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Websites, proposals, financial presentations, and references only tell part of the story. Public records, litigation, ownership structures, financial distress indicators, and reputational issues can reveal significant risk you won’t see on the surface.
Business due diligence brings together information from public records, regulatory sources, corporate filings, financial records, media, and other investigative sources to help identify potential risks before important business decisions are made.
Verify business registrations, corporate status, ownership information, key principals, affiliated entities, and other available records that help establish who is behind the business.
Identify civil litigation, judgments, disputes, and other court records involving the company across relevant county, state, and federal jurisdictions.
Research bankruptcies, tax liens, judgments, UCC filings, collections, and other available records that may indicate financial pressure or prior financial difficulties.
Search regulatory, enforcement, licensing, disciplinary, and other government sources for information that may raise compliance or operational concerns.
Screen businesses and relevant parties against sanctions, watchlists, debarment records, and other government or international restricted-party sources.
Research news, media, and other relevant sources for allegations, controversies, misconduct, or reputational concerns connected to the business.
Automated data is useful, but meaningful due diligence requires human research, source-level verification, and analyst review.
Confirm legal existence, status, jurisdiction, formation date, and standings.
Identify owners, shareholders, members, managers, and controlling parties.
Map company structures and identify related or affiliated companies.
Search civil, criminal, and administrative cases, judgments, and dockets.
Identify bankruptcies, filings, and related proceedings.
Uncover tax liens, judgments, UCCs, and other encumbrances.
Review credit reports, payment history, and collections activity.
Identify license issues, enforcement actions, complaints, and violations.
Screen against OFAC, international sanctions, and watchlists.
Find negative news, complaints, and other public reporting.
Organizations use business due diligence to better understand the companies they invest in, acquire, partner with, contract with, or rely on.
Evaluate companies, ownership, principals, and potential risk before making an investment.
Support acquisitions, strategic investments, joint ventures, and other corporate transactions.
Evaluate vendors, suppliers, contractors, and other third parties before establishing or expanding a business relationship.
Research companies in connection with investigations, litigation, regulatory matters, and compliance reviews.
Conduct additional research on businesses and principals as part of risk-based due diligence and relationship reviews.
Investigate prospective partners, distributors, customers, acquisition targets, and other important business relationships.
Evaluate the company’s legal status, ownership, litigation history, financial risk indicators, regulatory concerns, and reputation before establishing the relationship.
Conduct deeper research into the company, its ownership, related entities, litigation, financial distress indicators, sanctions exposure, and other potential risks.
Research a prospective partner before committing resources, sharing information, or entering a long-term commercial relationship.
Gain additional visibility into a contractor or business partner before making a significant financial or operational commitment.
Expand due diligence when new information, litigation, regulatory activity, adverse media, ownership changes, or other concerns arise.
Reassess higher-risk vendors, partners, or other third parties when the relationship, risk profile, ownership, or business circumstances change.
Executive background checks can help identify legal, financial, and reputational risks tied to executives, founders, and decision-makers.
We can help determine the appropriate level of due diligence based on your situation.
