Avalara
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Location
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, United States, North America
Region: Washington
Country: US
Continent: North America
About
Avalara provides automated tax compliance solutions that help businesses automate sales tax calculations, returns, and reporting across multiple jurisdictions. The company offers agentic AI-enabled capabilities and a broad platform with products for sales and use tax, VAT, and cross-border tax compliance, serving customers globally with integrations to major ERP and ecommerce systems. Their solutions cover tax calculation, exemption certificate management, e-invoicing, and tax research to support accurate, scalable tax processes for retailers, manufacturers, and service providers. Avalara operates worldwide, with a focus on simplifying indirect tax compliance for businesses of all sizes.
Avalara provides automated tax compliance software for businesses and government entities across more than 75 countries. Its platform integrates with major ERP and e-commerce systems to handle sales tax calculations, VAT, e-invoicing, and tax return filing. The company serves retailers, manufacturers, and service providers by simplifying indirect tax processes through agentic AI capabilities.
Avalara, Inc.
2004
for_profit
active
Industries
Primary Industry: Software
Categories
Funding & Financials
Private Equity
494600000
200m-1b
private
AVLR
nasdaq
Investors
Founders
Jared Vogt
Rory Rawlings
Scott McFarlane
Leadership
Scott McFarlane — Founder & CEO
Alesia Pinney — EVP & General Counsel
Kevin Riegelsberger — Chief Strategic Initiatives Officer
Andrea Oprel — Customer Marketing Manager
Megan Higgins Knislis — SVP of Global Partners
Carolina Adensohn — Gerente de Growth Marketing
Peter Murray — VP, General Manager
Technology Stack
Products
AvaTax: Cloud-based software that calculates sales and use tax in real time based on location, item, and regulations.
Avalara VAT Reporting: Software for automating VAT return filing and indirect tax compliance reporting across multiple countries.
Avalara VAT Registration & Returns: Service to manage VAT registration and automate VAT return filing for businesses in various jurisdictions.
Avalara E-Invoicing and Live Reporting: Cloud solution for managing electronic invoicing and real-time tax reporting to comply with global e-invoicing mandates.
Avalara MTD Filer: An Excel add-in that enables UK businesses to digitally file VAT returns in compliance with Making Tax Digital requirements.
Avalara Tax Compliance Services (Brazil): Comprehensive cloud-based tax compliance solutions for Brazilian businesses covering tax calculation, document issuance, and compliance management.
Funding rounds
Private Equity · $500M · (2025-11-11) · Lead: BlackRock
Private Equity · (2023-01-01) · Lead: Susquehanna Growth Equity
Post Ipo Debt · $0.04M · (2022-10-19)