What Title Data does

Title Data is a Houston-based title plant cooperative founded in 1967 that maintains comprehensive property records and title data infrastructure for the Texas title insurance industry. The company is owned by virtually every major national title insurance underwriter — including Fidelity National Title, Stewart Title, Old Republic Title, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title, and First National Title — along with several regional underwriters and Texas-based agents (Alamo Title, Independence Title, StarTex Title, PGP Title, Title Houston Holdings, and others), creating a structure in which the company's customers are simultaneously its capital providers and governors. Title Data serves 400+ subscribers across 60 Texas counties that collectively cover 90+% of the state's population, positioning it as the dominant title plant operator in Texas.

Title Data's product portfolio is delivered through TIMS® (Title Information Management System), a proprietary web-based platform providing 24×7 online access to five integrated modules: (1) traditional "thick plant" coverage with 350M+ records spanning official records, probate, civil court suits, and U.S. Bankruptcy cases; (2) 860M+ real property document images dating back to 1829, including official records, maps, condominiums, and 20,000+ proprietary acreage maps; (3) CDDS court document images from probate, county civil, district civil, and family courts; (4) a starters/priors program with 10M+ commitments and policies linked to geographic plant parcels; and (5) monthly market share reports with 24 months of historical data plus on-demand custom reports by ZIP code. The platform unifies these data sources into a single subscriber workflow.

The business operates on a quote-based annual subscription model with B2B distribution handled through direct enterprise outreach led by EVP Business Development Brian Davenport, with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers. The cooperative ownership structure functions as a natural go-to-market channel — underwriters simultaneously fund, govern, and consume Title Data's services. Leadership is headed by President and CEO Kevin Gugenheim, with the company headquartered at 1225 North Loop West in Houston and operating within a single vertical (title insurance) and single state (Texas).

Name

Title Data

Legal name

Title Data, Inc.

Website

https://titledata.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Title Data is a Houston-based cooperative operating Texas's premier title plant, delivering comprehensive property records and document data via its proprietary TIMS® platform to 400+ title insurance subscribers across 60 counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Title Plant Data & Title Insurance Software

NAICS

Direct Title Insurance Carriers (524127)

SIC

Title Insurance (6361)

akta.pro primary industry

Title Search & Examination (BPAJAOAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Title Insurance (FSAJACAL)

Keywords

• Title plant services
• Title insurance data
• Real property documents
• Title examination platform
• Property records database

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

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, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription Access: Access to Title Data's records and TIMS® platform is provided exclusively by subscription. Subscribers receive access to title plants, real property documents, court documents, starters, and market share reporting through the TIMS® web platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Title Data designs, develops, and operates title plant and title production systems for the Texas title insurance industry, delivering subscription-based access to title plants, real property documents, court documents, starters/priors, and market share reporting through its proprietary TIMS® web platform. The company maintains thick-plant databases covering 60 Texas counties (90+% of the Texas population), with 350M+ records and 860M+ document images dating back to 1829.

Product overview

Title Data offers an integrated platform-plus-modules architecture centered on TIMS®, its proprietary web-based platform delivering 24×7 access. The portfolio comprises five core product modules: (1) Title Plants — thick-plant coverage with 350M+ records of official records, probate, civil court, and bankruptcy data; (2) Real Property Documents — 860M+ document images dating to 1829 including maps and acreage maps; (3) CDDS Court Documents — digital images from probate and civil courts; (4) Starters (Priors) — 10M+ commitments and policies linked to geographic parcels; and (5) Market Share reports — monthly county-level reports with 24 months of history. All five modules are unified within TIMS® for a single subscriber workflow.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TIMS®: Proprietary platform that delivers the most efficient, complete, and user-friendly experience for accessing title plant data, with 24×7 online access. Ties every product together into one workflow.
• CDDS

Quantifiable outcome

• 400+ subscribers trust the platform for title plant operations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Alamo TitlecoreOthers · 1 January 1967Alamo Title is one of the founding owners of Title Data, established as a co-op in 1967. As an owner-operator, Alamo Title both provides capital and serves as a customer of the title plant services.
• American TitlecoreOthers · 1 January 1967American Title is an owner of Title Data through the co-op structure. The company serves as both a capital provider and a customer of the title plant platform.
• CDJ Title HoldingscoreOthers · 1 January 1967CDJ Title Holdings is a co-op owner of Title Data, contributing to the ownership structure established in 1967 for title insurance industry benefit.
• Charter TitlecoreOthers · 1 January 1967Charter Title is a co-op owner of Title Data, participating in the industry-owned title plant cooperative established in 1967.
• Chicago Title Insurance CompanycoreOthers · 1 January 1967Chicago Title Insurance Company is a major national underwriter and co-op owner of Title Data, providing significant ownership and industry backing since 1967.
• Commonwealth Land Title Insurance CompanycoreOthers · 1 January 1967Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company is a national underwriter and co-op owner of Title Data, participating in the industry-owned cooperative.
• Fidelity National Title Insurance CompanycoreOthers · 1 January 1967Fidelity National Title Insurance Company is a major national underwriter and co-op owner of Title Data, one of the largest ownership stakeholders.
• First National Title Insurance CompanycoreOthers · 1 January 1967First National Title Insurance Company is an owner of Title Data through the co-op structure, contributing to the industry-owned title plant.
• Great American TitlecoreOthers · 1 January 1967Great American Title is a regional agency and co-op owner of Title Data, participating in the ownership cooperative.
• Independence TitlecoreOthers · 1 January 1967Independence Title is a Texas-based agency and co-op owner of Title Data, participating in the ownership structure serving the Texas market.
• Land Title USAcoreOthers · 1 January 1967Land Title USA is a national title company and co-op owner of Title Data, participating in the industry-owned cooperative.
• Old Republic TitlecoreOthers · 1 January 1967Old Republic Title is a major national underwriter and co-op owner of Title Data, one of the founding ownership stakeholders.
• PGP TitlecoreOthers · 1 January 1967PGP Title is a regional title agency and co-op owner of Title Data, participating in the industry-owned cooperative.
• StarTex TitlecoreOthers · 1 January 1967StarTex Title is a Texas-based agency and co-op owner of Title Data, serving the regional market through the ownership cooperative.
• Stewart TitlecoreOthers · 1 January 1967Stewart Title is a major national underwriter and co-op owner of Title Data, providing significant ownership and industry backing.
• Title Houston HoldingscoreOthers · 1 January 1967Title Houston Holdings is a regional holding company and co-op owner of Title Data, participating in the ownership structure for Houston-area operations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Titlepoint: Titlepoint provides automated title search, examination, and document retrieval services for title professionals. It is directly comparable to Title Data as a B2B title data and search infrastructure provider, although it operates nationally rather than concentrated in a single state.
• PropLogix: PropLogix offers title search and clearing services, including property reports and document retrieval for title agents and underwriters. It competes in the same title data/examination workflow that Title Data's TIMS® platform and title plants support.

Broad incumbents

• First American Title Insurance Company: First American is one of the largest national title insurance underwriters and operates its own title plant and data infrastructure across multiple states. It is comparable to Title Data as a vertically integrated title data and insurance provider, but at far broader national scale.
• Stewart Title: Stewart Title is a major national title underwriter and also a co-op owner of Title Data. It maintains its own proprietary title plants and data systems, making it a partial customer, partial competitor, and a directly comparable title data infrastructure operator.
• Fidelity National Title: Fidelity National Title is a leading national underwriter and co-op owner of Title Data. It operates substantial title plant infrastructure of its own, making it both a customer and an adjacent title data competitor at national scale.
• Old Republic Title: Old Republic Title is a major national underwriter and co-op owner of Title Data. It maintains its own title plant operations nationally and is a directly comparable large-scale title insurance and data infrastructure player.
• Chicago Title Insurance Company: Chicago Title is one of the largest U.S. title underwriters and a co-op owner of Title Data. It operates extensive national title plant infrastructure and is a broadly comparable incumbent in the title data and insurance ecosystem.

Emerging players

• RamQuest Software: RamQuest provides title production, closing, and order management software for title agents and underwriters. It is comparable to Title Data's TIMS® platform as a workflow and production system serving the same end-customers, though focused on production rather than underlying plant data.
• SoftPro: SoftPro delivers title and closing software for real estate attorneys, title agents, and underwriters. It addresses an adjacent layer of the title workflow compared to Title Data's plant and search products, serving overlapping customers with a complementary production-system offering.

Others

• LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions aggregates public records, liens, and property data at national scale and supplies it to title underwriters, lenders, and background screening firms. It is comparable as a public-records data infrastructure provider to the title industry, serving as a potential substitute or complementary data source to Title Data's plant.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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