RoyaltyStat

What RoyaltyStat does

RoyaltyStat is a subscription-based SaaS platform providing a proprietary online database of royalty rates, license agreements, and service agreements for transfer pricing, finance, and intellectual property professionals. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, the company maintains the first-to-market online database in this niche, with over 23,500 unredacted unique license agreements, 11,000+ service agreements, and 40,000+ additional agreements with alternative remuneration forms, sourced primarily from SEC Filings and Franchise Disclosure Documents. The platform integrates statistical analytics tools including boxplot, histogram, and regression analysis that go beyond simple interquartile range benchmarking to support arm's length pricing analyses under OECD Guidelines and Section 482. Since 2023, RoyaltyStat operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exactera LLC, which provides broader transfer pricing and tax technology solutions.

The company monetizes through enterprise annual subscriptions (with automatic renewal, non-refundable, billed in advance) and short-term pay-as-you-go options, with subscription plans defining the number of authorized users. Knowledge-based customer support and professional services are bundled with subscriptions, indicating a high-touch, consultative GTM approach. Customers include top accounting and law firms, Fortune 500 multinationals, government tax authorities worldwide, and prestigious universities, spanning horizontal segments: transfer pricing professionals, IP professionals, finance/valuation professionals, and government tax authorities. The GTM motion is enterprise field sales with "Request Info" and "Book Demo" CTAs on the website and a client portal for existing subscribers. An AI-powered comparable search product (AI Comp Search / ExactMatch) is offered through the Exactera portfolio, representing the company's primary AI capability. The company has a European subsidiary (RoyaltyStat B.V.) in Amsterdam and is GDPR and CCPA compliant.

RoyaltyStat operates with 11-50 employees, reflecting a lean specialized data provider model. Its competitive position rests on 25+ years of accumulated proprietary data, specialized analytics tools, brand recognition as the first-to-market online database in its niche, and integration into the broader Exactera tax technology ecosystem. Content marketing through white papers, webinars, and blog content supports top-of-funnel demand generation. No venture funding rounds are disclosed, and the company operates as a cash-flowing asset within the Exactera portfolio.

Name

RoyaltyStat

Legal name

RoyaltyStat LLC

Website

https://royaltystat.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RoyaltyStat is a subscription-based SaaS database of royalty rates, license agreements, and service agreements serving transfer pricing, finance, and IP professionals globally. Founded in 1999, it offers 23,500+ license agreements with integrated analytics tools, and operates as a subsidiary of Exactera since 2023.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transfer Pricing Database Software

NAICS

Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) (533)

akta.pro primary industry

Royalty Analytics, Forecasting & Valuation Services (MPAIAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Rights & Licensing Management (Contract, Territory/Window, Royalty) (MPAHALAA)

Keywords

• Transfer pricing database
• Royalty rate benchmarking
• License agreement analytics
• Intangible asset valuation
• Intercompany pricing data

Headquarters

HQ city

Bethesda

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription-Based SaaS Access: RoyaltyStat provides subscription-based access to its proprietary database of royalty rates, license agreements, and service contracts. Subscribers receive unlimited searches, viewing of agreement abstracts and royalty rate descriptions, use of analytics tools, and access to full-text agreements. Subscriptions also include knowledge-based customer support. Annual subscription plans with automatic renewal are offered alongside short-term subscription options.
2. Professional Services: RoyaltyStat offers expert support through knowledge-based customer service and professional services including implementation support and training for transfer pricing professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RoyaltyStat provides a subscription-based SaaS platform delivering searchable access to a proprietary database of over 23,500 unredacted license agreements with disclosed royalty rates and 11,000+ service agreements with varied remuneration, sourced from public filings. The platform enables transfer pricing benchmarking, valuation of intangible assets, and arm's length compliance for accounting/law firms, Fortune 500 multinationals, and tax authorities. It includes integrated analytics tools (boxplot, histogram, regression) and full-text agreement access.

Product overview

RoyaltyStat is a subscription-based SaaS platform offering a comprehensive database of royalty rates, license agreements, and service agreements for transfer pricing and intellectual property professionals. The core product is the RoyaltyStat Database, which combines a License Agreements Database (23,500+ agreements with disclosed royalty rates) and a Service Agreements Database (11,000+ agreements), supplemented by an Analytics Tools module providing statistical analysis capabilities including boxplot, histogram, and regression analysis. Additional offerings include AI Comp Search (ExactMatch) for automated comparable identification, plus educational content including white papers, webinars, and blog resources. The platform serves transfer pricing benchmarking, intangible asset valuation, and arm's length compliance needs for accounting firms, Fortune 500 multinationals, and tax authorities worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• RoyaltyStat Database Primary SaaS platform providing searchable access to over 23,500 unredacted license agreements with disclosed royalty rates, over 11,000 unredacted service agreements, and more than 40,000 additional license agreements with alternative remuneration forms. Supports transfer pricing benchmarking, intangible asset valuation, and arm's length compliance for accounting firms, Fortune 500 multinationals, and tax authorities.
• Royalty Rates Database (License Agreements Database) Proprietary online database of license agreements containing royalty rates and related contractual terms, sourced primarily from public filings including SEC Filings and Franchise Disclosure Documents.
• Service Agreements Database Database of service agreements containing service fees and compensation structures, sourced from public filings, providing comparable transactions for transfer pricing analysis.
• AI Comp Search (ExactMatch) AI-powered comparable search functionality enabling automated identification of comparable license and service agreements for transfer pricing analysis, offered through Exactera.

Quantifiable outcome

• Database of over 23,500 unique license agreements and 11,000+ service agreements with disclosed rates, enabling faster comparability analysis
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ExacteracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoyaltyStat was acquired by Exactera in 2023. Exactera is a parent company offering multiple transfer pricing and tax technology solutions including Exactera Transfer Pricing, Exactera R&D Tax Credits, Exactera Tax Provision, ExactMatch, and ExactReport. RoyaltyStat operates as part of the Exactera portfolio of products.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Valuation Research Corporation (VRC): VRC provides intangible asset valuation and royalty rate benchmarking services, addressing a similar buyer base as RoyaltyStat but with a services-led rather than database-led model.
• Duff & Phelps (Kroll): Kroll provides valuation services for intangible assets and royalty streams, overlapping with the valuation use cases that drive RoyaltyStat subscriptions among IP and finance professionals.
• Intangible Business: Intangible Business specializes in brand and intangible asset valuation, including royalty rate analysis — addressing the same IP valuation buyer personas that subscribe to RoyaltyStat.

Broad incumbents

• Bureau van Dijk (Moody's): Bureau van Dijk provides Orbis and other corporate/financial databases widely used by transfer pricing professionals for comparables analysis, overlapping with RoyaltyStat's benchmarking use cases.
• TaxNotes (Tax Analysts): TaxNotes provides tax news, analysis, and reference content for tax and transfer pricing professionals, overlapping with RoyaltyStat's educational content and thought-leadership audience.
• Bloomberg Tax & Accounting: Bloomberg Tax offers transfer pricing news, analysis, and benchmarking resources used by Big 4 and corporate tax departments, partially overlapping with RoyaltyStat's research and benchmarking offerings.
• Exactera: RoyaltyStat's parent company, offering a broader suite of transfer pricing, tax provision, and R&D tax credit software — overlapping in transfer pricing benchmarking but with a wider product portfolio.
• Wolters Kluwer (TPC / Transfer Pricing Solutions): Wolters Kluwer offers transfer pricing software, documentation tools, and benchmarking data for multinationals, competing indirectly with RoyaltyStat as part of a much larger tax and regulatory information portfolio.

Direct peers

• RoyaltyRange: RoyaltyRange operates a comparable online database of license agreements and royalty rates specifically used by transfer pricing professionals — directly competing with RoyaltyStat's core database product.
• ktMINE: ktMINE provides a database of intellectual property transactions, license agreements, and royalty rates for IP valuation and transfer pricing, serving a similar buyer base as RoyaltyStat.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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