Groundcheckby EarthMove
Groundcheck · contractor risk verification

Verify any contractor before you sign.

The same SOS filings, license records, BBB complaints, OSHA citations, and court findings a litigation team would pull — in ~30 seconds, with a hash-chain audit trail for every claim.

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Avg lookup time~30 secIndependent verification
Data sources17 liveSOS · licensing · BBB · OSHA · courts · sanctions
Launch statesCO · TXMore rolling out monthly
Audit trailSHA-256 chainEvery claim citable, 7-year retention
Trust lookup · know before you sign

Three tiers. Pick what matches your risk.

Homeowner doing a one-off renovation? Free is enough. Vetting a six-figure vendor relationship? Standard or Deep Dive, paid per report. Running a GC business that hires constantly? Business pays for itself by the fifth check.

Save 20% annual

Free

Just kicking the tires. One-off check before signing a contract.

$0forever
No credit card required
  • 1 lookup per month
  • View existing cached reports
  • Standard verification depth
  • Personal use, single device
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Business

Vetting more than two contractors a month. Saved subjects, change alerts, team workspace.

$100/ month
Annual: $80/mo · billed $960/yr · save $240
  • Unlimited Deep Dive reports
  • Saved contractor list with change alerts
  • 7-year searchable history
  • PDF + email export · shareable links
  • Multi-user team workspace
  • Priority report generation + support
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Enterprise

High-volume operations. Owner-developers, platform partners.

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Volume + integrations
  • Volume pricing
  • SSO + custom integrations
  • Dedicated success manager
  • Service-level agreement
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Compare to industry-standard contractor verification at $1,700–$5,000 per subscriber per year.

Or try it first.

Sign up free to run your first check.
FreeYour first lookup is on us — no signup required.
Independent verification~30 second results7-year audit retentionPatent-pending methodology
How it works

Three minutes to avoid a six-figure mistake.

01

Search

Type any contractor, supplier, or business entity. Legal name, DBA, or LLC works. State + city help disambiguate.

02

Verify

Independent verification across multiple categories of trust signal. Score generated in under a minute.

03

Decide

Trust score 0-100, plain-language verdict, full breakdown by category. Cached and shareable for 7 years.

In progress

What you see while it runs.

Live progress as each verification step completes. Most reports finish in under 30 seconds. If we already have a recent report cached, it returns instantly.

Verifying Bemas Construction · Denver, CO22.4s
  • Located subject
  • Confirmed identity
  • Validated operating fitness
  • Assessed risk posture
  • Reviewing conflict record…
  • Aggregate market reputation
  • Compute trust score
Sample report

What a finished trust check looks like.

Score, verdict, breakdown by category, and accordion detail. Cached reports are free for signed-in users; fresh on-demand reports are Pro and Premium.

Verified · Apr 29, 2026 · 7:42 PM MT

Bemas Construction

Denver, CO·Registered entity·12-year operating history

“Solid track record. No flags raised across primary verification categories. One minor profile inconsistency worth a phone call.”

87
A−Cached · 4 days oldRefresh on Pro →
Score breakdown · 87 of 100
Identity & legitimacy25 / 25
Confirmed legitimate operating entity · Long continuous history · Status current
Operating fitness22 / 25
Cleared on operational requirements for state of operation · No flagged issues
Risk posture13 / 15
Low-risk profile · No elevated risk indicators in recent activity
Market reputation12 / 15
Strong positive reputation across reviewed market signals
Conflict record9 / 10
Clean active record · One historical issue, resolved
Profile coherence6 / 10
Minor profile inconsistency detected · Verify direct contact before signing

Identity & legitimacy

Subject confirmed · Long operating history · Status current
  • Operating entity confirmed legitimate · 12-year continuous operating history · No interruptions or status changes
  • Contact and operating presence verified · Address and reachability confirmed across independent checks
  • Tax registration in good standing · No flags raised on legitimacy of business operation
  • Ownership structure consistent · Named principals match across all reviewed sources

Want a fresh on-demand report?

This report is from cache (last updated 4 days ago). Business subscribers run unlimited fresh Deep Dive reports with the latest data, get change alerts on saved subjects, and share access across a team workspace.

Upgrade to Business · $100/mo →See all plans →

Public-record only. Trust reports do not include personal credit, criminal history, SSN, or any consumer report data. For FCRA-regulated background checks on individuals, we offer integrated screening through a licensed partner. Deep verification is restricted to registered business entities (LLC, corp, partnership, trust); sole proprietors operating under a personal name fall outside that boundary.

Built for two audiences

The people who pay when contractors fail.

For homeowners

Before you sign that contract.

Hiring a contractor for a renovation, addition, or new build is a five- to seven-figure decision. Run a check in 30 seconds and find out if they’re operationally sound and risk-clean — before your deposit is gone.

A meaningful percentage of contractors fail at least one verification category. The first lookup is on us — find out before you sign.
See sample report →
For general contractors

Before you issue that PO.

Subs slip on operational standing. Suppliers run out of capacity mid-job. Vendor relationships go sideways. Run a check before each new vendor commitment, store the audit trail, and protect your project margins.

Used by GCs across 8 launch states to vet 1,247 vendors this month.
See sample report →
Sample report

What a Groundcheck actually looks like.

Live entity standing, license/insurance lapses, lien history, OFAC, and a per-category risk breakdown. Redacted preview below — yours arrives in your inbox in under 60 seconds.

SUBJECT ████████ ████████ LLC ENTITY Texas LLC · file #████████ STANDING ✔ Active · in good standing · 2026-05-15 PRINCIPAL ████████ ████████ (managing member) INSURANCE ✔ GL $2M · WC $1M · auto $1M · all current LICENSES ✔ TX state lic ████ · expires 2027-09 · no lapses LIENS ⚠ 2 satisfied (>4 yrs) · 0 open OFAC ✔ Clear SCORE 84 / 100 — LOW RISK
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FAQ

Common questions, direct answers.

Why don't you publish your verification methodology?
Two reasons. First, our verification methodology is patent-pending intellectual property — publishing the source mix would invite imitation and dilute the value of the score. Second, transparency about specific sources can be gamed by entities trying to manage their result. What we do tell you: the categories we verified, the confidence level on each, and the recency of the underlying signal. What we don’t tell you: the full source list. The score is the deliverable, and we stand behind it.
Pro and Premium both give you unlimited fresh lookups. The difference is depth and stakes. Pro is calibrated for typical hiring decisions — picking a contractor, vetting a sub, checking a supplier you’re about to issue a PO to. Premium adds enhanced verification depth and priority processing, designed for higher-stakes vendor due diligence: major contracts, ongoing relationships, or decisions where the cost of being wrong meaningfully exceeds the cost of the report. We don’t break out exactly what makes “enhanced” deeper — same reason we don’t publish methodology.
No. Trust reports cover registered business entities only — LLCs, corporations, partnerships, and trusts. We do not pull personal credit, criminal history, SSN, or any consumer report data. For FCRA-regulated background checks on individual workers, we route through a licensed partner. Learn about FCRA limits →
Sole proprietors operating under a personal name fall outside our entity-only boundary. For individual checks, we partner with a licensed FCRA provider — same workflow, separate consent flow required by law. Most established contractors operate under an LLC or corporation; if you’re not sure, ask them for their business legal name.
Cached reports show the most recent successful verification — typically within the last 30 days. Pro and Premium subscribers run fresh on-demand verifications that complete in roughly 30 seconds. Each report shows recency at the category level so you can see exactly what was last refreshed.
Eight launch states: Colorado, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Oregon. We’re expanding state by state — if your state isn’t covered yet, sign up free and you’ll be notified when it launches.
Pro: PDF export, email delivery, and shareable read-only links per report. Premium: all of that plus a multi-user team workspace with shared report history and API access for integrating Groundcheck into your own tooling.
Reports are stored in your account and on our audit ledger for 7 years — that retention is required for compliance and useful for you when a vendor relationship goes sideways and you need to prove what was known when. Searches are private to your account; we don’t sell or share your search history.
— Compare plans

Pay per report. Or go unlimited.

Free is the floor — official records on every contractor, signed in. Standard and Deep Dive add paid sources and entity-network checks. Pro is for anyone vetting more than two contractors a month.

Free

— Current
$0signed-in

Standard verification on any contractor. Public records only.

Data sources searched
9 public sources
Turnaround time
~30 sec
Official-record verification
Paid sources
Business-entity network check
Full audit trail
Basic chain
Best for
Kicking the tires

Standard

$9.99per report

AI-synthesized risk report. Court records, OSHA, BBB, license.

Data sources searched
12 sources
Turnaround time
~30 sec
Official-record verification
Paid sources
Court + BBB
Business-entity network check
Full audit trail
Basic chain
Best for
Standard residential hires
Most popular

Deep Dive

$19.99per report

Paid-source data + full audit trail + phoenix-pattern detection.

Data sources searched
All 17 live sources
Turnaround time
~60 sec
Official-record verification
Paid sources
Full paid coverage
Business-entity network check
Full audit trail
Full + branded PDF
Best for
High-stakes contracts

Business

$100/mo

Unlimited verifications, saved contractor list, change alerts, team workspace.

Data sources searched
All 17 live sources
Turnaround time
~60 sec
Official-record verification
Paid sources
Full paid coverage
Business-entity network check
Full audit trail
Full + branded PDF
Best for
Vetting multiple contractors / month