can evaluate key factors such as financial stability, criminal history, business experience, and more. A typical franchisee background check will consist of a credit report, bankruptcy search, criminal records, civil records, and driver’s license search. This process helps you identify qualified candidates who are likely to maintain the integrity of your franchise, ensuring consistency and trust across all locations. At Diligent Data, we provide tailored screening solutions to help you make informed decisions about your franchise partners.
Franchise packages based on Industry
Most background checks start with our SSN Trace & Address Verification. This verifies past addresses for the candidate as well as shows prior names which may also need to be searched. Women for example, tend to have several names through marriage, all of which need to be checked. We then search criminal records by County, State, Federal District and/or Metropolitan Area. Checking two to three past addresses would be typical. We can then add additional services based on industry.
As a franchisor, the background check package you create can easily be duplicated to all your franchisees. All background checks are FCRA compliant, easy to order, and will be completed in one of the quickest TATs in the industry. Note that Pre-employment background checks can be completed on both 1099 and traditional W2 employees.
See below for some examples.
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To learn more about our specific searches we offer, please check our screening services page.
Address Verification, National Pre-Screen Databases, Criminal Records at the Federal and Local Jurisdictions.
Address Verification, National Pre-Screen Databases, Criminal Records at the Federal and Local Jurisdictions. We would also suggest confirming education and licenses for any client-facing healthcare roles. If your staff will be driving to and from clients homes (like home health aides) we can also check Driver’s License Records. We would recommend bi-annual background checks in this industry.
Address Verification, National Pre-Screen Databases, Criminal Records at the Federal and Local Jurisdictions. Depending on fiduciary responsibility we can also include civil record searches or bankruptcy checks. We can also confirm education or prior employment if necessary which can be used on managerial level positions.
Address Verification, National Pre-Screen Databases, Criminal Records at the Federal and Local Jurisdictions. If your staff is required to have a personal training license or other certificate, we can verify those credentials. If your franchise concept requires fitness professionals to drive to and from clients homes (like physical therapists) we can check Driving Records.
Address Verification, National Pre-Screen Databases, Criminal Records at the Federal and Local Jurisdictions. If employees are going to have any licenses (electrical, contractor, plumbing, etc), we can confirm those licenses with their background checks. We would also recommend bi-annual background checks in this industry.
Address Verification, National Pre-Screen Databases, Criminal Records at the Federal and Local Jurisdictions. For managerial level positions, we would recommend including civil record searches or bankruptcy checks. We can also complete employment verifications for high-level positions.