# Workiva

> Workiva is a cloud software company that turns the painful, deadline-driven work of regulatory, financial, and sustainability reporting into a connected, audit-ready process. Founded in Ames, Iowa, in 2008 as WebFilings, its platform links data, documents, and people in real time so finance, risk, audit, and ESG teams can collect, manage, and report critical business data with full version control and traceability. Today Workiva serves more than 6,000 organizations - including a large share of the Fortune 500 - and is layering agentic AI across finance, GRC, and sustainability workflows.

- **Founded:** 2008
- **Headquarters:** Ames, Iowa, United States
- **Founders:** Matthew Rizai (Co-founder & former Chairman/CEO), Martin Vanderploeg (Co-founder & former CEO), Jeffrey Trom (Co-founder & former CTO)
- **Team size:** ~2,900 employees
- **Products:** Workiva Platform (formerly Wdesk), Financial Reporting & SEC/ESEF, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Sustainability / ESG Reporting, Workiva AI
- **Notable:** Grew from an SEC-filing startup into a multi-framework reporting platform serving 6,000+ customers, IPO on the NYSE in December 2014 (ticker WK), Named a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for ESG Reporting and Compliance Management Applications

## Products & services

- **Workiva Platform (formerly Wdesk)** — Cloud-based platform that connects data, documents, and teams for collaborative, controlled reporting with full version history and audit trails.
- **Financial Reporting & SEC/ESEF** — Tools to assemble, review, and file financial statements and regulatory filings, including iXBRL/ESEF tagging.
- **Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)** — SOX, internal audit, enterprise risk management, and controls management in one connected system.
- **Sustainability / ESG Reporting** — Multi-framework sustainability reporting aligned to CSRD, ESRS, ISSB, GRI and U.S. climate rules, with carbon and data management.
- **Workiva AI** — Agentic AI built into the platform to draft narratives, benchmark against peers, analyze data, and explain reporting requirements.

## Achievements

- Grew from an SEC-filing startup into a multi-framework reporting platform serving 6,000+ customers
- IPO on the NYSE in December 2014 (ticker WK)
- Named a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for ESG Reporting and Compliance Management Applications
- Multiple years on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list
- Trusted by roughly 85% of the Fortune 1000

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Launched Workiva AI, an agentic AI platform built into its Intelligent Finance, GRC, and Sustainability solutions.
- **2025-11** — Reported Q3 2025 total revenue of ~$224M, up ~21% year over year; customers with ACV over $500K grew ~42% YoY.
- **2025** — Named a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for ESG Reporting and Compliance Management Applications.

## Links

- Website: https://www.workiva.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workiva
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Workiva
- GitHub: https://github.com/Workiva
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Workiva
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workiva/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/workiva

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