BlackLine
The market leader in financial close software: account reconciliations, journal entries, intercompany and consolidation for large companies, listed on Nasdaq and now rebuilding itself around agentic AI under the Verity brand.
| Founded | 2001, Los Angeles |
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| Founders | Therese Tucker; Owen Ryan is CEO since August 2025, Tucker retires from executive duties in June 2026 and keeps about 8% of the company |
| Ownership | Listed on Nasdaq (BL) |
| Revenue | About US$650m a year; more than 4,400 customers including a large share of the Fortune 500 |
| Customers | 4,400-plus companies; deep partnerships with SAP and the Big Four |
| What it does | Reconciliations, transaction matching, journal entries, task management, intercompany, consolidation and invoice-to-cash, on the Studio360 platform |
| Recent moves | Studio360 platform launched 2024; Verity AI and Verity Prepare agents in 2025 and 2026; ISO 42001 certification for AI governance; co-CEO transition to Owen Ryan |
| Pricing | Enterprise contracts; not published |
| Markets | Global |
| Peers | FloQast, Trintech, Workiva, Numeric, Maxima |
Why it matters
BlackLine defined the close software category and still holds the largest enterprise base, which makes its Verity agents the incumbent’s answer to Numeric, Maxima and Stacks. Whether a 25-year-old platform can rebuild around agents faster than the startups can reach enterprise is the central contest in close automation.
Accountio coverage
BlackLine Ships Verity Prepare to Automate Its Hardest Close Process
BlackLine Turns Accounting Drudgery Into $4 Billion Cloud Business
Updated September 2026.
Part of Accountio’s accounting technology coverage.
