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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2019-10-03</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001690080</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>KBL MERGER CORP. IV</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KBLM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001438284</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>OXFORD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>OXAM HOUSE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>6 GEORGE STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OXFORD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>X0</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>OX1 2BW</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>UNITED KINGDOM</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common stock, $0.0001 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-10-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>100</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>10.52</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>832185</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnote 1</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This Form 4 relates to Securities held for the account of OxAM Quant Fund Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company ('OxAM'). OxAM has in place an Investment Advisory Agreement with OxFORD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP ('OxFORD'), pursuant to which OxFORD serves as the investment adviser to OxAM. In such capacity, OxFORD may be deemed to exercise the voting and dispositive power over the Securities held for the account of OxAM. OxFORD disclaims beneficial ownership of the Securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that OxFORD is the beneficial owner of the Securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>-s- DAVINA GUINNESS, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ON BEHALF OF OxFORD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-10-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
