Washington-based intelligence services provider Intelius, Inc is a leader among private firms. Inc. Magazine has cited the company as among the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the United States.

With eight million clients served and a million more visiting its website every day, Intelius is one of the better companies to come out of the Puget Sound region. The Puget Sound Business Journal has hailed it among Washington’s Top Three Best Workplaces, Best Places to Work, Top 25 Corporate Philanthropists, Fastest-growing Minority-Owned Businesses, and Fastest-Growing Private Companies.

Ever since it won the 2006 American Business Award for Best New Company, Intelius has been touted as the next big thing in Washington. Situated in Bellevue, the firm once ranked in Washington CEO Magazine’s list of the top 150 local companies. Deloitte & Touche corroborates this fact; it named Intelius the eighth fastest-growing privately held firm in the state in 2008, and 127th overall in North America.

Headed by Indian-American multimillionaire Naveen Jain, Intelius conducts criminal checks, people searches, employment screenings, identity theft protection, reverse phone lookups, property reviews, and other similar services. At most, the company can perform extensive, across-the-board background checks that ferret out a person’s age, address, telephone number, cellphone number, email address, criminal history, sexual offenses, bankruptcies, and other indispensable personal info.

For a fee, one may engage Intellius experts to assist with people searches. Professional court researchers are also on standby to help conduct criminal checks for clients.

Intellius produces its intelligence reports by maintaining a database of more than 20 billion public records. They include dockets, tax documents, real estate deeds, address registrations, marriage certificates, telephone listings, and other documents filed by Americans with courthouses, government bureaus, directories, licensure-giving bodies, and other agencies. In other words, Intelius bridges the public closer to invaluable records that help them deal with everyday decision-making.