About American Tenant Screen
Trusted tenant screening since 1990. FCRA-compliant. U.S.-based support.
Our story
American Tenant Screen, Inc. has been a federally regulated Consumer Reporting Agency since 1990. We started with a simple conviction: a rental decision is too consequential to hand off to an unverified database dump.
For over 35 years we have provided credit reports, criminal background checks, and eviction history to U.S. landlords, real estate agents, property managers, and housing authorities — from single-property owners to housing authorities screening thousands of applicants a year.
Every screening workflow is built around the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and our U.S.-based support team answers the phone directly.
35+ years of screening
- 1990ATS opens its doors
American Tenant Screen, Inc. is founded as a federally regulated Consumer Reporting Agency serving landlords in the Northeast.
- 2000sNationwide coverage
County-level criminal and eviction research expands across all 50 states, backed by in-house FCRA-certified investigators.
- 2010sPurpose-built platform
Online ordering, applicant-pay workflows, and decision tools replace paper faxes — without losing the human review behind every report.
- TodaySecure data handling
Carefully protected applicant data, tiered pricing for every portfolio size, and a U.S.-based team that answers the phone.
What we stand for
Every potentially adverse record is verified by a trained researcher before it reaches your report. Fewer disputes, defensible decisions.
FCRA-certified specialists, adverse action support, and documented dispute handling — not an afterthought bolted onto software.
No offshore call centers and no ticket-only support. Our team is reachable at 800-888-1287 during business hours.
Pay-per-screening with no minimum on our entry tier, and published volume tiers as your portfolio grows.