What Verifiera AB does

Verifiera AB is a Swedish private limited company (Aktiebolag) founded in 2016 that operates as a legal news agency and digital research platform. The company provides searchable access to Swedish public court documents and government records — including court judgments, indictments, subpoenas, court registers, and prosecutorial decisions — dating back to 2008, with a curated archive of approximately 20 million documents and roughly 100 million cumulative views. Its two core products are "Verktyg" (a research tool with smart filtering functions for background checks, due diligence, and journalistic research) and "Rapport" (a legal archive and full court monitoring service across all Swedish courts and authorities). The platform is fully digital, secured via BankID authentication, and supports both anonymous searches and identified enterprise use.

The company serves a broad set of regulated and security-sensitive customer segments, including banks and financial institutions, government agencies, police and defense forces, healthcare providers, schools and preschools, transport and logistics firms, IT and technology companies, staffing agencies, and media organizations. Revenue is generated through subscription-based access with quote-based annual pricing, requiring demo booking for new enterprise customers; smaller users can self-serve through the online platform. The go-to-market combines self-service digital onboarding with direct enterprise sales for larger accounts, supported by content marketing through the company's news site and participation in public debate on legal transparency.

Verifiera is headquartered in Stockholm (Box 24247, 104 51 Stockholm) and operates a second office in Boston, Massachusetts (45 Myrtle Street, 02114). The company has approximately 20 employees per its own website, is a member of SOFF (Säkerhets- och försvarsföretagen, since 2018) and Säkerhetsbranschen (since 2019), and has been led by CEO Peter Carpelan — a former Chief Prosecutor in Stockholm — since June 2025. Gunnar Axén serves as Board Chairman and responsible publisher. The company has faced regulatory scrutiny from Sweden's data protection authority (IMY) since 2024 regarding GDPR compliance in publishing court judgments, an issue that bears directly on the viability of the core product.

Name

Verifiera AB

Legal name

Verifiera AB

Website

https://verifiera.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Verifiera AB is a Swedish legal news agency and digital research platform providing searchable access to approximately 20 million Swedish public court documents dating back to 2008, serving banks, government agencies, healthcare providers, schools, transport firms, IT companies, staffing agencies, and media for background checks, due diligence, and compliance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Research and Public Records Database

NAICS

Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

SIC

Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies (7320)

akta.pro primary industry

Third-Party/Vendor Risk & Due Diligence (TPRM, continuous monitoring) (FSAGAFAJ)

Keywords

• Legal research platform
• Background check services
• Court document database
• Due diligence tools
• Swedish public records

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Research Tools Subscription: Subscription-based access to legal research tools and searchable legal archive for background checks, journalistic research, and due diligence
2. Reports: Report services providing legal documentation and analysis

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Verifiera AB operates a fully digital research platform providing searchable access to 20 million Swedish public documents — including court judgments, indictments, subpoenas, prosecutorial decisions, and penalty orders dating back to 2008. Its two main services are Verktyg, a research tool with smart filtering for background checks and due diligence, and Rapport, a complete legal archive with full court monitoring used for journalistic research, security compliance, and investigative reporting.

Product overview

Verifiera AB operates as a legal news agency and digital research platform offering two integrated services: a searchable public documents database (Verktyg) and a legal archive with complete court monitoring (Rapport). The platform is fully digital, providing nationwide access to Swedish public records from courts and government authorities dating back to 2008, supporting background checks, journalistic research, and security compliance work. The company has operated since 2016 and is a member of SOFF (Säkerhets- och försvarsföretagen) and Säkerhetsbranschen.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Verifiera Verktyg (Research Tool) A fully digital research tool providing searchable access to Swedish public documents including court judgments, indictments, subpoenas, court registers, prosecutorial decisions, and penalty orders from Swedish courts and authorities dating back to 2008. Supports background checks, journalistic research, and security work with smart filtering functions and anonymous searches. Used by companies, journalists, researchers, faculties, and individuals for qualified research in public documents.
• Verifiera Rapport (Legal Archive & Court Monitoring) A complete legal archive offering full court monitoring (fullständig domsbevakning) across all Swedish courts and authorities. Provides reports and monitoring services on legal proceedings, accessible digitally with real-time updates for ongoing research, due diligence, and compliance with the Swedish Security Protection Act (säkerhetsskyddslagen).

Quantifiable outcome

• 10 years as industry-leading legal news bureau
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered moderate.

• Säkerhets- och försvarsföretagen (SOFF)moderateOthersIndustry organization for security and defense companies. Verifiera became member in 2018 as part of its positioning in the security services sector.
• SäkerhetsbranschenmoderateOthersSwedish security industry association. Verifiera became member in 2019 demonstrating its role in the Swedish security services market.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ratsit: Swedish consumer background-check and people-search service offering access to public records, court information and personal data — directly overlapping with Verifiera's research-tool use case for Swedish residents and businesses.
• Kroll: Global risk-consulting and background-screening firm providing pre-employment screening, due diligence and identity services to enterprises — competing for the same enterprise background-check budget that Verifiera targets.
• Creditsafe: International business credit-report and compliance-data provider offering company information and KYC/AML reports across multiple markets — competing for Nordic enterprise KYC and counterparty-screening spend.
• UC (Upplysningscentralen): Sweden's main business and consumer credit information bureau, supplying credit reports, company data and background information — competing with Verifiera's enterprise due-diligence and AML use cases.
• Hitta.se: Sweden's leading people-search and directory platform, providing access to personal and public-record information on Swedish individuals — a near-substitute for Verifiera's consumer/individual background-check functionality.
• Bisnode (now Dun & Bradstreet): Nordic-origin business data and credit information provider, now part of Dun & Bradstreet, offering company and counterparty information across the Nordics — directly comparable for enterprise KYC and due-diligence use cases.
• Allabolag: Swedish company-information and business-directory service providing public-records-based company lookups, financial information and director details — overlapping with Verifiera's due-diligence and company-research functionality.

Broad incumbents

• Westlaw (Thomson Reuters): Major international legal-research platform with court documents, case law and legal analytics — a broader incumbent addressing the same legal-research and court-monitoring demand that Verifiera's Rapport product serves in Sweden.
• LexisNexis: Global legal, regulatory and risk-information provider with broad legal-research and background-check products across many jurisdictions — a larger, established competitor addressing the same legal-research and compliance use cases as Verifiera.

Regional players

• Eniro: Nordic directory and local-search service providing people- and company-lookup information in Sweden — a regional player in adjacent public-records search and background-information services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/verifiera-ab

Compliance1 record

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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