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Reportable Segments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Adjusted EBITDA Reconciled to Net Income | Reconciliations of Segment Adjusted EBITDA to net (loss) income for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
|  | First Advantage Americas |  |  | First Advantage International |  |  | Sterling |  |  | Total |
Total revenues |  | $ | 658,758 |  |  | $ | 96,854 |  |  | $ | 113,068 |  |  | $ | 868,680 |
Intersegment revenues |  |  | (1,867 | ) |  |  | (6,439 | ) |  |  | (169 | ) |  |  | (8,475 | )
External revenues |  | $ | 656,891 |  |  | $ | 90,415 |  |  | $ | 112,899 |  |  | $ | 860,205 |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjusted cost of services |  |  | 335,181 |  |  |  | 53,726 |  |  |  | 67,827 |  |  |  |
Other segment items |  |  | 112,587 |  |  |  | 25,934 |  |  |  | 24,123 |  |  |  |
Segment Adjusted EBITDA |  | $ | 210,990 |  |  | $ | 17,194 |  |  | $ | 21,118 |  |  | $ | 249,302 |
Adjustments to reconcile to net loss: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 51,848 |
Benefit for income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (4,342 | )
Depreciation and amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 145,919 |
Loss on extinguishment of debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 383 |
Share-based compensation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 31,762 |
Transaction and acquisition-related charges (a) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 128,234 |
Integration, restructuring, and other charges (b) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,771 |
Net loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (110,273 | )
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
|  | First Advantage Americas |  |  | First Advantage International |  |  | Sterling |  |  | Total |
Total revenues |  | $ | 673,075 |  |  | $ | 96,832 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 769,907 |
Intersegment revenues |  |  | (970 | ) |  |  | (5,176 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (6,146 | )
External revenues |  | $ | 672,105 |  |  | $ | 91,656 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 763,761 |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjusted cost of services |  |  | 338,797 |  |  |  | 54,892 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |
Other segment items |  |  | 112,633 |  |  |  | 26,029 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |
Segment Adjusted EBITDA |  | $ | 221,645 |  |  | $ | 15,911 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 237,556 |
Adjustments to reconcile to net income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 33,040 |
Provision for income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11,183 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 129,473 |
Share-based compensation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15,265 |
Transaction and acquisition-related charges (a) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,364 |
Integration, restructuring, and other charges (b) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,938 |
Net income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 37,293 |
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2022 |
|  | First Advantage Americas |  |  | First Advantage International |  |  | Sterling |  |  | Total |
Total revenues |  | $ | 694,865 |  |  | $ | 122,599 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 817,464 |
Intersegment revenues |  |  | (1,710 | ) |  |  | (5,731 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (7,441 | )
External revenues |  | $ | 693,155 |  |  | $ | 116,868 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 810,023 |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjusted cost of services |  |  | 355,623 |  |  |  | 64,805 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |
Other segment items |  |  | 117,587 |  |  |  | 30,539 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |
Segment Adjusted EBITDA |  | $ | 221,655 |  |  | $ | 27,255 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 248,910 |
Adjustments to reconcile to net income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9,199 |
Provision for income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20,475 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 138,246 |
Share-based compensation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7,856 |
Transaction and acquisition-related charges (a) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,018 |
Integration, restructuring, and other charges (b) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,512 |
Net income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 64,604 |
(a) Represents charges incurred related to acquisitions and similar transactions, primarily consisting of change in control-related costs, professional service fees, and other third-party costs. Transaction and acquisition related charges for the year ended December 31, 2024 include approximately $125.7 million of expense associated with the acquisition of Sterling, primarily consisting of $41.2 million of compensation expense attributable to converted Sterling equity awards, of which $38.9 million related to accelerated vesting for employees terminated after the acquisition, $45.8 million of legal, regulatory, integration, and diligence professional service fees, $16.5 million in debt refinancing costs, $10.7 million in post-combination restructuring expenses, $9.5 million in success-based banking fees, and $2.0 million of other one-time transaction charges. Also includes incremental professional service fees incurred related to the initial public offering and the subsequent one-time compliance efforts. The year ended December 31, 2022 includes a transaction bonus expense related to one of the Company’s 2021 acquisitions. (b) Represents charges from organizational restructuring and integration activities, non-cash, and other charges primarily related to nonrecurring legal exposures, foreign currency (gains) losses, (gains) losses on the sale of assets, and other non-recurring items.
Schedule of Revenues by Geographic Region | The following summarizes revenues by geographical region (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 740,506 |  |  | $ | 660,583 |  |  | $ | 679,037 |
All other countries |  |  | 119,699 |  |  |  | 103,178 |  |  |  | 130,986 |
Total revenues |  | $ | 860,205 |  |  | $ | 763,761 |  |  | $ | 810,023 |
Summary of Long Lived Assets by Geographical Area | The following table sets forth net long-lived assets by geographic area (in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Long-lived assets, net |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 2,996,933 |  |  | $ | 1,083,318 |
All other countries |  |  | 436,741 |  |  |  | 168,068 |
Total long-lived assets, net |  | $ | 3,433,674 |  |  | $ | 1,251,386 |

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