National Sports ID

What National Sports ID does

National Sports ID (legal entity NSID LLC) operates a cloud-based youth sports compliance and verification platform. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mahwah, New Jersey, with a Delaware-registered office at 8 The Green #21830, Dover, the company targets youth sports leagues, tournaments, parks and recreation departments, coaches, and parents across the United States. Per company materials, the platform serves 10K+ organizations, has verified 1M+ players and 150K+ coaches, and has supported 20K+ events.

The product is an all-in-one suite that combines AI-assisted document review with human verification to process government-issued IDs, birth certificates, passports, report cards, and medical forms—explicitly without biometric data collection. Core modules include Player Age and Grade Verification, Coach Verification and Background Checks (with third-party background-check provider integration), Tournament and League Registration Software, E-Sign Waiver Management, Youth Sports Document Collection, Scheduling Software, Team Roster Validation, Integrated Payment Processing (Stripe, Braintree, PayPal), and Communication/Alerts. The platform is COPPA-compliant, CCPA/CPRA-compliant, and pursuing WCAG 2.1 AA conformance, and operates a hybrid self-serve and enterprise-demo go-to-market through nationalsportsid.com.

NSID monetizes primarily through a $12.99 annual subscription per verified Sports ID ($10.00 base fee + $2.99 service fee) with auto-renewal, supplemented by integrated payment-processing fees. The company is privately held, employs 11–50 people, has no disclosed venture or private-equity funding, and is described as bootstrapped or founder-owned, with Ryan Tremblay identified as founder and a primary blog author. Reported strategic actions are limited to two dated partnership announcements—Teammate Basketball (February 2017) and Youth National Championship (June 2019)—with ongoing platform expansion into scheduling, payments, and communications.

Name

National Sports ID

Legal name

NSID LLC

Website

https://nationalsportsid.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

National Sports ID (NSID LLC) is a cloud-based youth sports compliance platform offering AI-assisted player age and grade verification, coach background checks, roster validation, e-sign waivers, scheduling, and integrated payments for leagues, tournaments, parks-and-rec departments, coaches, and parents across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Sports Compliance Software

NAICS

Spectator Sports (71121)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Sports Compliance, Governance & Integrity Services (Safeguarding, Anti-Doping, Match Integrity) (MPAKAKAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Amateur Sport Governing Bodies & Federations (National/Regional) (MPAKACAD)

Keywords

• Youth sports verification
• Player eligibility compliance
• Coach background checks
• Sports league management
• Digital waiver management

Headquarters

HQ city

Mahwah

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Player/Coach Verification Subscription: Annual subscription for verified Sports ID at $12.99 per year (includes $10.00 base fee + $2.99 service fee). Auto-renews each year on account anniversary. Covers player verification, coach background checks, and platform access.
2. Payment Processing: Integrated payment processing through Stripe, Braintree, PayPal, and credit cards for registration fees and transactions. Supports league and tournament registration payments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

National Sports ID is an all-in-one cloud-based youth sports compliance platform that verifies player age and grade eligibility, screens coaches via identity confirmation and background checks, and manages digital waivers, registrations, documents, rosters, scheduling, and payments. It sells an annual $12.99 verified Sports ID subscription to players and coaches, and provides enterprise verification workflows to leagues, tournaments, and parks and recreation departments.

Product overview

National Sports ID is an all-in-one youth sports management platform that provides a unified suite of tools for player verification, coach approval, registration, scheduling, communication, waivers, and compliance management. The platform centers around core verification products including Player Age and Grade Verification (using AI-assisted document review), Coach Verification and Background Checks, and E-Sign Waiver Management. Additional integrated modules cover Tournament and League Registration Software, Youth Sports Scheduling Software, Document Collection and Management, Team Roster Validation, Integrated Payment Processing, and Communication and Alerts. The platform serves leagues, tournaments, and organizations nationwide, with over 1 million players verified, 150,000 coaches verified, and 20,000 events supported. Key differentiators include a privacy-first approach that does not use biometric data (explicitly avoiding facial recognition), COPPA compliance, and annual subscription pricing at $12.99 per verified player.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Player Age and Grade Verification AI-assisted document verification with human review that confirms player age and grade eligibility to ensure athletes are placed in the correct divisions before youth sports events begin. Used by leagues, tournaments, and parents of youth athletes.
• Coach Verification and Background Checks Confirms coach identity, certifications, and facilitates background checks through third-party providers to ensure coaches meet youth sports participation and safety requirements. Used by youth sports leagues, tournaments, and recreation departments.
• Tournament and League Registration Software Centralized registration system for players, teams, and coaches that collects information, documents, and payments in one place to streamline tournament and league operations for youth sports organizers.
• E-Sign Waiver Management Digital waiver collection system with secure electronic signatures from parents and guardians that eliminates paper forms and ensures all required waivers are completed before youth sports participation.
• Youth Sports Scheduling Software Schedule creation and management tool with team restrictions, real-time updates, and mobile access to keep coaches, players, and parents informed of game times and changes.
• NSID Verified Sports Event End-to-end event verification solution that ensures all participants in a youth sports event meet eligibility requirements before competition begins, providing a verified-event designation to tournament and league operators.
• Recreation Department Solution Administrative solution for parks and recreation departments managing youth sports programs, providing coach verification, compliance tracking, document management, and roster oversight for municipal programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Eliminates check-in lines and delays by completing compliance before game day
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 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

Integration5 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Youth National ChampionshipcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 February 2017Partnership to provide player age and grade verification for national youth sports tournaments. Verified players and teams do not need to carry age/grade documents to events, eliminating binder-based check-in processes. The partnership enables compliance enforcement at scale for multi-sport national competitions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Jersey Watch: Jersey Watch is a youth sports tournament and league software provider offering registration, schedule generation, and communication tools. It targets a similar SMB tournament and league buyer as NSID with comparable self-serve onboarding.
• LeagueApps: LeagueApps provides league and tournament management software for youth and adult sports organizations, including registration, scheduling, communications, and payments. It targets the same SMB-to-mid-market league and tournament buyer as NSID and overlaps most strongly on registration and roster workflows.
• TeamSnap: TeamSnap is a widely adopted team management platform for youth sports covering registration, scheduling, rostering, communication, and payment collection. It is one of the best-known consumer- and SMB-facing brands in the youth sports software market and is therefore a frequent alternative to NSID for leagues and tournaments.
• PlayMetrics: PlayMetrics offers a club and youth sports management platform focused on player registration, background checks for coaches, and compliance features for clubs and governing bodies. Its background-check and player-verification capabilities overlap directly with NSID's core verification wedge.

Emerging players

• Heja: Heja is a team management app used by youth sports clubs for scheduling, communication, and player availability. It is comparable to NSID's scheduling and communication modules, and overlaps at the team-admin layer of the same customer persona.
• Crossbar (by Racery): Crossbar provides tournament and event registration/race-management software with sport-specific verticals and increasingly broader youth sports features. It is comparable as a self-serve, B2B platform serving tournament and league organizers.

Broad incumbents

• SportsEngine (NBC Sports Next): SportsEngine is a dominant US youth and club sports management platform (now part of NBC Sports Next) offering registration, rostering, scheduling, and payments. It competes with NSID wherever youth sports organizations bundle compliance and operations tooling.
• Active Network / Active Sports: Active Network is a long-standing sports and recreation registration platform used by leagues, tournaments, and park-and-rec departments across the US. Its broad software suite and entrenched footprint among rec departments make it a benchmark competitor to NSID's parks-and-recs solution.
• Stack Sports: Stack Sports (formerly Stack) provides club and youth sports management software, including registration, websites, video, and payment tools for governing bodies and clubs. It is the parent of several direct competitors and competes with NSID in the compliance and registration layer.
• Sports Connect (DICK's Sporting Goods): Sports Connect, backed by DICK's Sporting Goods, offers youth sports league and tournament registration and management software. It competes directly with NSID for SMB and mid-market youth sports organizers and benefits from a deep retail distribution footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NationalSportID
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/national-sports-id

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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