What Naborly does

Naborly is a Toronto-based SaaS tenant screening platform founded in 2016 by CEO Dylan Lenz, operating across Canada and the United States with offices in Toronto and Fairfield, CA. The company provides landlords and property managers with ID verification, Equifax-based credit reporting, employment and income verification, rental history search, and a proprietary Naborly Score (500-900 scale) that predicts tenancy outcomes including late payments, eviction risk, and length of tenancy. Its core offerings include Basic Screening ($14.99 per report) and Pro Screening ($24.99 per report), with a credit-builder feature that reports on-time rent payments to credit bureaus to help tenants improve credit scores by 50-100 points.

The company monetizes primarily through per-screening transaction fees for individual landlords via self-serve SaaS onboarding, supplemented by enterprise contracts with custom pricing for property management companies handling 200+ units. An API channel enables embedding into partner platforms such as RentMoola. Naborly has been backed by Y Combinator, First Round Capital, Susa Ventures, Village Global, ScaleUp Ventures, Third Prime, Blue Moon, and Bossa Invest across funding rounds from 2016 through 2021 totaling approximately $13-14M. The company holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification and is PIPEDA- and FCRA-compliant.

Since 2021, Naborly has been integrated into SingleKey (Kalungi, Inc.), with the naborly.com domain redirecting to SingleKey's platform. Reported scale metrics include 40,000+ landlords, 320,000+ tenants screened, 450+ enterprise property managers, and 1.22 million rental units processed. The company's primary technical differentiators are the proprietary Naborly Score and its integration with Equifax credit data, complemented by API distribution and compliance credentials.

Name

Naborly

Legal name

Naborly Inc.

Website

https://naborly.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Naborly is a Toronto-based SaaS tenant screening platform serving landlords and property managers in North America with ID verification, Equifax credit reporting, and a proprietary 500-900 risk score. It also offers Credit Builder, which reports tenants' on-time rent payments to credit bureaus, and is now integrated into SingleKey.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tenant Screening Software

NAICS

Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611), Credit Bureaus (561450), Collection Agencies (561440)

SIC

Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies (7320)

akta.pro primary industry

Tenant & Rental Background Screening (BPAKAEAB)

Keywords

• Tenant screening services
• Rental credit reports
• Identity verification software
• Landlord risk assessment
• Property management platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Tenant Screening Reports: Per-screening transaction fees for tenant background checks. Basic Screening at $14.99 provides ID verification and credit report summary. Pro Screening at $24.99 includes comprehensive report with employment/income verification, risk analysis, past address history, and full tenant profile. Pricing varies by currency based on rental property location (CAD for Canada, USD for US).
2. Enterprise Accounts: Custom pricing agreements for property management companies with 200+ units requiring multiple authorized users and volume screening capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Naborly provides cloud-based tenant screening SaaS for landlords and property managers, delivering identity verification, Equifax credit reports, employment/income verification, rental history searches, financial risk analysis, and a proprietary 500–900 Naborly Score with Tenancy Projected Outcomes. The platform also offers Credit Builder, reporting on-time tenant rent payments to credit bureaus so renters can raise their scores by 50–100 points. Basic Screening is priced at $14.99 and Pro Screening at $24.99 per report, with enterprise agreements for property managers running 200+ units.

Product overview

Naborly is a tenant screening platform that operates as a unified product ecosystem with multiple integrated modules. The core offerings include Basic Screening ($14.99) and Pro Screening ($24.99) packages, which provide ID verification and comprehensive credit reporting through Equifax. The Naborly Report serves as the primary deliverable, combining the Naborly Score (a proprietary 500-900 risk rating), Equifax credit data, and tenancy outcome predictions. The platform also includes Credit Builder, an add-on that reports on-time rent payments to credit bureaus to help tenants improve their credit scores by 50-100 points over time. Naborly Passport provides a verified tenant profile from application data. Enterprise accounts support larger property management operations with volume pricing and multi-user access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Naborly Report: Comprehensive tenant screening report including credit score, Naborly Score (500-900 range), identity verification, income/employment verification, rental history, and risk analysis.
• Naborly Passport
• Credit Builder
• Naborly Tenant Insights

Products and services

• Basic Screening Per-screening tenant screen for property owners/managers wanting simple credit-pull vetting. Provides instant results (within business hours), full Equifax Credit Summary and Score, and tenant identity verification for $14.99 per screening. The landlord or tenant pays the fee.
• Pro Screening Comprehensive tenant screening and background check for property owners/managers requiring full vetting. Delivers results in 1–2 days, including full Equifax Credit Summary and Score, tenant identity verification, employment and income verification, risk and cash flow analysis, past rental addresses and landlord contact info, and a full tenant profile (occupants, pets, parking). Priced at $24.99 per screening, paid by the landlord or tenant.
• Credit Builder Rent-payment reporting service for tenants (and their landlords) that reports on-time monthly rent to credit bureaus so tenants can build or improve their credit scores, with a claimed potential lift of 50–100 points over time. Targets renters who lack traditional credit-building instruments, particularly young people, students, and new immigrants.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduce lease defaults by as much as 89% for more than 1 million rentals
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• RentMoolacoreTechnology or Integration · 7 June 2017API partnership with RentMoola announced June 7, 2017. RentMoola integrated Naborly's tenant screening into their property management platform, allowing seamless credit verification within their rental payment and management ecosystem.
• Equifax CanadacoreTechnology or Integration · 24 May 2017International credit data partnership with Equifax Canada announced May 24, 2017. Naborly serves as Equifax's preferred tenant screening partner in Canada and the US, providing comprehensive credit reports including FICO scores, bankruptcy records, judgments, collections, liens, and payment patterns.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SingleKey: SingleKey is the direct acquirer of Naborly and operates a competing tenant screening platform in Canada and the US. Post-acquisition the two products are integrated, making SingleKey the closest operational peer and benchmark for pricing and feature parity.
• TransUnion SmartMove: SmartMove is TransUnion's direct-to-landlord tenant screening service offering credit reports, background checks, and tenant recommendations. It is one of the largest scaled competitors in the same SMB and small-portfolio landlord segment Naborly targets.
• Experian RentBureau: Experian RentBureau enables landlords and property managers to report tenant rent payment data to Experian's credit bureau, directly overlapping with Naborly's Credit Builder feature. It is a bureau-backed incumbent in tenant credit reporting.
• TurboTenant: TurboTenant provides free and freemium tenant screening, rental applications, and listing tools to independent landlords in North America. It targets the same SMB landlord segment with a similar self-serve, transaction-priced screening product.
• RentPrep: RentPrep offers tenant background and credit screening reports to individual landlords and small property managers in the US, using a similar per-screening transaction model and serving a comparable target customer.

Broad incumbents

• Buildium: Buildium is a full property management SaaS platform that includes tenant screening as a bundled module among leasing, accounting, and maintenance tools. It addresses the same property manager customers but as part of a broader PMS offering rather than a standalone screening specialist.
• AppFolio: AppFolio is an enterprise property management software suite with integrated tenant screening (AppFolio Screening), AI insights, and accounting. It is a broader incumbent serving larger portfolios that Naborly also targets with its enterprise tier.
• Yardi Tenant Screening: Yardi offers tenant screening services (Yardi Screening) bundled into its dominant commercial and multifamily property management suites. Comparable to Naborly at the feature level, but distributed as part of a large incumbent PMS rather than as a standalone offering.

Emerging players

• Checkr: Checkr is a leading background check API platform focused on employment screening, with expanding tenant and gig-worker use cases. It is comparable through its API-first screening architecture and Equifax-class data partnerships, though its primary customer is employers rather than landlords.
• TenantCloud: TenantCloud is a property management platform for small and mid-sized landlords that includes built-in tenant screening, applications, and rent collection. It overlaps with Naborly on SMB landlord screening but bundles it with a broader free PMS workflow.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/naborly
• Facebookfacebook.com/naborly
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/naborly
• Instagraminstagram.com/naborly.inc

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors17 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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