CLEAR expands to 280 PreCheck centers

CLEAR said on August 5 that it now has 280 retail locations offering TSA PreCheck enrollment and renewal, extending a footprint that began as an airport-based partnership and is now spread nationwide. The company disclosed the figure in its second-quarter results, which also said its biometric eGates had launched across 50 airports as of Wednesday. ID Tech, in an August 5 industry digest published online Thursday, highlighted the same two points: the 280-center expansion and a faster rollout of CLEAR1, the company’s identity platform. ### Where did the 280-center number come from? CLEAR’s investor release dated August 5 said the company had “280 retail locations with TSA PreCheck Enrollment Provided by CLEAR” as of June 30, 2026. That same release placed CLEAR+ at 62 airports and said eGates had launched across 50 airports “as of today.” (ir.clearme.com) TSA’s enrollment-center directory lists CLEAR alongside IDEMIA and Telos as authorized TSA PreCheck providers, and CLEAR’s own enrollment pages direct travelers to a location finder for in-person sign-up. CLEAR says no appointment is required, though travelers can pre-enroll online before completing the process in person. ### Is this airport expansion or a retail enrollment buildout? (ir.clearme.com) The 280 figure refers to enrollment and renewal sites, not to the number of airports with CLEAR lanes. CLEAR distinguished the two in its August 5 filing by listing 62 CLEAR+ airports separately from the 280 retail TSA PreCheck enrollment locations. (tsa.gov) That separation matters because CLEAR is now operating on several tracks at once: paid airport screening access through CLEAR+, government-program enrollment through TSA PreCheck, and airport hardware deployment through eGates. ID Tech’s August 5 digest described the company as maintaining 280 TSA PreCheck enrollment centers nationwide while expanding automated eGate deployment to 50 airports. (ir.clearme.com) ### What is CLEAR1, and how is the company describing it? CLEAR describes CLEAR1 as part of its broader identity platform strategy rather than as a single airport lane product. On its main site, the company says its platform is built to verify identity across physical and digital settings, including airports, stadiums and online services. ID Tech said CLEAR was accelerating rollout of CLEAR1 for airport processing and enterprise identity use. (idtechwire.com) CLEAR’s second-quarter release used similar language, saying there was “continued strong momentum in CLEAR1 across core verticals.” A separate ID Tech report earlier this year said CLEAR1 had posted its largest bookings quarter to date in the fourth quarter and had set a record for new enterprise customers signed. (clearme.com) ### How does this fit with CLEAR’s recent travel push? CLEAR’s August 5 earnings release tied the expansion to broader growth in its travel business. The company said total members reached 43.5 million as of June 30, up 30% from a year earlier, while active CLEAR+ members rose 15.2% to 8.3 million. (idtechwire.com) The TSA PreCheck partnership itself is also relatively new. NerdWallet reported last week that TSA had added CLEAR as its third enrollment provider, and CLEAR’s own March 24, 2025 press release said it had 58 TSA PreCheck enrollment locations open at that point. ### What can travelers check next? Travelers can verify nearby enrollment options through TSA’s enrollment-center directory or CLEAR’s TSA PreCheck location pages, both of which were live on August 6. (ir.clearme.com) CLEAR said on August 5 that its eGate network remained on track for a network-wide rollout in 2026, and the company’s investor materials will be the next formal place to watch for updated airport and enrollment counts. (tsa.gov) (nerdwallet.com)