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.
33,000 members have already put their trust in us.
Membership Fee
You are a young entrepreneur and established your company between 2020 and 2024? Then you pay no membership fee until the end of 2026! 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 2024 |
| Up to 50 employees | EUR 257.00 |
| Up to 200 employees | EUR 316.00 |
| Up to 500 employees | EUR 374.00 |
| Up to 1,000 employees | EUR 468.00 |
| From 1,000 employees | EUR 667.00 |
| One-time flat-rate admission fee | EUR 44.00 |
All prices excl. 20 % VAT
All-Round Protection for Members:
Member Vouchers
Benefit from free and discounted services. Each year, you will receive a quota of vouchers for credit reports and debt collection. You can find the current vouchers in the download section.
My KSV Member Portal
Directly access the KSV1870 business database and retrieve credit information on companies and individuals in Austria and worldwide. In the portal, you can also see details regarding insolvency and debt recovery.
Current Insolvencies
Keep up to date – weekly by email, daily on the web and on your smartphone. We will stand by you with guidance and resources if you are affected by an insolvency.
Free InsolvencyCheck
This ensures that you will never miss the initiation of insolvency proceedings by a business partner. File up to 250 business partners with us that you would like us to keep an eye on. We will alert you promptly, should an insolvency occur.
Savings on Credit Reports
Use your vouchers to get free as well as heavily discounted information about your business partners' financial position.
Quick Domestic and International Debt Recovery
Save time and costs when your customer isn't paying up. As a member, you benefit from our name! We take of the entire handling of the case for you – in Austria and via our partners worldwide. We will keep you up-to-date on our My KSV Member Portal.
Free Legal Advice Services
Ask experts about legal issues! As a member, you can take advantage of free legal advice once a month from one of our association's lawyers.
Member Journal
Keep up-to-date on all the latest developments in the field of creditor protection. 5 times a year, we inform you about the latest developments, provide you with tips and shed light on background information.
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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.
