OnCorp Direct

What OnCorp Direct does

OnCorp Direct Inc. is a Toronto-based provider of online search and registration services for corporate and public-records data in Canada, operating the eCore platform (branded "eCore Powered by oncorp") as a product of Dye & Durham Corporation. The platform functions as a web-based one-stop-shop that provides legal and financial professionals with electronic access to Canadian government registry databases — including ONBIS (Ontario Business Information System), PPSR (Personal Property Security Registration), and the NUANS name-search system — for automated due diligence, PPSA searches and registrations, corporate registry filings, name availability/reservation, incorporation (Ontario and Federal), annual returns, and business-name registration. The company is a certified Electronic Filing Intermediary with Corporations Canada and a contracted Service Provider under Ontario's Ministry of Government Services, and offers direct online access across 14 Canadian registration jurisdictions.

The company serves three customer groups: legal professionals (lawyers, law clerks, paralegals), financial-services professionals (accountants, credit/leasing companies, and regulated institutions with KYC and PPSA needs), and casual/individual users requiring occasional filings. Its revenue model is primarily transactional: per-transaction fees for searches, NUANS reports, PPSA registrations, incorporations, and certificate/report orders, with government disbursements added on top of service fees. Representative pricing ranges from roughly $28.80 for basic name verification to $317.80–$400.30 plus government fees for incorporation filings. A secondary line sells physical corporate supplies (minute books, embossers, share certificates, corporate kits) via a separate e-commerce storefront with next-day shipping.

Go-to-market follows a dual-track model: a self-service, pay-per-transaction offering for casual users (credit-card access via "Visitor" login) and a no-fee membership/deposit-account model for regular professional users that provides reduced rates, automated cost recovery, and template storage, monetized through higher transaction volume. Distribution is entirely digital through the eCore platform (with Cyberbahn and eCore member access), and the website is the principal acquisition channel, supported by phone/email customer service (8:00 AM–6:00 PM ET). The lineage traces to a Search House business active since 1978; a 2001 IACA Award recognized its role, with Ontario's Ministry of Government Services, in delivering the world's first end-to-end electronic incorporation.

Name

OnCorp Direct

Legal name

Dye & Durham Corporation

Website

https://oncorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OnCorp Direct operates the eCore platform, a Dye & Durham web portal giving Canadian legal and financial professionals electronic access to government registry databases (ONBIS, PPSR, NUANS) for due diligence, PPSA, incorporation, and corporate registry filing services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Transaction Fees - Search and Registration Services: Per-transaction fees for business searches, name availability checks, NUANS reports, PPSA registrations, corporation filings, and certificate orders. Fees vary by service type and include processing fees plus government disbursements.
2. Corporate Supplies Sales: Sale of physical corporate supplies including minute books, embossers, share certificates, name plates, and corporate kits. Unit pricing with next-day shipping available.
3. Membership Account Services: No-fee membership accounts for regular users offering reduced transaction rates and automated cost recovery features. Revenue generated through higher transaction volume from account members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

OnCorp Direct operates the eCore platform, Canada's leading web-based technology portal that provides legal and financial professionals with electronic access to government public records databases (ONBIS, PPSR, NUANS) for business searches, name availability checks, corporate registry filings, PPSA registrations, and incorporation services. The company also sells physical corporate supplies such as minute books, embossers, share certificates, and pre-configured corporate kits through a separate e-commerce store.

Product overview

OnCorp Direct operates the eCore platform (a Dye & Durham product), which is Canada's leading web-based technology portal providing legal and business professionals with access to public records data and corporate registry services. The platform serves as a one-stop-shop integrating automated due diligence, PPSA searches, corporate registry services, business name registration, and incorporation filing. eCore offers multiple service tiers including casual credit-card access, eCore Member accounts for professionals, and Cyberbahn Member access. The platform connects to government databases including ONBIS (Ontario Business Information System), PPSR (Personal Property Security Registration), and NUANS (Newly Upgraded Automated Name Search System). Supporting the core digital services, OnCorp Direct also offers physical corporate supplies including minute books, corporate seals, embossers, share certificates, name plates, and corporate kits through a separate e-commerce store.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• eCore Platform Web-based technology portal providing automated due diligence, PPSA searches and registrations, corporate registry services, name availability and reservation, incorporation filing, and access to government databases including ONBIS, PPSR, and NUANS across all 14 Canadian jurisdictions. Designed for legal professionals, financial services professionals, and casual users requiring public records access.
• Company Name Verification Search service that verifies whether a proposed business name is registered, with options for basic NUANS database quick scan or comprehensive search covering BC, QC, US trademarks, and other government sources.
• Entity Profile Report Report displaying current information on the public record for corporations, including names and addresses of active officers and directors, head office address, historical information, and name history.
• Certificate of Status Official document verifying the Active/Inactive status of an Ontario corporation or Extra-Provincial foreign corporation, providing current status including active, dissolved or in default.
• Comprehensive Pre-Search In-depth search service retrieving company information from multiple government and other sources, including BC and PQ company names, US trademarks, internet domain names, and unregistered business names to pre-screen proposed company names.
• NUANS Name Reservation Report Mandatory name reservation report for Ontario or Federal corporation incorporation, containing corporate names, business names, and trademarks registered in Canada through Industry Canada's NUANS database.
• Ontario Articles of Incorporation Electronic incorporation filing service for For-Profit Ontario companies under the Business Corporations Act, available with custom data or pre-defined sample templates with real-time filing capability.
• Federal Articles of Incorporation Electronic incorporation filing service for For-Profit Federal (Canada) companies under the Canada Business Corporations Act, available with custom data or pre-defined sample templates.
• Initial Return / Notice of Change Filing service for Ontario corporations to report Initial Return within 60 days of incorporation or Notice of Change within 15 days of changes to address, officers, or directors under the Corporations Information Act.
• Annual Return Filing Mandatory annual filing service for Ontario corporations under the Corporations Information Act, due within six months after the end of each tax year.
• Business Name Registration / Renewal Registration and renewal service for sole proprietorships, general partnerships, and business names for corporations under the Ontario Business Names Act.
• Federal Name Pre-Approval Pre-approval service for Federal corporate names from Corporations Canada, expediting the incorporation process using Industry Canada's standardized approval process.
• Corporate Supplies Physical legal and corporate supplies including minute books, corporate seals, embossers, share certificates, name plates, by-laws, tabs, ledgers, attache cases, slipcases, and foil stamping products sold via an online storefront.
• Corporate Kits and Packages Pre-configured corporate starter packages combining minute books, plates, embossers, share certificates, and by-laws at various price points such as the Corporate Kit Package 1.
• KYC Client/Onboarding Solutions Web-based solution for financial services client identification needs, supporting front-line or back-office business client KYC processes with online PPSA searches and registrations for all Canadian jurisdictions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Results available within 5 minutes for Certificate of Status orders
• +4 more outcomes

Segments3 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.

• Ontario Ministry of Government Services (MGS)coreOthersOnCorp Direct operates as a Service Provider under contract with Ontario's Ministry of Government Services, providing electronic access to the Ontario Business Information System (ONBIS) and PPSR database for corporate searches, filings, and registrations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Thomson Reuters: Thomson Reuters operates legal, tax, and compliance information businesses (including Carswell in Canada) that provide regulatory and corporate-information services overlapping with OnCorp Direct's registry and due-diligence offerings as part of a much larger information-services portfolio.
• LexisNexis: LexisNexis provides legal research and public-records data services, including business information, due diligence, and people/asset searches that overlap with OnCorp Direct's KYC and corporate-search offerings as part of a much broader legal-information platform.
• Bureau van Dijk (Moody's): Bureau van Dijk, a Moody's company, provides comprehensive business-information databases used for KYC, due diligence, and corporate research, competing with OnCorp Direct's entity-profile and due-diligence services as part of a global information platform.
• Wolters Kluwer (CT Corporation): Wolters Kluwer operates CT Corporation, a leading North American corporate-compliance and registered-agent business, and is a broad incumbent in legal and regulatory information services that competes with OnCorp Direct's filing, search, and compliance offerings as part of a larger portfolio.

Emerging players

• Avalara: Avalara provides cloud-based tax and compliance automation, an adjacent compliance-software category to OnCorp Direct's corporate-registry and compliance workflow services for SMBs and mid-market customers.
• Diligent: Diligent provides governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software including entity management and corporate-secretarial tools, partially overlapping with OnCorp Direct's incorporation, annual-return, and corporate-records offerings.

Direct peers

• Harbor Compliance: Harbor Compliance offers online corporate compliance solutions including entity management, business licensing, and registered-agent services for SMBs and non-profits, directly competing with OnCorp Direct's incorporation and annual-filing offerings in the North American market.
• Corporation Service Company (CSC): CSC is the largest global provider of corporate compliance, entity management, and registered-agent services, directly competing with OnCorp Direct in corporate registry filings, due diligence, and compliance workflows for legal and financial professionals.
• TMF Group: TMF Group provides corporate secretarial, entity compliance, and registered-office services globally, directly comparable to OnCorp Direct's incorporation, annual-return, and corporate-registry workflow offerings for legal and financial professionals.
• InfoTrack: InfoTrack is a legal-technology platform providing e-filing, property, and corporate search services to law firms, with similar transactional pricing and professional-membership models that mirror OnCorp Direct's GTM for legal professionals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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