Can a contractor see my Groundcheck report on them?
No. Groundcheck does not share reports with the contractor being checked, does not notify the contractor that a check was run, and does not reveal the identity of the user who ran it. The report is yours to use, share, or discard.
Groundcheck (earthmove.io/trust) is designed for the user (homeowner, procurement buyer, lender) — not for the contractor being checked. The contractor has no visibility into:
- Whether a check was run. - Who ran the check. - When the check was run. - What the verdict was. - What evidence the report cited. - Whether you decided to hire them or not.
This is fundamentally different from consumer credit reports (Experian, Equifax, TransUnion) where the consumer has a right to see what is in their file and dispute it. Those rights attach because the FCRA regulates consumer reports. Groundcheck is not an FCRA consumer report — it is a public-records aggregation of business data.
What the contractor can independently see:
- Their own state license record at the licensing board's website. Public and free for anyone to view. - Their own Secretary of State filings. - Court filings against them (the contractor was a party to the suit; they know about it). - OSHA citations issued against them. - BBB profile (they can claim and respond to their BBB profile).
The contractor's recourse if they believe Groundcheck has incorrect information:
1. Correct the underlying public record at the source. Re-activate a license that should be active. Update a Secretary of State filing. Request a court-record correction. File an OSHA appeal.
2. Once the source record is corrected, the next Groundcheck pull will reflect the correction. Groundcheck does not store stale data — every report is generated against current source data.
3. There is no Groundcheck-internal dispute process because Groundcheck does not maintain a proprietary database of contractor information. Groundcheck is a pass-through aggregator of public records.
What you (the user) control:
- Whether to share the report with anyone. Email it to your spouse, your attorney, your real estate agent. Or keep it private. - Whether to tell the contractor you ran a check. You have no obligation to do so. Most users don't. - Whether to use the report as justification for not hiring. Public-records-based decisions do not trigger adverse-action notice requirements (those apply to FCRA consumer reports, not public-records business reports). - Whether to file a complaint based on the report. If Groundcheck surfaced a serious red flag (active license suspension, phoenix pattern, multiple mechanics' liens), reporting to your state AG strengthens enforcement.
Privacy of the user (you):
- Groundcheck does not log searches in a way that ties them to public records or to the contractor being checked. - Pro tier monitoring (12 months) runs silently; the contractor is not notified when new evidence triggers an alert. - Your account, payment, and search history are private to your account.
Edge case: if Groundcheck is ever subpoenaed in litigation between you and a contractor, the subpoena would request records. Groundcheck's response would be limited to what is necessary to comply with valid legal process. This is no different from any other commercial service.
Bottom line: the contractor will not know unless you tell them. You have no obligation to share the report. The public-records premise that underlies Groundcheck is the same premise that lets you read restaurant health inspections, doctor disciplinary records, and SEC filings without notifying the subject.
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