Private company
Knowledge Generation Bureau
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New York company
kgb (stylized in lower case) is a privately held, New York–based company that provides telephone directory assistance and enhanced information services across Europe and North America. It describes itself as "the world's largest independent provider of directory assistance and enhanced information services. " Founded in 1992 by Robert Pines under the name INFONXX, the company rebranded in 2008.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersNew York City1
- Websitewww.kgb.com
- Legal formDelaware corporation1
- LEI549300FFL2L3QHYD5F463
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered addressC/O NATIONAL REGISTERED AGENTS, INC., 19801 Wilmington, United States3
- Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 33311783
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kgb (stylized in lower case) is a privately held, New York–based company that provides telephone directory assistance and enhanced information services across Europe and North America. It describes itself as "the world's largest independent provider of directory assistance and enhanced information services." Founded in 1992 by Robert Pines under the name INFONXX, the company rebranded in 2008. The term knowledge generation bureau is from an advertising copy line, and is not the name of the company, which is kgb.2
Corporate structure
Knowledge Generation Bureau sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Knowledge Generation Bureau Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
- Texperts Subsidiary · Cambridge
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Knowledge Generation Bureau reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Products and brands
- 118 118
Listed on Wikidata.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Also owns
From Wikidata.1
Controversies and legal
Class action lawsuit
In January 2013, kgb USA settled to pay $1.3 million in unpaid minimum wage and overtime wages to 14,000 current and former employees. The lawsuit alleged that from January 19, 2009 to December 4, 2012, kgb USA repeatedly violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by (1) misclassifying the Special Agents as independent contractors instead of employees, (2) failing to pay minimum wage and overtime amounts, and (3) failing to make, keep, and preserve adequate and accurate employment-related records of the "Special Agents."
From Wikipedia’s article on Knowledge Generation Bureau, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
Timeline
- 1992Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.kgb.com1
- WikipediaKnowledge Generation Bureau
- WikidataQ6423296
Sources
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