Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PMB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PMB to another file type
To convert PMB Backups and images to another format, you need Payroll Mate or other Backup software.
Convert a file to PMB
To convert other file formats to the "Financial Data Archive" file type, you need software like Payroll Mate or a similar tool.
About PMB files
The .PMB file extension represents a collision of three incompatible formats, creating significant confusion for users trying to open them.
Payroll Mate Backup (Primary Use): Generated by Payroll Mate by Real Business Solutions, this file is a compressed archive containing financial data. The proprietary nature of this format often locks critical payroll history behind specific software versions. Users often struggle when trying to audit data without an active license.
Password Manager Database: Used by older utilities like Password Manager (Marek Jedlinski) or Password Manager Pro (ManageEngine), these files are encrypted databases. They are useless without the master password and the original executable.
Portable Bitmap Image: A rare variant of the Netpbm PBM format. These are 1-bit monochrome raster images. While efficient for simple black-and-white data, they are not supported by modern web browsers or standard Windows photo viewers.
Best Conversion Targets:
For Payroll/Data: If the file is a disguised archive, rename it to ZIP to inspect contents. Ideally, use the original software to export reports to PDF (archiving) or XLS (analysis).
For Images: Convert legacy PMB bitmaps to PNG (web) or TIFF (print) to ensure compatibility with Adobe Photoshop or GIMP.
For Passwords: Export to CSV immediately to migrate away from obsolete proprietary formats.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PMB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PMB file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Payroll Mate or similar software from the "Payroll Software Backup" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to PMB, try Payroll Mate or another comparable tool in the "Payroll Software Backup" category.
The PMB Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our PMB converter.