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Onvia

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American business intelligence company

Onvia, Inc. is an American government business intelligence company with 180 employees and annual revenue of US $21.1 million. Onvia offers a number of business-to-business software products, including Onvia Business Builder, a government leads and relationship manager; Onvia Navigator, a database of government contracts; and the Onvia Guide, which provides push notifications of government business opportunities. Onvia is located in Seattle, Washington, USA.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1996Founded1
  • Industrybusiness intelligence1
  • HeadquartersSeattle1
  • Websiteonvia.com
  • Listed onNasdaq1
  • Incorporated inDE5
  • Business address509 Olive Way, Suite 400, Seattle, Wa 981015
  • Filer categorySmaller reporting company5

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Onvia, Inc. is an American government business intelligence company with 180 employees and annual revenue of US $21.1 million. Onvia offers a number of business-to-business software products, including Onvia Business Builder, a government leads and relationship manager; Onvia Navigator, a database of government contracts; and the Onvia Guide, which provides push notifications of government business opportunities.3

What it owns

What Onvia 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.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Furniture and fixtures$119.0K7 Dec 31, 2016$117.0K7 Dec 31, 2015+1.7%
Computer equipment and software$1.8M7 Dec 31, 2016$1.9M7 Dec 31, 2015−2.7%
Leasehold improvements$815.0K7 Dec 31, 2016$815.0K7 Dec 31, 20150%
Property and equipment, before depreciation$6.6M7 Dec 31, 2016$6.7M7 Dec 31, 2015−2.4%
Accumulated depreciation$5.7M7 Dec 31, 2016$5.7M7 Dec 31, 2015+0.6%
Property and equipment, net$844.0K7 Dec 31, 2016$1.0M7 Dec 31, 2015−18.5%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$2.3M7 Dec 31, 2016$1.5M7 Dec 31, 2015+55.5%
Debt securities available for sale$4.8M7 Dec 31, 2016$5.3M7 Dec 31, 2015−8.7%

The story

Onvia was founded in 1996 by 25-year-old Canadian entrepreneur Glenn Ballman, as a one-stop shop for small business owners, initially selling over 25,000 office supplies on its website, Onvia.com. Onvia raised US $70 million in early rounds of financing, and went public on March 1, 2000 on the NASDAQ where it raised US $235 million. In August 2000 the company was awarded "Hottest Startup in Canada" by the Toronto Board of Trade and Profit Magazine. In August 2000 Onvia acquired Globe-1, a business-to-government portal, turning the company's focus away from e-commerce to the government-bid space. Onvia then used its cash reserves to buy competitors, including DemandStar in March 2001.

In 2005, Onvia released Onvia Business Builder, a tool allowing subscribers to research historical and real-time data on individual government contract opportunities Onvia continued to focus on the business to government market until the launch of their private sector tool, Onvia Planning and Construction, in February 2008. In the third quarter of 2007, Onvia reported net income for the first time, but has lost money in all but that one quarter, according to its SEC filings.

In early 2009, Onvia launched www.recovery.gov, with the stated goal of bringing increased transparency and accountability to economic recovery spending. The site features real-time data, maps, and graphs detailing the spending activity associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

In November 2017, Onvia was purchased by Deltek, a division of Roper Technologies.

From Wikipedia’s article on Onvia, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Leadership

Who has led Onvia, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Michael D. Pickett2006–2010
  2. Henry Riner2010–2016
  3. Russell Mann2017

President

  1. Russell Mann2017

Chief financial officer

  1. Cameron S. Way2008–2017
200020052010201520202025
Board members and other officers (25)

Former names

  • ONVIA COM INCDec 21, 1999 to Jun 25, 20045

Timeline

  1. Jan 31, 2017New chief executive Russell Mann becomes CEO8
  2. Oct 12, 2010New chief executive Henry Riner becomes CEO9
  3. Aug 31, 2006New chief executive Michael D. Pickett becomes CEO10
  4. 1996Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How Onvia is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARONVIA INC2
  • CIK0001100917
  • Employer ID (EIN)91-18591722
  • Filer statusSmaller reporting company2
  • Incorporated inDelaware2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)7389 Services-Business Services, NEC2
  • Business address509 Olive Way, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 981012
  • Phone206-373-94042
  • Shares outstanding7,330,393 as of Nov 1, 201736
  • Public float$15.9M as of Jun 30, 20167
  • On EDGAR sinceDec 21, 19992
  • Filings842 in all: 4 (435), 8-K (119), 10-Q (54), SC 13G/A (50), 3 (24), SC 13G (21), DEF 14A (16), 10-K (15)2
    All 44 form types

    SC 13D/A (13), DEFA14A (9), 4/A (7), S-1/A (6), SC 13D (5), SC TO-C (5), UPLOAD (5), PRE 14A (4), S-8 (4), S-8 POS (4), SC14D9C (4), 5 (3), 8-A12B/A (3), CORRESP (3), SC 14D9/A (3), SC TO-T/A (3), 10-K405 (2), 424B4 (2), 425 (2), 8-A12G (2), 8-K/A (2), PRRN14A (2), S-4/A (2), 10-K/A (1), 15-12B (1), 25-NSE (1), 8-A12B (1), DEFC14A (1), DEFN14A (1), DEFR14A (1), PREC14A (1), PREN14A (1), S-1 (1), S-4 (1), SC 14D9 (1), SC TO-T (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Mar 2, 2017
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Nov 14, 2017
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Mar 30, 2017
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Nov 17, 2017

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