Abandoned Property Advisors

What Abandoned Property Advisors does

Abandoned Property Advisors (APA) is a privately held, woman-owned U.S. consultancy that provides end-to-end abandoned property compliance, owner location, asset recovery, and advisory services to corporations, financial institutions, and individual asset owners. The firm serves five primary enterprise verticals—publicly traded corporations, mutual funds, insurance companies, brokerage firms, and banks—alongside a consumer-facing book for individual owners and heirs, with service coverage across the United States and Canada.

The company delivers its services through five integrated lines: Annual Compliance Services (covering SEC Rule 17Ad-17 and DMF matching), Pre-Escheat Location and In-depth Search, Advisory Services including audit defense, Corporate Asset Recovery, and Asset Owner Services. Underlying these lines is a proprietary technology stack that includes fuzzy logic search capabilities, a state-of-art account tracking and management system, and a continuously updated proprietary compliance system; APA cites an 85% owner reunification rate as the headline outcome metric. The firm is led by founders Carol Irvine and Bob Irvine—both of whom contributed to the development of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act and SEC Rule 17Ad-17—alongside a senior team including a COO, General Counsel, and two EVPs, supported by approximately 50 associates.

APA's revenue model blends contingency-based fees for Corporate Asset Recovery ('no recovery, no cost'), recurring subscription-style annual compliance engagements, and professional services pricing for advisory, audit defense, and asset owner reunification work. The firm markets primarily through its corporate website, LinkedIn presence, and direct enterprise outreach, and leverages its WBENC Women-Owned certification as a procurement-channel differentiator for corporate supplier diversity programs. Operations are anchored in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, with a regional office in Naples, FL.

Name

Abandoned Property Advisors

Legal name

Abandoned Property Advisors, LLC

Website

https://ap-advisors.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Abandoned Property Advisors is a U.S.-based, woman-owned consultancy providing abandoned property compliance, owner location, asset recovery, and advisory services to corporations, financial institutions, and individual asset owners across the United States and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Unclaimed Property Compliance Services

NAICS

Trust, Fiduciary, and Custody Activities (523991)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Estate & Legacy Planning Advisory (FSAEAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Estate Planning, Trust Structuring & Governance (FSAAADAF)

Keywords

• Unclaimed property compliance
• Corporate asset recovery
• Escheatment services
• Lost securityholder search
• Audit defense advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Englewood Cliffs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Corporate Asset Recovery Services: Contingency-based fee structure where APA charges no cost if recovery is unsuccessful. The company helps corporations uncover and reclaim assets that would otherwise be lost to escheat or left unclaimed.
2. Annual Compliance Services: Recurring compliance services for corporations and financial institutions including SEC 17Ad-17 compliance, DMF matching requirements, and annual abandoned property reporting.
3. Advisory and Audit Defense Services: Professional advisory services including compliance reviews, audit defense, and client advocacy when subject to state or multi-state audits conducted by states or contract auditing firms.
4. Asset Owner Reunification Services: Services to help owners or heirs claim and recover assets, including estate research, account recovery, and streamlined process to re-register, transfer and claim assets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Abandoned Property Advisors provides end-to-end unclaimed property compliance, owner location, and corporate asset recovery services to publicly traded corporations, financial institutions, mutual funds, insurance companies, brokerage firms, and banks. Its offerings include annual abandoned property compliance reporting (SEC 17Ad-17, DMF matching), pre-escheat owner/beneficiary searches, advisory and audit defense, and contingency-based corporate asset recovery. A consumer-facing Asset Owner Services line helps individual owners and heirs reclaim dormant accounts and estate assets.

Product overview

Abandoned Property Advisors (APA) offers a unified suite of unclaimed property compliance and asset reunification services. The core portfolio comprises four integrated service lines: Annual Compliance Services handles ongoing regulatory reporting requirements including SEC 17Ad-17 and DMF matching; Pre-Escheat Location and In-depth Search provides owner/beneficiary location research achieving 85% reunification rates; Advisory Services delivers compliance reviews and audit defense; and Corporate Asset Recovery enables entities to reclaim assets lost through administrative oversight. Asset Owner Services represents the consumer-facing counterpart, assisting individual owners, heirs, and beneficiaries in recovering dormant accounts, estate assets, and unclaimed property. Together, these services form an end-to-end solution spanning due diligence, owner location, claims processing, and annual reporting for corporations, financial institutions, and individual asset owners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Compliance Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% of rightful owners reunited with their assets through APA's methodology
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sovos: Sovos is a global tax compliance software provider with products spanning unclaimed property reporting, exemption certificate management, and related regulatory compliance — competing with APA's Annual Compliance Services via technology rather than professional services.
• Ernst & Young (Unclaimed Property Services): EY's Personal Financial Services and Indirect Tax practices provide unclaimed property reporting, compliance reviews, and owner location services to corporate clients, competing with APA on the same regulated buyer set within a much broader professional services portfolio.
• KPMG (Unclaimed Property Tax Practice): KPMG's State and Local Tax practice includes a dedicated unclaimed/abandoned property group serving Fortune 500 corporations and financial institutions, competing with APA on annual compliance and audit defense work as part of a broader tax advisory relationship.
• Vertex Inc. Vertex provides tax technology solutions including indirect tax determination and compliance; while not unclaimed-property-focused, its compliance automation footprint intersects with APA's reporting and DMF matching workflows at large corporate buyers.
• Deloitte (Abandoned/Unclaimed Property Practice): Deloitte's Tax practice offers unclaimed property compliance, due diligence, and audit defense to large corporates and financial institutions, often bundling these services into broader SALT and tax engagements that overlap directly with APA's core service lines.

Direct peers

• Keane Unclaimed Property Solutions: Keane is a long-standing dedicated unclaimed property compliance and consulting firm serving U.S. corporations and financial institutions with annual reporting, owner location, and audit defense — the closest direct competitor to APA's full-service offering.

Emerging players

• Wipfli: Wipfli is a top-20 U.S. accounting and advisory firm with an active unclaimed property practice serving middle-market and large corporates; it competes with APA for the same compliance and owner-location engagements but at a smaller scale than the Big Four.
• Rea & Associates: Rea & Associates operates a dedicated unclaimed property team providing compliance, due diligence, and audit defense to Ohio and U.S. corporations; comparable to APA as a regional specialist with growing national reach.

Others

• Marsh & McLennan (Oliver Wyman / Marsh): Marsh & McLennan and its advisory affiliates serve large financial institutions and insurance carriers with risk and compliance consulting, occasionally overlapping with APA on insurance company abandoned property and DMF-related engagements.
• Wolters Kluwer (Corporate Tax & Compliance): Wolters Kluwer's Corporate Tax & Compliance unit offers software and content solutions for indirect tax and regulatory reporting, providing another technology-driven alternative to APA's professional services engagements at large enterprise buyers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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