Environmental Data Resources

What Environmental Data Resources does

Environmental Data Resources (EDR), founded in 1990 and headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut, provides environmental due diligence data and workflow software to environmental consultants, site assessors, commercial real estate (CRE) professionals, lenders, and federal/state government agencies. EDR is now a product line under LightBox Holdings, L.P. after a 2022 rebrand that integrated the franchise into LightBox's broader CRE property data and analytics platform. EDR serves the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) workflow alongside ASTM E1527-21 and NEPA compliance use cases, and is cited as the industry-standard government records report for the U.S. environmental due diligence market.

The platform aggregates over 2,000 federal, state, tribal, local, and proprietary databases through the EDR Radius Map Report with GEOCHECK, and layers in the nation's largest collection of historical resources: 1.3 million+ SANBORN fire insurance maps dating from 1866 covering ~12,000 American cities and towns, geo-referenced historical aerial photographs from the 1930s through the 2000s, USGS historical topographic maps via QUADMATCH, digitized city directories, and environmental lien and activity use limitation (AUL) searches. Workflow tooling is centered on PARCEL Report Writer, a collaborative Microsoft Word-integrated platform that the company states enables environmental reports to be produced 40% faster through templates, formatting controls, data/image import, and version control. NEPASearch supports federal environmental impact assessment.

EDR's commercial model combines enterprise field sales with dedicated account representatives and self-service ordering via the LightBox Live and web.edrnet.com platforms. Revenue is generated primarily through tiered subscription packages — Basic, Standard, Premium, and Premium 1980 — sold on an annual billing cadence, with pricing on a quote basis rather than publicly disclosed. Customers span environmental consulting firms, CRE transaction participants, lenders and capital markets providers, and federal/state agencies, distributed across tens of thousands of professional users in the United States.

Name

Environmental Data Resources

Legal name

LightBox Holdings, L.P.

Website

https://edrnet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Environmental Data Resources (EDR), a LightBox Holdings product line, provides aggregated environmental and historical due diligence data — including the SANBORN fire insurance map library — to environmental consultants, commercial real estate professionals, lenders, and government agencies conducting Phase I ESA and compliance reviews.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Shelton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Data Reports and Packages: Sale of environmental data packages (Basic, Standard, Premium, Premium 1980) that include government records reports, historical sources, and workflow tools for environmental due diligence. Reports are delivered in PDF format or through LightBox Live platform. Revenue generated through one-time report purchases and potentially subscription access to the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Environmental Data Resources (EDR) provides comprehensive environmental due diligence data, reports, and workflow tools for property due diligence professionals. Their platform aggregates over 2,000 federal, state, tribal, local, and proprietary databases alongside the nation's largest collection of historical resources — including SANBORN Fire Insurance Maps, historical aerial photographs, city directories, and topographic maps — to support Phase I ESA reviews, environmental site assessment research, and ASTM E1527-21 compliance. Products are delivered through the LightBox Live online platform and dedicated enterprise account representatives.

Product overview

LightBox EDR provides a unified environmental due diligence platform consisting of multiple integrated data products and workflow tools designed to support Phase I ESA research and environmental site assessment. The portfolio includes: EDR Radius Map Report with GEOCHECK (government records across 2,000+ databases), SANBORN Map Report (fire insurance maps from 1866), Historical Aerial Photographs (geo-referenced decades from 1930s-2000s), LightBox City Directory Reports (digitized historical directories), Historical Topographic Maps with QUADMATCH, PARCEL Report Writer (collaborative report creation), EDR Environmental Lien & AUL Search Reports, and NEPASearch Map Report. These products are available as individual reports or bundled packages (Basic, Standard, Premium, Premium 1980), integrating government records, historical sources, and regulatory data for comprehensive environmental risk evaluation across commercial real estate transactions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EDR Radius Map Report with GEOCHECK: Industry-standard government records report for Phase I ESA reviews, searching over 2,000 databases and layers.
• SANBORN MAP Report
• Historical Aerial Photographs
• PARCEL Report Writer
• City Directory Reports
• EDR Environmental Lien & AUL Search
• NEPASearch Map Report

Products and services

• EDR Radius Map Report with GEOCHECK Government records report for Phase I ESA reviews that searches over 2,000 databases and layers from federal, state, tribal, local, and proprietary sources to identify environmental liability, hazardous substances, and regulatory records. Used by environmental professionals, site assessors, and consultants performing property due diligence.
• SANBORN Map Report Certified search report from the complete SANBORN Library holdings dating from 1866, including over 1.3 million fire insurance maps covering approximately 12,000 American cities and towns. Used by environmental professionals to track changing landscape, property uses, and historical land conditions.
• Historical Aerial Photographs Digitally reproduced historical aerial photos from each decade typically beginning in the 1930s-1950s through the 1990s-2000s, geo-referenced for easier target property location. Used by environmental professionals to identify past development, underground storage tanks, and site changes.
• LightBox City Directory Reports Digitized historical city directories presented in a searchable, mapped platform covering tens of thousands of historical books, with addresses overlaid against Sanborn Maps, historical aerials, tax parcels, and other layers. Used by environmental investigators for historical occupant and property use research.
• Historical Topographic Maps with QUADMATCH Advanced mapping solution that intelligently presents USGS historical topographic quad maps to make review faster and easier. Aids environmental professionals in evaluating grading, drainage, and prior land alteration conditions.
• PARCEL Report Writer Collaborative platform for creating consistent, accurate environmental reports, enabling environmental professionals to produce reports in 40% less time. Integrates with Microsoft Word, providing templates, formatting, data/image importing, version control, and consistency tools.
• EDR Environmental Lien & AUL Search Reports Official land title record searches for environmental liens and activity use limitations (AULs) to identify compliance obligations tied to property ownership, including both standard and 1980 Search variants. Used by environmental professionals and commercial real estate stakeholders.
• NEPASearch Map Report Comprehensive NEPA information report providing federal agency environmental impact assessment data, including analysis of potential environmental effects, alternatives, and measures to avoid or minimize adverse effects. Used by federal agencies for NEPA compliance.
• LightBox EDR Environmental Data Packages Bundled packages (Basic, Standard, Premium, Premium 1980) providing trusted government records and historical sources along with workflow tools, integrating with property valuation and environmental assessments for commercial real estate transactions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% reduction in report writing time using PARCEL Report Writer

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Reonomy: Reonomy (owned by Altus Group) provides CRE property intelligence, owner lookup, and underwriting data to brokers, lenders, and investors — overlapping with LightBox Vision and indirectly serving the same EDR consultant/lender buyer base.
• Sphera: Sphera (formerly Optera) provides EHS/environmental compliance software and data to industrial and manufacturing customers. It is a direct peer in environmental data aggregation and compliance workflows, though its primary verticals differ from EDR's CRE focus.
• Attom Data Solutions: Attom aggregates property-level public records, ownership, and parcel data used heavily in CRE due diligence, valuation, and lending workflows. It directly competes with LightBox in property intelligence, overlapping with EDR's downstream users in CRE and lending.

Broad incumbents

• CoStar Group: CoStar is the dominant CRE data and analytics incumbent (LoopNet, Apartments.com, CoStar Analytics). It serves the same CRE buyer base and has invested in property intelligence and analytics that intersect with EDR's environmental due diligence adjacency.
• Verisk Analytics: Verisk provides insurance, property risk, and analytics data to insurers and lenders, with environmental risk and location intelligence products comparable in buyer base and data integration scope to EDR's environmental risk offerings.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence: S&P Global Market Intelligence aggregates regulatory, compliance, and sector data used in environmental, credit, and corporate underwriting — comparable to EDR for institutional subscribers needing aggregated public-record research.
• Accuris (formerly IHS Markit Engineering): Accuris aggregates engineering standards, codes, and technical reference data used by environmental and engineering professionals — adjacent to EDR's environmental reference content and serving an overlapping professional user base.
• MSCI Real Capital Analytics: MSCI's Real Capital Analytics tracks CRE transaction data and intelligence for institutional investors and capital markets — overlapping with EDR's lender and CRE stakeholder customer segment from a different data dimension.
• CoreLogic: CoreLogic provides property data, analytics, and risk solutions to lenders, investors, and government — directly comparable to LightBox's property data stack and adjacent to EDR's environmental data franchise for the same buyer base.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): ERM is a global environmental and sustainability consultancy that runs internal due diligence data platforms for Phase I/II ESA work. It is a buyer-side peer for the same environmental risk data category, operating at vastly larger scale and international scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/enviro_data
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• Facebookfacebook.com/edrnet

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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

M&A

Investments1 record

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

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