MunicipalBonds.com

What MunicipalBonds.com does

MunicipalBonds.com is a privately held financial data platform founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York. It operates as a vertically specialized destination for municipal bond market information, serving individual investors (primary), institutional investors, and financial advisors with real-time transaction data drawn from the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) feed reported by brokers, dealers, and municipal securities dealers. The core product is a web-based platform that surfaces state-by-state bond activity across all 50 U.S. states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico, supported by modules including a Bond Screener (filterable by yield, activity, trade size, issuer type, and bond category), a daily Market Report, State GO bond yield averages, a Muni ETFs section, a Bond Insurance information section, and a 20-chapter educational library covering Municipal Bonds 101, risk management, investing strategies, and taxation.

The underlying technology is a self-serve, content-and-data web platform built around curated MSRB transaction feeds rather than a proprietary data asset; the company's defensible layer is presentation, screening UX, and search-optimized state-level landing pages. The business model is a freemium subscription: free basic access with optional premium subscription tiers offering personalized market updates and research, though specific pricing is not disclosed publicly. Distribution is fully digital and self-serve, relying on organic search, an email newsletter, and ongoing editorial publishing (news and educational articles) as primary acquisition channels, with no enterprise sales motion or partnership distribution documented.

The company operates as part of the Mitre Media network of financial data sites (including Dividend.com, ETFdb.com, MutualFunds.com, and TraderHQ.com), is privately held with no disclosed outside funding, and has remained a small organization (1–10 employees) since founding. No M&A activity, leadership transitions, or AI/ML capability investments are documented in the available sources.

Name

MunicipalBonds.com

Legal name

MunicipalBonds.com

Website

https://MunicipalBonds.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MunicipalBonds.com is a privately held, New York-based financial data platform founded in 2009 that provides real-time MSRB-powered municipal bond transaction data, screening, and educational content to individual investors, institutional investors, and financial advisors via a freemium subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Data and Analytics

NAICS

Securities and Commodity Exchanges (52321), Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro industry

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Municipal Bond Trading Platforms

Financial & Insurance/Financial Exchanges & Market Infrastructure/Fixed Income & Bond Trading Venues

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Municipal Bonds Trading

Financial & Insurance/Capital Markets & Securities/Fixed Income, Rates & Credit Trading

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Municipal Bonds

Financial & Insurance/Capital Markets & Securities/Debt Capital Markets (DCM)

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Municipal Bond Strategies (Tax-Exempt/TAXABLE Munis)

Financial & Insurance/Asset & Wealth Management/Asset Management — Fixed Income & Credit

Keywords

• Municipal bond data
• Bond screening tools
• Fixed income research
• Investment education
• Market analytics platform

Headquarters

HQ city

New Canaan

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Premium Subscription: Freemium model with free basic access and premium subscription tiers offering personalized market updates, research, and additional features for municipal bond investors

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MunicipalBonds.com operates a web-based investment platform that delivers real-time municipal bond transaction data sourced from the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), along with bond screening tools, daily market reports, state-level yield averages, and an educational content library. The platform is offered under a freemium model, with free signup and an upgradeable premium subscription that unlocks personalized market updates and research. It serves individual investors, institutional investors, and financial advisors.

Product overview

MunicipalBonds.com is a unified web-based investment platform for municipal bond investors. The core product is the MunicipalBonds.com Platform, which provides real-time MSRB transaction data and market analytics. Supporting modules include the Bond Screener for filtering bonds by state, yield, and type; Market Report for daily activity summaries; State GO Bond Yields for regional yield comparisons; and a comprehensive Education section with 20 chapters. Additional offerings include Bond Insurance information, Muni ETFs coverage, and premium subscription access. The platform serves individual investors, institutional investors, and financial advisors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MunicipalBonds.com Platform A comprehensive web-based platform providing real-time municipal bond market data powered by MSRB feeds, market analytics, screening tools, and investment research for individual investors, institutional investors, and financial advisors under a freemium model.
• Bond Screener Interactive tool that allows users to filter and screen municipal bond trades by state, yield, activity levels, trade size including $1m+ trades, bond type (GO bonds, revenue bonds, housing bonds), and issuer categories such as schools, colleges, airports, and refunding bonds.
• Market Report Daily municipal bond activity report summarizing the top 10 most active issues, highest yielding bonds, and average yields by maturity year.
• State GO Bond Yields Five-day average state general obligation bond yields covering all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for regional yield comparison.
• Municipal Bonds 101 Education 20-chapter educational guide covering municipal bond basics, risk management, investing strategies, and taxation, paired with a comprehensive glossary for municipal bond investors.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• ETFdb.com: Another Mitre Media financial data site covering ETFs, including municipal bond ETFs. Comparable as a retail-focused investment data platform with overlapping audience and operational structure.
• Dividend.com: Sister site within the Mitre Media network, focused on dividend stock data and analysis. Comparable as a financial data platform targeting retail investors with similar freemium subscription model and content-led acquisition.
• Tradeweb: Electronic marketplace for institutional fixed-income trading including municipal bonds. Directly comparable as a fixed-income trading and analytics platform, though primarily institutional.
• MarketAxess: Leading electronic trading platform for fixed income, including municipal bonds. Comparable as a fixed-income trading and data platform serving institutional investors, though focused on trading rather than retail education.
• Bonds.com (now part of OTC Markets): Fixed-income trading and data platform historically focused on retail and institutional bond investors. Directly comparable as a destination for bond discovery, screening, and pricing.
• ICE BondPoint: ICE's fixed-income trading platform including municipal bond capabilities. Comparable as a muni-bond electronic trading venue serving institutional and retail broker-dealer clients.

Emerging players

• Magnifi: AI-powered investment search and analytics platform. Emerging competitor using AI to surface fixed-income and equity data — represents the next-generation threat to legacy content-driven sites like MunicipalBonds.com.

Broad incumbents

• Investing.com: Large retail financial data and news platform with bond data, screeners, and educational content. Comparable as a multi-asset investor destination though with much broader scope.
• Bloomberg Terminal: Dominant institutional financial data terminal with extensive municipal bond data, analytics, and news. Competes with MunicipalBonds.com for serious muni investors but serves a much broader market with significantly higher pricing.

Others

• MSRB (Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board): The official regulatory body that publishes the real-time muni transaction data MunicipalBonds.com relies on. MSRB.org offers its own free EMMA portal for investors, providing direct (free) access to the same underlying data feed.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/municipalbonds
• Facebookfacebook.com/mitremedia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/9124450

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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