
Go to market faster
Get your background check integration up and running in a few days with our Checkr-hosted flow. You just need a candidate’s email to kickstart the process, allowing you to hire faster and bring in revenue sooner.
Customize and innovate
With a deeper integration, you completely own the candidate experience from end-to-end. The background check process is a natural extension of your product and you don’t sacrifice a strong brand experience.
Build a seamless experience
Whether it’s for your full-time employees, part-time employees, customers, customers’ customers, whoever—The Checkr API helps you design integrated and efficient onboarding experiences for your candidates and users of Checkr.
How we do it
The Checkr API allows companies to get their platforms up and running quickly without sacrificing efficiency, compliance and safety, and a strong brand experience.
Modern
Easily build with our RESTful API with JSON responses
Reliable
99.99% uptime and real-time, 24/7 access to data
Robust Data
Detailed and organized results with clear and concise labeling
Flexible Invitation
Use our Checkr-hosted flow or our Client-hosted flow
Real-Time Updates
Receive detailed status updates via webhooks or response calls
Mobile-Optimized
Offer an end-to-end mobile optimized flow for your candidates
Built-in Compliance
Disclosures and authorizations are compliant with all jurisdictions
Expert Support
Simple and clear developer documentation, with support from our team
Innovative and tech-forward companies have scaled with Checkr





Screenings through API
Checkr makes it easy to order screenings and view results through the API.
- National, federal, county, and state criminal screenings
- Sex offender registry check
- Global watchlist records check
- Drug and health screenings
- Motor Vehicle Records (MVR)
- Personal and professional reference checks
- Education verification
- Employment verification
- Continuous criminal screenings
- International screenings
API documentation
We provide the necessary context and guidance for your engineer or technical lead to build your background check API integration. It’s simple, clear, and makes it easy to get started.
Partner integrations
We offer background check integrations with ATS and HRIS systems that you’re already using, so you can start transforming your background check experience right away.
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Get started with faster, easier background checks today.