Investigation Services: Business Name Ideas

What this industry covers

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing investigation and detective services.

Businesses classified here include

• Background check services
• Bounty hunting services
• Detective agencies
• Fingerprint services
• Investigation services (except credit), private
• Investigators, private
• Lie detection services
• Missing person tracing services
• Polygraph services
• Private detective services
• Private investigation services (except credit)
• Skip tracing services

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 561611), U.S. Census Bureau.

Name ideas for investigation services

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Name words that fit, with their meanings

• Investigation
• Crew
• Team
• Clear

U.S. business numbers

Locations by number of employees nationwide

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.

Top states for investigation services

1. California 652 locations
2. Florida 516 locations
3. New York 323 locations
4. Texas 300 locations
5. Georgia 149 locations
6. Illinois 148 locations
7. Pennsylvania 110 locations
8. Virginia 108 locations
9. Ohio 106 locations
10. New Jersey 105 locations

All 51 states

• Alabama (45)
• Alaska (7)
• Arizona (97)
• Arkansas (19)
• California (652)
• Colorado (98)
• Connecticut (38)
• Delaware (15)
• District of Columbia (8)
• Florida (516)
• Georgia (149)
• Hawaii (9)
• Idaho (28)
• Illinois (148)
• Indiana (47)
• Iowa (18)
• Kansas (24)
• Kentucky (23)
• Louisiana (55)
• Maine (18)
• Maryland (92)
• Massachusetts (96)
• Michigan (93)
• Minnesota (42)
• Mississippi (17)
• Missouri (41)
• Montana (15)
• Nebraska (13)
• Nevada (55)
• New Hampshire (16)
• New Jersey (105)
• New Mexico (23)
• New York (323)
• North Carolina (105)
• North Dakota (4)
• Ohio (106)
• Oklahoma (45)
• Oregon (54)
• Pennsylvania (110)
• Rhode Island (12)
• South Carolina (46)
• South Dakota (10)
• Tennessee (41)
• Texas (300)
• Utah (38)
• Vermont (15)
• Virginia (108)
• Washington (81)
• West Virginia (21)
• Wisconsin (34)
• Wyoming (10)

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