The KYB

What The KYB does

The KYB is a UK-headquartered, privately held business verification and KYB compliance platform founded in 2023 and serving regulated buyers across banking, crypto, fintech, e-commerce, gaming, global trading, insurance, legal, government, and real estate. Its core technology integrates directly with official corporate registries across 250+ countries and 2,000+ data sources to provide real-time access to 300M+ legal entities, with a dual-data access architecture delivering 95% uptime via offline registry backups and automatic failover. The product suite is modular and API-driven, comprising Business Information Collection, Business Verification, Risk Assessment, UBO Identification, Perpetual KYB (continuous monitoring), Corporate Screening, Business Due Diligence, and Document Retrieval, plus integrated AML screening.

The company monetizes through a hybrid of transaction-based per-verification pricing and enterprise subscriptions, with a no-minimum Pay-As-You-Go tier introduced in 2025 and a premium tier of expert-verified enhanced due diligence reports. Go-to-market is API-first via a Developers Hub, combined with enterprise field sales (demo requests, whitepapers, case studies) and a self-serve back-office dashboard. Distribution is global, formalized by a London headquarters at 85 Great Portland Street and a new UAE regional office for MENA coverage. Leadership rests with newly appointed CEO Mark Bain, and the company holds CCPA certification for data privacy compliance.

Name

The KYB

Legal name

The KYB

Website

https://thekyb.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The KYB is a UK-based KYB compliance platform providing real-time business verification, UBO identification, and AML screening across 250+ countries via direct corporate registry integration, sold API-first to regulated enterprises in banking, fintech, crypto, gaming, and other verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. KYB Verification Services: Transaction-based pricing model for per-verification checks on businesses. ROI calculator suggests current market rates of approximately $30.50 per manual check, with The KYB offering 50% cost reduction. Services include basic KYB checks for pre-screening and enhanced KYB reports with expert verification.
2. Subscription/Enterprise Licensing: Annual and multi-year contract options for enterprise clients requiring high-volume verification capabilities. Includes API access, back-office dashboard, case management, and dedicated support.
3. Business Due Diligence Reports: Premium expert-verified reports with deep company intelligence, manual curation by compliance specialists, and comprehensive analysis across 300+ data sources. Higher price point for enhanced due diligence requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

The KYB provides a real-time business verification and Know Your Business (KYB) compliance platform that integrates official corporate registries across 250+ countries covering 300M+ legal entities. It delivers modular services including business verification, UBO identification, AML screening, risk assessment, perpetual monitoring, document retrieval, and expert-verified due diligence reports, accessible via an API and back-office dashboard. The platform is purpose-built for compliance teams in regulated industries to onboard, screen, and continuously monitor business counterparties.

Product overview

The KYB is a comprehensive Know Your Business (KYB) compliance platform offering a modular product suite built around a unified API-driven architecture. The core platform comprises Business Information Collection, Business Verification, Risk Assessment, UBO Identification, Perpetual KYB (Alerting & Monitoring), Corporate Screening, and Document Retrieval modules. Premium add-on services include Expert-Verified Business Due Diligence Reports and Enhanced Due Diligence with human analyst review. All capabilities are accessible via the KYB API and Developers Hub, with flexible pricing options including a Pay-As-You-Go model. The platform covers 250+ countries and territories with real-time data from 2,000+ sources for 300M+ companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Information Collection

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% reduction in time per business onboarding through automated KYB processes
• +3 more outcomes

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature10 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Trulioo: Trulioo provides global identity verification and business verification (KYB) across 195+ countries with API-first architecture. Direct competitor to The KYB in cross-jurisdictional corporate verification and UBO discovery, targeting the same banking, fintech, and crypto segments.
• Middesk: Middesk is a US-focused KYB platform offering business verification, UBO identification, and risk scoring for fintechs and banks. Closest direct functional competitor to The KYB in the UBO/verification workflow with comparable product structure and product-led growth motion.
• Veriff: Veriff offers identity and business verification (KYC/KYB) including AML screening and adverse media via API. Operates in overlapping verticals (fintech, crypto, gaming) and competes for enterprise compliance buyers globally.
• Sumsub: Sumsub provides KYC/KYB/AML and UBO verification for crypto, fintech, gaming, and trading platforms. Competes head-to-head in the same regulated verticals with integrated verification, screening, and ongoing monitoring modules.
• ComplyAdvantage: ComplyAdvantage specializes in AML screening, KYC, and transaction monitoring with strong fintech and crypto overlap. While more focused on screening than registry-level KYB, it competes for the same compliance budget within similar buyer personas.
• Alloy: Alloy provides an identity decisioning platform used by banks and fintechs for KYC, KYB, AML, and fraud. Competes for the same compliance team buyers with API-first architecture and workflow orchestration similar to The KYB's perpet

Broad incumbents

• Bureau van Dijk (Moody's): Bureau van Dijk (Moody's) operates Orbis and the world's largest private company database for KYB, UBO, and corporate due diligence. The dominant incumbent in enterprise KYB with data on 400M+ companies; competitive threat primarily at the large-enterprise tier.
• LSEG / Refinitiv World-Check: LSEG/Refinitiv's World-Check is the gold-standard global sanctions, PEP, and adverse media database used by banks and large enterprises. Competes with The KYB's Corporate Screening and AML modules in regulated enterprise workflows.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 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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