# What is a KRA Score 

Source: https://www.keypedia.com/media/what-is-a-kra-score
Type: tutorial
Published: May 19, 2026
Authors: George Kwiecinski

> The KRA Score is a single risk rating for any FDA search, facility, company, product class, or jurisdiction. Defensible, regulator-grounded, in minutes.

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## What Is a KRA Score?

The KeyPedia Risk Analysis (KRA) Score is a single risk rating for any search. Point it at a facility, a parent company, a product class, a jurisdiction, or any cohort you build, and KRA returns a defensible summation of risk in minutes. From there, the score becomes the anchor for cohort ranking, trend observation, supplier monitoring, and any other workflow that depends on knowing where the risk actually sits. It lives inside the [KeyPedia Predictive](https://www.globalkeysolutions.net/media/gks-keypedia-predictive) suite and is grounded in regulator-published data, not analyst opinion.



## How to Use a Risk Analysis Score? 

- **Supplier qualification:** score a CMO or API vendor before signing
- **Pre-inspection prep:** score your own site to see what FDA patterns would flag
- **M&A diligence:** score the target's full facility footprint in one search
- **Quarterly supplier review:** re-score the panel to catch trend shifts
- **Conference and prospect research:** score a company before a meeting to walk in informed

##  Additional Information

### Methodology Overview
KRA scores are calculated using a 10×10 severity × vulnerability matrix for each observation within a selected or filtered series of events. For the most accurate probabilities, we suggest oversight and review of the following selected events. Events can be added, removed, and re-ranked based on the product, facility, or search scope.

### What the Score Is 

- This score primarily increases with poor regulatory touchpoints.
- The nature of most searches implies that more results (if you have many companies or documents) naturally yield a higher score, reflecting the increased risk of scale (e.g., managing 20 facilities vs 1).

### What the Score is Not

- This is not a static score; it will change.
- A very high score for a given search should not necessarily be compared against other scores unless the searches have comparable scope (number of facilities, companies, or documents) and context (same company, product, facility, jurisdiction, etc.).

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*Sector Risk Profile: a single KRA score broken down across the five operational dimensions for any given search.*