More Security in Business Life
We support you from the start. When it comes to avoiding risks or making decisions quickly and reliably, we stand by you.
Our services are designed to protect companies from risks and financial loss. We provide information about your business partners and assistance when customers don't pay.
35,000 members have already put their trust in us.
Membership Fee
You are a young entrepreneur and established your company between 2022 and 2026? Then you pay no membership fee until the end of 2028! Learn more about this offer.
The annual membership fee is determined by the number of employees in your company. A membership refers to one calendar year.
The one-time flat rate admission fee and the first membership fee are charged straight away. If joining from June 1st half the membership fee will be charged, from September 1st no membership fee will be charged for the current year. The annual membership fees are charged in January and they are subject to an annual adjustment based on the CPI 2020.
If ever you no longer need this membership: simply let us know in writing by October 31st. Your membership will then exoire at the end of December of that year or of the following year if you joined on September 1st or later.
Membership pays off quickly!
| Number of employees | Membership fee 2026 |
| Up to 50 employees | EUR 272.00 |
| Up to 200 employees | EUR 335.00 |
| Up to 500 employees | EUR 396.00 |
| Up to 1,000 employees | EUR 495.00 |
| From 1,000 employees | EUR 706.00 |
| One-time flat-rate admission fee | EUR 47.00 |
All prices excl. 20 % VAT
Membership for companies
Membership offers all-round protection in terms of credit standing, debt recovery and insolvency.
Members benefit from these services:
- Free and discounted Credit Reports
- Assistance with outstanding debts and insolvency
- Comprehensive advice and many extra services
Membership for Startups
It is particularly important to have a reliable and strong partner at your side during the start-up phase.
We support you:
- With a 3-year free membership
- During new customer acquisition by providing credit-screened marketing data
- When your customers default in payment
Membership for Tax Advisors
On top of the familiar membership benefits, the KSV1870 tax advisor package secures you and your clients multiple additional extras to take advantage of.
- BusinessLine prices with no online fees charged
- Dividend recovery and automatic transfer to doubtful debt recovery
- Innovative solutions, such as a compliance check
Membership for Municipalities
We support communities with our exclusive offer.
The benefits are clear:
- Less workload and costs
- At the same time, damage is minimised
- Your liquidity strengthened
Benefits of KSV1870 membership
Membership is based on the core services offered by KSV1870. Whether you are a new or long-standing business partner, these services help your company to minimise risks and make decisions based on reliable information.
Our portfolio is designed to give you security, clarity and room for manoeuvre in all key areas. This means you benefit not only from a strong foundation, but also from a comprehensive service package that strengthens your company in the long term.
Precautionary measures: Monitoring & Credit Reports
Reliable and trustworthy credit information is the best foundation for your business decisions.
- Online access to Austria‘s leading business database
- Up-to-date information such as debt recovery data, balance sheets, company register and much more
- Credit information from all around the world, recognised by credit insurers
- Free and discounted Credit Reports
Emergency assistance: Debt recovery & insolvency
Save costs and time thanks to professional debt collection and insolvency representation.
- Comprehensive consultation before and during the handling of a debt collection case
- Keeping your customer-debtor relationship in mind
- Real-time insolvency information on ksv.at, via push notifications or weekly by email
- We are present at every court hearing and negotiate the dividend in the creditors' best interest
- Insolvency-Check: Initial information on the insolvencies of your customer, suppliers or competitors by email
Service: Information & Consulting
KSV1870 is a partner that provides you with comprehensive information and gives you advice even in difficult situations.
- Free legal advice from Association lawyers at all KSV1870 sites
- The member magazine Forum.ksv keeps you up to date on the latest developments in creditor protection
- Webinars, whitepapers & tips: Important issues relating to creditworthiness, outstanding debts and more are explained in detail by experts
Questions about the Membership
The costs depend on the type of membership and vary in accordance with the number of employees. Click here for the current Terms for Full Membership.
If you are a young entrepreneur, you will not be required to pay a membership fee for an additional 3 years within up to 5 years of starting your business. For the moment, the only payment due is the admission flat rate. After these 3 years, the current terms for a full membership shall apply. Click here for Details on this Offer.
Membership is valid for one calendar year at a time. If you no longer require membership, please just send us a written notification by October 31st. Your membership will then cease at the end of December of the same year. If you only became a member on September 1 of that year or later, your membership will cease at the end of December of the following year. The Articles of Association of Kreditschutzverband von 1870 shall apply.
On this welcome page we have compiled important information for you, such as contact numbers, bank associations, current services, explanatory videos and much more.
Membership is open to companies only. Private individuals can access corporate credit reports using Business Search.
In order to conduct an enquiry on your own credit standing as a private individual, please use InfoPass.
If you want to access information without being a member only once, you have the option of doing so using Business Search.
We only accept collection orders with a valid membership. You can join when you hand over a collection case and benefit from our emergency offer.
We also offer insolvency representation to non-members.
Membership quickly pays for itself, as members benefit from more favorable conditions, more options in the member portal and additional services.
Using our credit reports, we help you avoid risks and make quick and reliable decisions. If your customer is not paying up, our debt recovery services will make sure you get the money you are due. If you are affected by an insolvency, we will inform you quickly and secure the best possible outcome for you at court. In this video you will learn what a membership offers.
It's easy, just register online here now: Become Member Online
Once we receive your membership request, we will send you your login data for My KSV by email within one working day. You can then conduct credit enquiries instantly and access insolvency information and your orders.
If you know your user and identification, and only forgot the password, you can request a new password.
If you have forgotten your user and password, contact us by phone or write us a message.
Kindly request a new initial password by email at ccc.onlineservice@ksv.at. Once received, please copy it from the email – without spaces – and paste it into the login screen. For security reasons, we ask you to change it to a personal password immediately following initial login.
We aim to send your access data to the email address you indicated within one working day. In most cases, we succeed. If, in exceptional cases, it takes longer, your kind understanding will be much appreciated.
We will happy to take care of this for you at no charge, providing any number of additional users you require. Once you have provided us with first and family name, email address and telephone number of the new users, they will receive their access data from us by email.
In this context, we would like to point out that login data is personal and may not be disclosed to third parties for security reasons. Likewise, we ask you to kindly notify us of any changes or employee departures.