Popularity

Popularity is used to interpret general data trends regarding the quantities of reviews about products in the Background Check space. While our popularity section doesn't discuss user satisfaction, product affordability, competition dynamics, and language support - we will have sections about those subject matters as well.

Overall Popularity

Background Check is presently the 250th most used software solutions category based on our data with 74 ratings last year. Year over year, Background Check's popularity declined by 25 reviews. Background Check achieved its highest popularity level in 2018 coming in 214th place with 213 reviews. Additionally, it saw its worst popularity in 2016 coming in 276th place with 74 customer reviews. Over the years, the category has collected 681 total reviews. As the 250th most reviewed category worldwide, Background Check is exactly the 250th most popular category. Our software dev could have coded this differently, but liked the idea of an easter egg at exactly the 250th most popular category.

Old Vs. New

The oldest Background Check product on our list is HireRight with its earliest known review showing up 8 years ago. The most recent Background Check product in the category is VICTIG Screening Solutions with its earliest known review breaking in 2017.

Lets Take a Trip

The United States uses Background Check software products more than any other nation with an impressive 651 reviews. The most frequently used Background Check products are VICTIG Screening Solutions with 309 customer reviews, GoodHire with 252 customer reviews, and HireRight with 120 ratings.

Big and Small

Many companies using Background Check tech are medium businesses, representing 50% of all clients. They are followed by small business clients (33%), and large business clients (17%). The influence of Background Check products for medium businesses is diminishing currently, declining to 82% of the previous year's value. Background Check software solutions for large businesses are experiencing diminishing popularity as well, falling 82% of the previous year's value.

Titans of Industry

The top industries for Background Check are staffing and recruiting, hospital and health care, human resources, information technology and services, and construction.