What Red Flag Reporting does

Red Flag Reporting, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Akron, Ohio, is a privately held provider of ethics, compliance, safety, and whistleblower hotline services paired with incident case management software. The company was originally established by one of the nation's largest CPA firms and became an independent entity in 2015. Its core offering is a multi-channel reporting platform — toll-free phone with 24/7/365 live operators, web portal, text, email, mail, and fax — supporting 100+ languages on the web and 200+ languages by phone, with anonymous and identified submission options and two-way communication between reporters and investigators. The integrated case management module automates report routing by type and location, enforces workflow rules, stores evidence with audit trails, and provides on-demand graphical trend analyses.

The platform is sold on a per-employee annual subscription basis at what the company describes as a "nominal dollar amount per employee per year," with all pricing quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Red Flag Reporting targets a broad vertical base including public companies (SOX-driven), government entities, healthcare facilities, nonprofits, financial services, education, and manufacturing — naming customers such as Kentucky, El Paso County TX, Susan G. Komen, ACFE, Wagner, Alsco, Rural King, Sunsweet, Phillips PetFood, and Marten Farms. Distribution is primarily direct and consultative via the company website, with go-to-market emphasizing a "no-pressure" sales approach and a three-step implementation framework. The Akros Network, an invitation-only partner ecosystem bundling crisis communications (Hennes Communications), corporate security investigations (SACS Consulting), and employee training (Ving), extends the offering beyond the core hotline product.

The company is small (1-10 employees per firmographic data), has never raised outside funding, and operates with a lean management team led by President Ray Dunkle and Vice Presidents Tanya Dunkle and Eric Mann. Key credentials include a BBB A+ rating, 2018 IDC Innovator recognition, claimed first-in-world U.S./E.U. Privacy Shield certification, and earned media coverage in the Journal of Accountancy and InsideCounsel Magazine. The company claims a 100% customer retention rate and serves clients across 6 continents. No M&A activity, funding rounds, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed in the source material.

Name

Red Flag Reporting

Legal name

Red Flag Reporting

Website

https://redflagreporting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Red Flag Reporting provides 24/7 multilingual ethics, compliance, and whistleblower hotline services paired with case management software, sold via per-employee annual subscriptions to mid-market organizations, government entities, and nonprofits across six continents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ethics and Compliance Software

NAICS

Investigation and Security Services (5616)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Compliance, Risk & Audit Management (SOC 2/ISO/PCI) (HDABANAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Privacy Management (Consent, DSAR, RoPA) (HDADAFAH)

Keywords

• Ethics hotline services
• Compliance case management
• Whistleblower reporting platform
• Anonymous reporting software
• Fraud hotline solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Akron

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Annual Subscription (Per Employee): Subscription-based pricing charged on a per-employee, per-year basis. The company describes pricing as 'nominal dollar amount per employee per year' and emphasizes cost-effectiveness, noting that a single report can cover the cost of service for decades. No tier-specific pricing is publicly disclosed; all pricing requires a custom quote.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Red Flag Reporting provides a cloud-based ethics, compliance, safety, fraud, and whistleblower hotline service integrated with incident case management software. The platform enables employees to anonymously or confidentially report misconduct via phone, web, text, email, mail, and fax, with 24/7/365 live operators in 200+ languages, and automates report routing, assignment, tracking, and resolution with audit trails and trend analysis.

Product overview

Red Flag Reporting offers a unified hotline + incident case management solution comprising two core products: Ethics & Whistleblower Hotline Services and Case Management Solutions. The hotline service provides multi-channel reporting (phone via 24/7 live operators, web portal, text, email, mail, and fax) in 100+ web languages and 200+ phone languages. The integrated case management platform automates routing, assignment, and tracking of reports from intake through resolution with full audit trails. The products are offered alongside the Akros Network partner ecosystem for supplementary crisis communications, corporate security, and employee training services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Akros Network: A network of trusted third-party service providers in compliance, ethics, and security, including Hennes Communications (crisis management), SACS Consulting & Investigative Services (corporate security), and Ving (employee training).

Products and services

• Ethics & Whistleblower Hotline Services
• Case Management Solutions A compliance case management platform that automates routing, assignment, and tracking of hotline reports from intake through resolution, featuring audit trails, multi-national capabilities, mobile-responsive design, evidence uploads, and on-demand graphical trend analyses.

Quantifiable outcome

• A single report can cover the cost of service for decades
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Hennes CommunicationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCrisis communications partner providing strategic communications responses to reputational challenges, crisis events, and issues threatening organizational mission. Based in Cleveland, Ohio with a satellite office in Akron. Serves public and private companies, educational institutions, healthcare providers, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations regionally, nationally, and internationally. Services include developing and executing crisis communications strategies, media training, crisis drills, litigation communications support, and executive spokesperson coaching.
• SACS Consulting & Investigative Services, Inc.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCorporate security and investigations partner focusing on human resources, management/employee training, security, corporate/personal investigations, physical security assessments, and high-risk workplace issues. Provides services throughout the U.S. to corporations, educational facilities, nonprofits, government organizations, and houses of worship. Industry leader in corporate high-risk training programs including workplace violence, active shooter, sexual harassment, defusing difficult people, and bullying.
• VingcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEmployee training partner offering over a decade of experience in compliance and safety training. Provides technology toolkit designed for diverse learning styles with library of 2,000+ courses and microburst training sessions covering OSHA training, toolbox talks, HR compliance, sexual harassment, and workplace violence protection programs. Also offers compliance management tools for tracking employee compliance across focus areas.
• Akros NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAkros Network is an exclusive 'by invitation only' network of leading service providers in compliance, ethics, and security. The name derives from the Greek root meaning 'topmost, high point, and extreme,' reflecting commitment to quality. Membership requires industry leadership recognition, national and/or international capabilities, high ratings from objective organizations such as BBB, and trust from other network members.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Convercent (OneTrust): Convercent (acquired by OneTrust in 2021) provides an ethics and compliance hotline and case management platform with anonymous reporting and analytics — a direct competitor to Red Flag Reporting, now part of a broader privacy and compliance platform.
• NAVEX WhistleB (formerly WhistleB): NAVEX WhistleB is a dedicated whistleblower and ethics hotline solution focused on European markets and EU Whistleblower Directive compliance, directly comparable to Red Flag Reporting's multilingual hotline offering and EU data protection positioning.
• WhistleBlower Software: WhistleBlower Software provides a dedicated ethics/whistleblower hotline and case management SaaS solution for organizations of all sizes; a small-scale direct competitor with similar product positioning to Red Flag Reporting in the standalone hotline plus case management category.
• People Intouch (SpeakUp): People Intouch operates a dedicated SpeakUp ethics/whistleblower hotline and case management platform serving primarily European multinationals; directly comparable to Red Flag Reporting's multilingual hotline and case management focus.
• NAVEX Global: NAVEX Global is the largest dedicated ethics and compliance hotline (EthicsPoint) and GRC software provider, serving organizations worldwide with whistleblower hotline, case management, policy management, and training — directly comparable to Red Flag Reporting's core offering at substantially larger scale.
• EQS Group (Lighthouse): EQS Group's Lighthouse division (acquired 2021) provides an integrity line, whistleblower hotline, and case management solution — a direct competitor to Red Flag Reporting with broader reach across European compliance markets.

Emerging players

• Vault Platform: Vault Platform is an emerging misconduct reporting and case management SaaS provider targeting large enterprises; partial overlap with Red Flag Reporting's hotline plus case management offering but with a more modern UX and AI-assisted workflows.

Broad incumbents

• OneTrust: OneTrust is a broad privacy, security, ethics, and governance platform that absorbed Convercent; offers ethics hotline and case management alongside privacy, consent, and GRC — adjacent but much broader in scope than Red Flag Reporting.
• NAVEX Lockpath: NAVEX Lockpath provides integrated GRC, risk, and compliance management including incident and hotline case management as part of a broader platform; comparable to Red Flag Reporting but as a wider GRC suite rather than a dedicated hotline specialist.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/redflagreports

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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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