Companies that use Kong (we scanned 1M+ APIs)

Analyzed and validated by Henley Wing Chiu ยท Updated
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Kong We detected 1,636 companies using Kong. The most common industry is Software Development (16%) and the most common company size is 2-10 employees (39%). We find new customers by discovering internal subdomains (e.g., api.company.com) and certificate transparency logs. Note: We also track companies that use Kong Enterprise

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Company Employees Industry Country Region Usage Start Date
Arithmo.io source 11โ€“50 Software Development N/A N/A 2026-08-27
Agendalo.io source 2โ€“10 Technology, Information and Internet
Peru
South America 2026-08-26
Vacura Ergotherapie source 11โ€“50 Health and Human Services
Germany
Europe 2026-08-25
Nexscope.AI source 2โ€“10 Technology, Information and Internet N/A N/A 2026-08-25
TROPPER source 501โ€“1,000 Ground Passenger Transportation
Mexico
North America 2026-08-25
Trees Engineering source 51โ€“200 Human Resources Services
Malaysia
Asia 2026-08-25
Mindbase source 2โ€“10 Software Development N/A N/A 2026-08-25
International Brawling Championship source 2โ€“10 Spectator Sports
Australia
Oceania 2026-08-25
SNAPPY EXPRESS source 201โ€“500 Postal Services
Vietnam
Asia 2026-08-24
Procurify source 51โ€“200 Software Development
Canada
North America 2026-08-23
Presight source 11โ€“50 Data Infrastructure and Analytics
United States
North America 2026-08-23
Lescon source 501โ€“1,000 Retail Apparel and Fashion
Turkey
Europe 2026-08-22
neoflo.ai source 11โ€“50 Technology, Information and Internet
Singapore
Asia 2026-08-22
InternPulse source 11โ€“50 Education
Nigeria
Africa 2026-08-21
HMI JSC source 11โ€“50 IT Services and IT Consulting
Vietnam
Asia 2026-08-21
fraud.com source 11โ€“50 IT Services and IT Consulting
United Kingdom
Europe 2026-08-20
TeamProject IT GmbH source 11โ€“50 Technology, Information and Internet
Germany
Europe 2026-08-19
Sintracon SP source 51โ€“200 Construction
Brazil
South America 2026-08-16
sistemamultas.com.br source 2โ€“10 N/A
Brazil
South America 2026-08-15
ReN3 source 11โ€“50 Software Development
Singapore
Asia 2026-08-14
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New Users (Companies) Detected Over Time

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Market Insights

๐Ÿข Top Industries

Software Development 173 (16%)
Technology, Information and Internet 137 (12%)
Financial Services 105 (10%)
IT Services and IT Consulting 98 (9%)
Insurance 23 (2%)

๐Ÿ“ Company Size Distribution

2-10 employees 613 (39%)
11-50 employees 347 (22%)
51-200 employees 221 (14%)
201-500 employees 145 (9%)
1,001-5,000 employees 95 (6%)

๐Ÿ‘ฅ What types of companies are companies that use Kong?

Source: Analysis of Linkedin bios of 1,636 companies that use Kong

Company Characteristics
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Trait
Likelihood
Funding Stage: Series C
68.7x
Funding Stage: Series B
33.0x
Country: Vietnam
31.7x
Funding Stage: Debt financing
23.4x
Country: Indonesia
19.9x
Company Size: 5,001-10,000
19.2x
I noticed Kong's users span an incredibly diverse range of industries, but what unites them is they're all operating critical infrastructure that connects people to services. These aren't simple SaaS tools. They're running insurance operations, processing financial transactions, managing pharmaceutical distribution, operating government services, and powering retail networks. Many are in highly regulated sectors like banking, healthcare, and insurance where system reliability and security aren't optional. Others are logistics companies moving physical goods, media organizations distributing content, or utilities managing essential services.

Looking at company maturity, these are overwhelmingly established enterprises. I see government agencies, universities founded decades ago, retail chains with thousands of locations, and financial institutions managing billions in assets. Employee counts trend heavily toward the hundreds or thousands. Even the smaller companies often describe "25+ years of experience" or being "industry pioneers." The few venture-backed companies in the list are typically well past Series A, and many are subsidiaries of larger conglomerates.

๐Ÿ”ง What other technologies do companies that use Kong also use?

Source: Analysis of tech stacks from 1,636 companies that use Kong

Commonly Paired Technologies
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Technology
Likelihood
122.0x
I noticed that Kong users are heavily cloud-native companies running sophisticated microservices architectures at scale. The overwhelming presence of AWS (122x more likely) and Google Cloud (119.7x more likely), combined with specialized Kubernetes tools, tells me these are engineering-driven organizations that have moved beyond simple cloud adoption into complex, distributed systems territory. They're not dabbling in API management as a nice-to-have. They need it because their infrastructure demands it.

The pairing of Kong with Kubernetes External DNS is particularly revealing. External DNS automates DNS record management for Kubernetes services, which only matters if you're running many services that need external access. This suggests these companies are managing dozens or hundreds of APIs across multiple services. Add in Dynatrace (448.7x more likely), and I see organizations that understand their complexity requires serious observability. You can't manage what you can't measure, and these teams know it. The Atlassian Cloud correlation makes sense too. Companies coordinating this level of technical complexity need robust collaboration tools for their engineering teams.

The full stack reveals these are product-led technology companies, likely Series B and beyond, that have reached a scale where API governance becomes critical. They're past the startup phase where everything can be handled manually. Their growth has created architectural complexity that requires purpose-built infrastructure. The presence of sophisticated monitoring and cloud infrastructure tools suggests they have mature engineering organizations with platform or DevOps teams.

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