What www.northdata.com does

North Data is a Hamburg-based European business intelligence platform founded in 2011 by Frank Felix Debatin that aggregates publicly available company information from trade registers, annual reports, funding registers, trademark records, and patent registries across 24 countries into a single searchable system covering more than 90 million companies, 153 data sources, and 26 financial and performance indicators. The platform is built on automated Big Data and AI pipelines that continuously ingest official publications and apply LLM-based extraction to recover financial figures (revenue, pension provisions, employee counts) embedded in the narrative text of annual reports. Its product surface spans a free public search engine for general lookups, a tiered Premium Service (Premium Starter at €49/month through multi-seat Team plans up to €3,950/year and a custom Enterprise tier) offering Power Search, watch lists, dossiers, network charts, and an Insolvency Map, plus Data Services comprising an OpenAPI-compliant Data API and Widget API (JSON/XML over HTTPS, 99.95% monthly uptime SLA, six-month minimum term) and quarterly bulk exports in CSV and JSONL (twelve-month minimum term).

North Data's go-to-market is product-led: the free European search engine is the primary acquisition channel and drives conversion into paid Premium subscriptions or programmatic B2B contracts. Its customer base is horizontal but tilts toward regulated and institutional buyers, including leading credit agencies, fintech startups, insurance companies, law enforcement agencies, healthcare payers such as KKH Kaufmännische Krankenkasse, investigative media (e.g., the SZ team behind the Panama Papers), and leading universities. Commercial customers are supported through self-serve web and API onboarding, with documented partnerships for billing (Billwerk, Billomat), data enrichment (Dealfront for VAT IDs, Echobot for contact data), hosting (Google Cloud), and analytics (Clicky, HubSpot, Google Tag Manager). The company operates as a privately held, founder-controlled GmbH registered in Hamburg (HRB 116737), with no disclosed external funding, parent company, or acquisitions.

Name

www.northdata.com

Legal name

North Data GmbH

Website

https://northdata.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

North Data is a Hamburg-based European business intelligence platform aggregating public corporate data from 153 sources across 24 countries covering 90+ million companies. It serves analysts, credit agencies, fintech firms, insurers, law enforcement, journalists, and universities via a free search engine, premium subscriptions, and APIs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Intelligence and Corporate Data Platform

NAICS

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Directory and Mailing List Publishers (513140)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Sharing, Data Exchange & Data Marketplace Platforms (HDAEABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Marketing Database & Contact Data Providers (B2B/B2C Lists) (BPAFAKAF), Data Platforms & Modern Data Stack Services (Lakehouse, DW, MDM) (BPAEAHAC)

Keywords

• Company information database
• Business intelligence platform
• Corporate data API
• European company search
• Financial data analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Premium Subscription Services: Tiered subscription plans (Premium Starter at €49/month or €490/year; Premium Team 5/10/20; Premium Enterprise with custom pricing) providing access to detailed company information, Power Search, watch lists, dossiers, network charts, legal representatives, performance indicators, annual reports, and ad-free research. The subscription is charged monthly, quarterly, or annually depending on the plan selected.
2. Data API: Machine-readable API access to company, person, and publication data in JSON or XML format via HTTPS, provided as a software-as-a-service product. Usage is subject to request limits (300 requests per minute, refilling at 5 requests per second). Minimum contract term of six months for API packages.
3. Quarterly Data Exports: Quarterly export subscription providing CSV or JSONL format data packages for machine processing and integration. Test data is available in JSON and CSV formats ranging from 1 to 91 MB. Minimum contract period of 12 months.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

North Data operates a searchable European company information platform aggregating publicly available data from 153 sources including trade registers, annual reports, funding registers, trademark records, and patent registries across 24 countries. It offers a free online search engine, tiered Premium Service subscriptions with Power Search and network visualization, and Data Services including a Data API and quarterly data exports for B2B integration.

Product overview

North Data is a European company search engine and business intelligence platform that aggregates publicly available company information from sources including trade registers, annual reports, funding registers, trademark records, and patent registries. The platform offers a free online search engine for basic company lookups, a Premium Service subscription with enhanced features like Power Search, network diagrams, and watch lists, and Data Services including a Data API and Widget API for programmatic access, plus quarterly data export subscriptions. All services are delivered via cloud-based infrastructure with Big Data and AI-powered automated processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• North Data Premium Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Access to 90+ million companies across 24 European countries
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• SZ investigative team (Panama Papers)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorth Data cooperates with the leading investigative teams in the German press, including the SZ team that published the famous 'Panama Papers'. This cooperation supports investigative journalism by providing easy access to company networks and corporate connections.
• Science and Education InstitutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorth Data supports academic research and educational projects with company data, enabling scientific studies, practical teaching models, and data-driven analyses. The company maintains cooperations with universities for research and education purposes.
• Billwerk (Billing Provider for Premium Services)minorOthersBillwerk (Mainzer Landstraße 51, 60329 Frankfurt am Main) is used as the external invoicing system for North Data Premium Services.
• Billomat (Billing Provider for Other Products)minorOthersBillomat GmbH & Co. KG (Lorenzer Straße 31, 90402 Nürnberg) is used as the external invoicing system for all North Data products other than Premium Services.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Companyweb: Belgian-focused business information provider offering company reports, financial data, and monitoring services. Comparable to North Data on company-data-as-a-service business model and European mid-market customer segment, but concentrated in Belgium.

Direct peers

• Bureau van Dijk (Moody's): The dominant European and global company information provider, offering Orbis and similar products with multi-source aggregated company data, financials, and ownership networks. Most direct competitor to North Data in European corporate data, but at much larger scale and with broader geographic coverage.
• OpenCorporates: The largest open database of companies in the world, aggregating official register data across jurisdictions. Comparable to North Data on source philosophy (public registers) and European coverage, with a similar API and data-access business model.
• Creditsafe: Business credit report and company information provider with strong European presence. Directly comparable to North Data on subscription and API delivery of company financials and corporate data, particularly for SMB and mid-market customers.
• Coface: Trade credit insurer and business information provider with its own company database covering corporate financials, ownership, and risk indicators. Comparable to North Data on company-data-as-a-service, particularly for credit and insurance use cases.
• Implisense: German company data and business intelligence provider offering company profiles, relationship networks, and API access. Closest German-language competitor with comparable target customers in DACH and similar data-as-a-service model.

Broad incumbents

• Bisnode (now part of Dun & Bradstreet): European business information provider (formerly independent, now part of D&B) historically strong in DACH and Nordics. Overlaps directly with North Data on European company data subscriptions, but operates at much larger scale and as part of a global incumbent.
• Dun & Bradstreet: Global business information provider with extensive company data, credit reports, and analytics. Overlaps with North Data on European company data but operates as a broad incumbent with global reach, larger data team, and enterprise sales force.
• CRIF: Italy-headquartered global business information, credit bureau, and analytics provider. Overlaps with North Data on European company data and serves similar credit, banking, and fintech customers via subscription and API.

Others

• Companies House (UK Government): UK's official company register, providing free public access to UK company filings and financial data. Not a commercial peer but a primary source North Data ingests; functionally a substitute for free UK company lookups that North Data must compete with on user experience and breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/northdata
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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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