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Franchisee Candidates.
Vetting the Person Who Will Carry Your Brand.
A franchisee candidate isn't a hire - they're a business partner making an investment that often exceeds half a million dollars to represent your brand in their territory. That relationship demands a fundamentally different level of scrutiny than a standard employment background check.
By the time a franchise agreement is signed, you should know your candidate's financial stability, professional integrity, and brand alignment with confidence, not optimism.
WHAT WE EXAMINE: Financial capacity & bankruptcy history · Multi-jurisdictional criminal · Civil litigation & regulatory history · Business ownership verification · Professional license & credential checks · Eagle View™ social media & digital footprint
Franchisee Businesses.
What Others Tell You About This One.
Many franchisee candidates don't arrive empty-handed. They come with existing businesses, previous ventures, and corporate affiliations - and those entities carry their own histories. When you award a franchise territory, you're not just partnering with a person. You're inheriting the operational and financial track record of everything they've touched before.
This category is the one most franchisors skip. It's also the one that most often reveals the kind of risk that turns a promising territory award into an expensive, brand-damaging termination.
WHAT WE EXAMINE: Secretary of State records & corporate affiliations · Business ownership history & dissolutions · Corporate credit & financial standing · UCC filings & secured transactions · Conflicts of interest & competing industry ties · Operational track record verification
Franchise Employees.
Your Standard Lives at the Location Level.
The employee working the counter at location 247 has never met your legal team. They've never read your brand guidelines or attended a franchisor training. But every customer they interact with is forming an opinion about your brand - and that opinion travels.
Maintaining brand integrity across a network of dozens, hundreds, or thousands of locations starts with consistent screening standards at the location level.
WHAT WE EXAMINE: Criminal background by role & jurisdiction · Identity verification · Drug screening (where applicable & legal) · Multi-state compliance alignment · Employment verification · Continuous monitoring via Vigilant™
Corporate Team Members.
The People Guiding Your Brand.
The executives, board members, and senior leaders at franchisor headquarters have more access, more influence, and more potential for brand impact than anyone else in your ecosystem. They set the strategic direction. They handle franchisee financial relationships. They steward the reputation your entire network depends on. The depth of their screening should match the weight of that responsibility.
The return on investment here is asymmetric. A thorough executive investigation costs a fraction of the legal fees, regulatory fines, and reputational damage that a single C-suite mis-hire can generate.
WHAT WE EXAMINE: 10+ year criminal & civil history · Global sanctions & OFAC screening · FINRA BrokerCheck & SEC enforcement · Web & reputational analysis · Eagle View™ social media investigation · Financial background including liens, judgments & bankruptcy
The Three C's of CI.
Compliance without Complexity
Cost Savings without Compromise