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Record Sweep company index

164+ companies may still have your record

Courts update government databases after expungement. Private background-check companies, people-search sites, tenant-screening vendors, mugshot publishers, and data brokers often keep older copies. This index shows who they are.

Companies tracked

164+

Across employment, housing, people-search, mugshot, and aggregator categories.

Legal hook

FCRA

Most of the companies here fall under the Fair Credit Reporting Act dispute process.

DIY reality

20-40 hrs

Manual cleanup usually means repeated company-by-company disputes and follow-up.

Not legal advice

This guide explains how the law works in general terms. Whether you qualify depends on your specific record, and a judge makes the final call. If your situation is complicated — multiple convictions, charges in multiple states, or a previous denial — consulting a lawyer who handles expungement is worth the cost of a consultation.

Categories

The private-record ecosystem

These categories cover the main ways your record keeps circulating after a court clears it.

Your leverage

You have legal rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Under 15 U.S.C. Section 1681i, consumer reporting agencies must investigate disputes within 30 days and delete information they cannot verify. That is the legal engine behind most of the cleanup work below.

Employment Background Check Companies

Employment Background Check Companies (60)

These companies compile background check reports for employers. They are consumer reporting agencies regulated by the FCRA.

Tenant Screening Companies

Tenant Screening Companies (12)

These companies provide background check reports to landlords and property managers.

Mugshot & Arrest Record Sites

Mugshot & Arrest Record Sites (10)

These sites republish booking photos and arrest records scraped from law-enforcement sources.

Data Aggregators

Data Aggregators (21)

These companies collect and resell personal data downstream to other background-check businesses.

The commercial path

One purchase. 164+ dispute letters.

You can absolutely do this yourself. Record Sweep exists because researching every company, writing every dispute, and tracking every 30-day deadline is a job in itself.

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