What 2houses does

2houses SA is a Belgian software company founded in May 2011 by Gill Ruidant that operates a co-parenting web and mobile platform (iOS and Android, plus web app at 2houses.com) serving separated and divorced parents. The product consolidates seven core modules — shared co-parent calendar, secure messaging with immutable timestamps for legal documentation, expense management, custody journal, information bank for document storage, photo albums, and third-party access controls — into a single subscription that covers both co-parents rather than requiring separate paid accounts per parent. The platform also offers a dedicated '2houses for Professionals' tier targeting family lawyers, mediators, and therapists who can recommend or co-use the product with their clients.

The company distributes primarily through self-serve product-led growth, leveraging app stores, a 14-day free trial, and a multilingual (EN, FR, NL, IT, DE, ES) interface that has attracted what the company describes as 370,000+ families across North America, Europe, and Oceania. A long-running blog of 465+ articles since 2012 drives SEO and competitor-comparison content marketing, positioning 2houses against players such as OurFamilyWizard, AppClose, and TalkingParents.

Commercially, 2houses operates a subscription-based recurring revenue model with non-publicly-disclosed pricing, monetizing a long-tail consumer base rather than enterprise contracts. The company has raised approximately $1.76M in disclosed funding across four rounds from 2011 to 2016 (lead backers Inventures SA and Spreds) and currently operates with a 1-10 person team from its Fleurus, Belgium headquarters. There are no disclosed institutional investors since 2016, no M&A activity, and no published revenue or ARR figures.

Name

2houses

Legal name

2houses SA

Website

https://2houses.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

2houses is a Belgium-based software company offering a web and mobile co-parenting platform — combining shared calendars, secure messaging, expense tracking, and document storage — for separated and divorced parents, monetized via a single family subscription covering both co-parents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fleurus

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Family Plan: One subscription covers the entire family (both parents). This is a key differentiator from competitors like OurFamilyWizard where each parent typically needs their own subscription. The subscription model provides access to all core features including calendar, messaging, expense tracking, and document storage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

2houses is a web and mobile co-parenting platform that helps separated and divorced parents coordinate custody schedules, manage shared child-related expenses, communicate through secure timestamped and permanently archived messaging, share family updates via a custody journal, and centralize important documents. A single subscription covers the entire family including both parents, and the service is delivered via web application plus native iOS and Android apps.

Product overview

2houses is a single unified co-parenting platform designed specifically for separated and divorced parents. The product portfolio consists of a core web and mobile application (iOS and Android) that brings together seven interconnected modules: a shared Calendar for custody scheduling, Finance for expense tracking and management, Messages for secure parent communication, Journal for family information sharing, Info-Bank for document storage, Photo Albums for media sharing, and Access controls for third-party involvement. The platform also offers a specialized tier called '2houses for Professionals' targeting family law professionals and mediators. The company was founded in May 2011 and serves over 370,000 families, operating on a single subscription model that covers the entire family.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 2houses Co-Parenting Platform A unified web, iOS, and Android subscription platform that enables separated and divorced parents to share custody calendars, track shared expenses, exchange timestamped and archived messages, share a family custody journal, store important documents, and grant controlled access to third parties such as grandparents or mediators. A single subscription covers both parents.
• 2houses for Professionals A version of the 2houses platform tailored for family lawyers, mediators, and family therapists who work with separated or divorced families. Professionals can use the platform with their clients and recommend it as a coordination and documentation tool.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces misunderstandings and conflict between co-parents through documented communication and shared schedules

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• WeParent: Co-parenting app offering shared calendar, messaging, and expense tracking for separated parents. Smaller scale than 2houses but directly competing in the same product category.
• FamilyWall: Family organizer app with shared calendar, messaging, and shopping lists. Partial overlap with 2houses' feature set, serving family coordination more broadly than co-parenting specifically.
• Skylight Calendar: Family calendar app focused on shared scheduling. Overlaps with 2houses' calendar module and serves family coordination broadly, including separated households.
• OurHome: Family task and chore management app. Tangentially adjacent to 2houses' family-coordination value proposition, though focused on chores rather than custody/divorce workflows.

Broad incumbents

• Life360: Large family location-sharing and safety app with broad consumer reach. While not a co-parenting tool per se, its scale and family-focused positioning make it a potential adjacent or expansion threat.
• Cozi Family Organizer: Broader family organizer with shared calendar, shopping lists, and meal planning. Not co-parenting-specific, but addresses overlapping family-coordination pain points across intact and separated families.

Direct peers

• AppClose: Direct competitor providing a co-parenting app with shared expense tracking, child support calculations, and secure communication features. Explicitly named in 2houses' comparison content.
• TalkingParents: Direct competitor offering secure messaging, shared calendar, and accountablity tools specifically for co-parenting and high-conflict custody situations. Emphasizes court-admissible records like 2houses does.
• OurFamilyWizard: Direct competitor in the co-parenting app category. Offers shared calendar, messaging, expense tracking, and documentation features for separated parents, with court-admissible records. Per-parent subscription model that 2houses explicitly contrasts itself against.
• Custody X Change: Direct competitor focused on custody scheduling, parenting time tracking, and parenting plan creation. Overlaps with 2houses' calendar and documentation modules, primarily serving US family-law professionals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/2houses
• Xx.com/2houses_com
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2houses

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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