# KBRA

> KBRA is a global credit ratings and financial intelligence group founded in 2010. KBRA Ratings evaluates issuers and debt obligations, while the separate KBRA Analytics business sells specialist research, financial data and workflow tools for private credit, commercial real estate and banking professionals.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Jules Kroll (Co-founder), Jim Nadler (Co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer)
- **Products:** KBRA Credit Ratings, KBRA Credit Assessments, Credit Intelligence, Direct Lending Deals (DLD), KBRA Credit Profile (KCP)
- **Notable:** Company overview reports more than 700 employees and 101,100 ratings issued; cumulative figures, not annual output., European rating affiliate registered by ESMA effective November 13, 2017., UK rating affiliate registered by the FCA effective February 10, 2023.

## Products & services

- **KBRA Credit Ratings** — Public and confidential ratings of issuers and debt obligations, with ongoing surveillance.
- **KBRA Credit Assessments** — Confidential evaluations based on limited information, typically point-in-time; not credit ratings.
- **Credit Intelligence** — Private credit risk analysis, borrower benchmarking, normalized financials and portfolio reporting.
- **Direct Lending Deals (DLD)** — U.S. and European direct lending news, deal data, pricing research and borrower monitoring.
- **KBRA Credit Profile (KCP)** — Loan-level commercial mortgage-backed securities and CRE CLO surveillance, valuations and loss scenarios.
- **KBRA Financial Intelligence (KFI)** — Bank and credit union financial data, peer benchmarking, proprietary risk scores and Excel tools.
- **KBRA Premium** — Subscription access to ratings-driven research, surveillance and analytical tools.
- **Ratings Feed** — Structured ratings data for integration into institutional workflows.

## Achievements

- Company overview reports more than 700 employees and 101,100 ratings issued; cumulative figures, not annual output.
- European rating affiliate registered by ESMA effective November 13, 2017.
- UK rating affiliate registered by the FCA effective February 10, 2023.
- KBRA Analytics reports more than $6.5 trillion in assets tracked.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — KBRA’s October 15 homepage announcement directs readers to its AI Ecosystem hub for cross-sector infrastructure credit analysis.
- **2026-10** — KCP published an October 16 credit alert on the Project Prime hotel portfolio loan transferring to special servicing.
- **2026-03** — KBRA Analytics announced Private Credit Benchmarking on Credit Intelligence on March 25.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kbra.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kroll-bond-rating-agency-inc
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/krollbondrating
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXb8Iojcna6AmDJGIEeSndA

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Last updated: 2026-10-17