Founded in 1984, the National Bike Registry (NBR®) pioneered the concept of a cross-jurisdictional bicycle registration database within the United States to facilitate the return of stolen bikes to rightful owners.
Originally headquartered in North Highlands, California, NBR offered bicycle registration for a fee of $10 for 10 years.
On January 31, 2017, Project 529 (based in Seattle, Washington) acquired the National Bike Registry and merged the NBR registration database into its own to create the largest bike registry database in the world.
[3] Vancouver is now considered a world leader in fighting bike theft.
[4] The Project 529 program rapidly expanded throughout North America[5] and captured the attention of the World Bank.