When was VirusTotal founded?

VirusTotal was founded in 2004.

Where is VirusTotal located?

VirusTotal is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. It is registered at 3RD FLOOR GORDON HOUSE, BARROW STREET DUBLIN 4.

How many employees does VirusTotal have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at VirusTotal is 72.

Where does VirusTotal rank among its competitors?

VirusTotal ranks 1st amongst 35 active competitors, of which 5 are funded. It stands 6th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was BrandShield, which secured $2.12M in Nov, 2022.

Who are the top competitors of VirusTotal?

VirusTotal's top competitors include Crisp Thinking, BrandShield and Webtotem. Among them, BrandShield secured the most recent funding round in November, 2022.

VirusTotal - 2026 Company Profile, Team & Competitors

Company Details

VirusTotal aggregates several antivirus products and online scan engines to check for viruses that the user's own antivirus may have missed, or to verify against any false positives. Allows to upload files up to 128 MB to the website or sent via email for scanning. Anti-virus software vendors receives copies of files which are flagged by other scans but passed by their own engine for improving their software. Selected by PC World as one of the best 100 products of 2007. Acquired by Google in 2012 from Hispasec Sistemas and currently it is available as a free service operating as a subsidiary of Google.

Website: www.virustotal.com/gui/
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Registered Address: 3RD FLOOR GORDON HOUSE, BARROW STREET DUBLIN 4

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2004

Location

Dublin, Ireland

Stage

Acquired

Ranked

1^st among 35 active competitors

Employee Count

72 as on Aug 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Crisp Thinking & 48 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Google (Sep 07, 2012)

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VirusTotal is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
CHRONICLE SECURITY IRELAND LIMITED CIN: 507502 , Ireland, Active	Dec 14, 2011	-	-	-

VirusTotal got acquired by Google on Sep 07, 2012.

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VirusTotal has not raised any funding rounds yet.

The founders of VirusTotal is Bernardo Quintero.

Here are the details of VirusTotal's key team members:

Bernardo Quintero: Founder of VirusTotal.

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VirusTotal's employee count trend

VirusTotal has 72 employees as of Aug 26. Here is VirusTotal's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of VirusTotal include Crisp Thinking, BrandShield and Webtotem. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of VirusTotal, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	VirusTotal 2004, Dublin (Ireland), Acquired	Free online virus, malware and url scanner	-	-	48/100
2nd	Crisp Thinking 2005, Leeds (United Kingdom), Acquired	Platform offering reputation management and risk intelligence solutions	$26.5M	Baird Capital, Brumpton Grandchildrens Trust ... & 27 others	48/100
3rd	BrandShield 2010, Ramat Hasharon (Israel), Public	Provider of brand and website reputation monitoring solutions provider	-	Herald Investment Management, iAngels & 4 others	41/100
4th	Webtotem 2015, Nur Sultan (Kazakhstan), Seed	Website monitoring and vulnerability scanning solution	-	Startup Wise Guys, Huge Thing & 1 others	41/100
5th	WOT 2006, Helsinki (Finland), Seed	Crowdsourced web reputation rating and review tool	$1.3M	Inventure, OpenOcean & 2 others	39/100
6th	New Knowledge 2015, Austin (United States), Deadpooled	AI based threat intelligence platform for protecting brand reputation	$18M	Notable Capital, Moonshots Capital & 6 others	33/100
7th	SiteAdvisor 2005, Boston (United States), Acquired	AI-powered antivirus, scam, identity, and privacy protection for digital safety	-	Founder Collective, Bessemer Venture Partners ... & 1 others	32/100
8th	Chameleonx 2015, Tel Aviv (Israel), Acquired	Secure ad serving platform to prevent ad blocking, ad-injection and malware attacks	$1.9M	Firstime, TheTime	31/100
9th	Remove Group 2019, Madrid (Spain), Seed	Provider of cyber-risk management solutions	$1.78M	IESE Business School	30/100
10th	Acium 2024, Miami (United States), Unfunded	Developer of software for securing web browsers and browser sessions	-	-	29/100