ClearStar Acquires Employment Screening Resources (ESR)
December 1, 2021
ClearStar, a Hanover Investors portfolio company, has acquired Employment Screening Resources (ESR) to strengthen its coast-to-coast background- and medical-screening capabilities and accelerate cross-selling of technology-driven screening solutions. The deal expands ClearStar’s West Coast presence, brings ESR’s compliance expertise into the platform, and follows ClearStar’s continued roll-up strategy supported by owner Hanover Investors.
- Buyers
- ClearStar, Inc., Hanover Investors
- Targets
- Employment Screening Resources (ESR)
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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