Exhibit A
Private Investigators work in Bellevue
Bellevue is a city of office towers, waterfront condos and quiet residential streets, and the private investigation work that comes out of it follows that mix. Firms here take on domestic matters, background checks for employers, surveillance, process service and litigation support for the attorneys clustered around downtown. The search demand is steady rather than huge, spread across a modest number of licensed firms and solo operators, with a few larger agencies taking the corporate and legal work. Paid search in this trade in Bellevue is thin, because most firms have never bid on it, which leaves the organic results carrying most of the weight. Owner operators make up a good share of the field, and they tend to compete on reputation and word of mouth rather than on their websites.
