Fidlar Technologies

What Fidlar Technologies does

Fidlar Technologies is a privately held U.S. software company headquartered in Davenport, Iowa, providing land records and vital records management software to county government offices across more than 16 states. Its flagship platform is AVID, the company's fifth-generation land records management software introduced in 2008 and now running in 140+ counties, complemented by APEX for vital records (marriage licenses, birth and death certificates), Laredo for remote document search, and Tapestry for web-based public records access. The product suite is architected as a core platform plus modules — including iNSPECT (in-house OCR/AI assisted indexing), Anchor (legal parameter validation), Iris (index standardization), Monarch (secure data streaming with dynamic watermarking), Citadel (privacy shielding), Bastion (hosted production environment), Condor (outsourced indexing), Swift (electronic document return), and Property Fraud Alert/Notary Fraud Alert services — creating a tightly integrated stack for county recorders, registers of deeds, and circuit clerks.

The company's business model rests on mandatory annual CountyCare service contracts that bundle support and upgrades with every deployment, plus subscription-based Laredo/Tapestry search services sold through individual counties, and one-time professional services revenue from implementation, workflow analysis, training, data conversion, and document imaging. Fidlar distributes through a regional direct enterprise sales motion with Territory Managers and Partner Relationship Managers organized by state, supported by structured implementation and conversion services that produce high switching costs. The company is founder/management-owned with no disclosed external funding, led by Owner Dave Steil, President Alex Riggen, COO Adam Watkins, EVP Griffin Steil, and VP of Finance Kayla Rosselli.

Recent strategic activity includes the 2026 launch of Notary Fraud Alert (with documented ~$100K fraud loss prevented in Texas) and Tapestry EON as a modernized search platform, alongside 2022 and 2025 leadership promotions that formalize a next-generation operating team. The firm was originally established in 1854 as a supplier of physical materials to local government, pivoted into software in the 1980s after acquiring a software development company, and in 2007 divested its election and printing divisions to focus exclusively on county land records and vital records software.

Name

Fidlar Technologies

Legal name

Fidlar Technologies

Website

https://fidlar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1854

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Fidlar Technologies is a privately held Iowa-based software company providing land records and vital records management software — including AVID, APEX, Laredo, and Tapestry — to county government recorders across 16+ U.S. states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Records Management Software

NAICS

Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Abstracting Services (Title Abstracts) (BPAJAOAC)

Keywords

• Land records management
• County government software
• Vital records management
• Document indexing software
• ERecording solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Davenport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. CountyCare Annual Service Contracts: Mandatory annual service contract providing unlimited telephone support and product revision upgrades. All county partners are required to maintain this contract for ongoing support and updates.
2. Laredo Subscriptions: Subscription-based land records document search engine. Pricing determined by individual counties. Multiple tiers including Laredo Desktop (enhanced search experience), Laredo Anywhere (web browser-based), and Laredo Connect (account management portal).
3. Tapestry Remote Search Service: Web-based search service for remote access to official public records. Maintained in partnership with county offices.
4. Professional Services: Implementation, conversion, training, and installation services provided to county partners during system transitions.
5. Imaging Services: Document scanning and archiving services including microfilm conversion, document record book digitization, and data indexing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fidlar Technologies develops and sells land records and vital records management software to U.S. county government offices. Its flagship AVID platform processes, indexes, and manages recorded documents with eRecording, imaging, and AI-assisted indexing (iNSPECT), while APEX handles vital records such as marriage licenses, birth certificates, and death records. The company complements these with the Laredo and Tapestry remote search engines, fraud-alert services, hosted disaster recovery (Bastion), document imaging/microfilm conversion services, and mandatory CountyCare annual support contracts.

Product overview

Fidlar Technologies provides a comprehensive suite of land records management software solutions and services for county government offices across the United States. The product portfolio is organized as a platform-plus-modules architecture with AVID as the core land records management software and APEX as the vital records management platform. These are complemented by integrated modules including Anchor (legal parameter validation), Iris (indexing standardization), Monarch (data/image streaming), Citadel (privacy shielding), Bastion (hosted environment), and Condor (indexing services). Remote search and access is served through the Laredo product family (Laredo Desktop, Laredo Anywhere, Laredo Connect) and Tapestry/Tapestry EON web platforms. Fraud prevention products include Property Fraud Alert and Notary Fraud Alert. Additional offerings include Swift (electronic document return), Replication (disaster recovery), Official Records Online, Imaging Services, Hands Free Microfilm, Torrens Certificate Management, and Honor Rewards. The Fidlar Experience service methodology encompasses Project Management, Workflow Analysis, Installations, Training, Conversions, and CountyCare support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tapestry: Web-based search service for remote access to official public records, available at www.landrecords.net and www.landrecords.com. Also includes Tapestry EON as modern successor platform.
• Monarch
• Official Records Online
• Property Fraud Alert
• Notary Fraud Alert
• Honor Rewards

Products and services

• AVID Land records management software serving as the core platform for county government offices to process, index, and manage recorded documents with integrated eRecording capabilities, imaging, and iNSPECT assisted indexing technology.
• APEX Vital records management software for creation and management of documents like marriage licenses, birth certificates, and death records, allowing counties to offer robust online services for constituents.
• Laredo

Quantifiable outcome

• 70%+ accuracy across all document types and index fields with iNSPECT assisted indexing
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Tyler Technologies: Tyler Technologies is a large public-sector software provider whose Aumentum division directly competes with Fidlar in county land records. Tyler offers a much broader portfolio of government software (courts, appraisal, tax, public safety), enabling it to bundle solutions and out-bid niche players on multi-product RFPs.
• Granicus: Granicus acquired Courthouse Software and serves county and municipal governments with records, agenda, and civic engagement technology. It competes with Fidlar in land records and document management while also offering broader citizen-facing tools.
• Harris Computer (Constellation Software): Harris Computer is a vertical-market software roll-up that owns multiple county-focused products, including land records systems. It competes with Fidlar via its portfolio companies and brings the financial backing of Constellation Software.
• CivicPlus: CivicPlus provides municipal government websites, community development, and records software. While not a direct land records competitor, it sells into the same county government buying centers and could bundle adjacent capabilities.

Direct peers

• Pioneer Technology Group: Pioneer Technology Group provides county clerk and land records software to jurisdictions across the US. It is a direct competitor in the same niche, with comparable offerings around document indexing, eRecording, and public records search.
• SISCO (Systems Industries Services Co.): SISCO provides identification, document scanning, and records management hardware/software solutions to law enforcement, government, and commercial customers. It overlaps with Fidlar in document imaging and indexing workflows serving government clients.

Emerging players

• Civica Software (formerly OPEXUS): Civica Software's public records and agenda management solutions target similar government customers. The overlap with Fidlar is partial but meaningful in document management and public records workflows.
• IQM2 (Diligent): IQM2 provides meeting and records management software to local government, overlapping with Fidlar on the public records side while addressing a complementary agenda workflow. Now part of Diligent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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