Orbis
What it is
Orbis is a company information service for finding, analyzing, and comparing businesses worldwide. It covers more than 635 million companies, blending data from over 170 sources across financials, firmographics, ownership, foreign investments, and M&A activity. Corporate trees map beneficial owners and other ownership relationships, with more than 2 billion ownership links. Users can search by hundreds of criteria and work with standardized reports, financial strength metrics, modeled financials, alerts, heat maps, graphs, and pivot analyses. Data is available through the web interface, APIs, industry connectors, bulk feeds, cloud, and real-time delivery. Microsoft Office add-ins can populate templates with live data. Orbis supports AML, KYC, due diligence, supplier and credit risk, cyber risk, and ongoing monitoring. It includes Bitsight ratings for more than 6 million entities, with incident histories covering over seven years. A free trial is offered, while pricing is available on request.
For and against
For
- Coverage exceeds 635 million companies
- More than 2 billion ownership links
- Hundreds of search criteria and visual analyses
- Multiple API, feed, cloud, and delivery options
- Bitsight cyber risk ratings for over 6 million entities
Against
- Pricing is not displayed on the product page
- More than 99% of covered companies are private
- License restricts downloading substantial database portions
- Access is limited to authorized users
The verdict
Orbis offers broad company, ownership, financial, and risk data with many access and analysis options. Its private-company coverage, licensing terms, and authorized-access model are important considerations.
Who it suits
Orbis suits financial institutions, accounting firms, legal advisers, and teams handling company research, compliance, risk, finance, sales, or data management. It is intended for authorized users rather than general public distribution.
Plans and prices
Orbis
Access and pricing details are not stated on the product page; request a demo
Read 10 Oct 2026 · moodys.com
On the record
- API access
- Yesmoodys.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Compliance use
- Orbis data can support AML, KYC, client due diligence, enhanced due diligence, company checks, and ongoing risk monitoring.moodys.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- Orbis contains information on more than 635 million companies, compiled from more than 170 providers and other sources.moodys.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Cyber risk
- The page says Orbis includes Bitsight cyber risk ratings for more than 6 million entities, with incident history covering over seven years.moodys.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Cyber risk data
- Orbis includes Bitsight cyber risk ratings for more than 6 million entities, with security incident histories covering over seven years.moodys.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Data
- Its standardized data includes company financials, firmographics, ownership structures, foreign investments, and M&A activity.moodys.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Data and privacy security
- The Orbis privacy notice says personal data is protected with physical security, system hardening, patch and vulnerability management, access controls, and anti-virus and anti-malware protections.moodys.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Data limitation
- The maker says more than 99% of companies covered by Orbis are private and that a financial strength indicator may be provided when full financial information is unavailable.moodys.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Financial analysis
- Users can search and compare standardized company reports, financials, growth rates, and estimates across countries.moodys.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The page says Orbis data can be delivered through its web interface, Catalysts, APIs, industry connectors, bulk feed, cloud, and real-time delivery.moodys.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The Orbis privacy notice identifies customers including financial institutions, accounting companies, legal advisors, and companies across sectors and industries.moodys.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Microsoft Office
- The page says Orbis add-ins populate Microsoft Office templates with live data.moodys.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- The product page lists flexible data change and news alerts for monitoring companies.moodys.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- Orbis content terms grant a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license and prohibit downloading data to obtain all or a substantial part of the database.moodys.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Office add-ins
- Orbis add-ins can populate Microsoft Office templates with live Orbis data.moodys.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Ownership
- Orbis includes more than 2 billion ownership links and corporate trees that show beneficial owners.moodys.com · read 10 Oct 2026
- Ownership data
- Its corporate trees show ownership structures and beneficial owners; the page reports more than 2 billion ownership links.moodys.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Product access
- The Orbis privacy notice says the products are not distributed to the general public and access is limited to authorized users subject to contractual obligations.moodys.com · read 10 Oct 2026
