Paradigm Tax Group

What Paradigm Tax Group does

Paradigm Tax Group, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a US property tax consulting firm that operates today under the trade name Ryan following an apparent rebrand or integration into Ryan, LLC. The firm provides property assessment and tax management services to enterprise clients with complex real estate and personal property portfolios, including property tax compliance, valuation analysis, appeal representation, and ongoing tax advisory. Its customer base spans Global 5000 corporations and large REITs, with named clients including the Dallas Cowboys and Ashford Hospitality Trust, and covers verticals such as real estate, manufacturing, financial services, oil and gas, healthcare, and government contracting across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Asia-Pacific.

The firm's core product portfolio centers on Property Tax Services, supported by specialty practices in Commercial Property Tax, Complex Property Tax, and Property Tax Compliance, plus a broader service model organized around Recovery, Consulting, Advocacy, Compliance, Technology, and Legal services (the latter delivered through Ryan Legal Services, PLLC). Its underlying technology layer is PropertyPoint, a proprietary property tax management platform for compliance, valuation, and reporting, complemented by the Ryan Software suite aimed at transforming the tax function for enterprise clients. A key differentiator is that its advocacy services are not restricted by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, allowing it to serve as an unrestricted client advocate where Big Four accounting and traditional consulting firms face regulatory limits.

Commercially, Paradigm Tax Group / Ryan generates professional services revenue through project-based and retainer engagements with large enterprises, using an enterprise field sales motion with experienced consultants managing client portfolios directly. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The firm has pursued an active inorganic growth strategy, completing acquisitions including AVS Tax (2014), Hart Property Consultants (2014), Pence & Associates (2014), Diversified Property Solutions (2014), and TurboAppeal (2017), and more recently under the Ryan umbrella, WYM Rating (2026) and Hucke and Associates (2026), with prior growth equity backing from Monitor Clipper Funds (2011). The firm reports recovering more than $4 billion in tax savings for clients in the most recent year, reinforcing its positioning as the largest Property Tax practice in North America.

Name

Paradigm Tax Group

Legal name

Ryan, LLC

Website

https://paradigmtax.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Paradigm Tax Group, now operating as Ryan, is a Dallas-based property tax consulting firm serving Global 5000 corporations and large REITs with property tax compliance, valuation, appeal representation, and advisory services across the US, Canada, the UK, and Asia-Pacific.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Property Tax Advisory Services

NAICS

Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (5412)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Tax Assessment Appeal & Property Tax Consulting (BPAJAKAK)

Keywords

• Property tax services
• Tax consulting
• Property assessment
• Tax compliance management
• Tax appeal representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Property Tax Advisory Services: Professional services revenue generated from property tax consulting, compliance, recovery, and advocacy services. Services include property tax management, valuation analysis, tax appeal representation, and compliance processes for business property assets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Paradigm Tax Group is a national consulting firm that provides taxpayers with property assessment and tax management services. The firm delivers property tax advisory, compliance, valuation analysis, recovery, and appeal representation for real and personal property, targeting enterprises with complex property portfolios. It supports its advisory practice through acquired regional property tax practices and tax technology tools.

Product overview

Ryan, LLC offers a comprehensive suite of tax advisory and technology services. The core offering is Property Tax Services, the largest Property Tax practice in North America, supported by specialty services including Commercial Property Tax, Complex Property Tax, and Property Tax Compliance. The product portfolio is unified under a platform-plus-services model featuring PropertyPoint™ Technology for property tax management and Ryan Software for broader tax technology solutions. Core service pillars include Recovery, Consulting, Advocacy, Compliance, Technology, and Legal services, with each practice area (Property Tax, Income Tax, Transaction Tax, International Tax, etc.) offering specialized expertise within these service categories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PropertyPoint: Property tax technology platform for managing and optimizing property tax compliance and appeals.
• Ryan Legal Services, PLLC

Products and services

• Property Tax Advisory Services
• Commercial Property Tax Services
• Property Tax Compliance Services
• Property Tax Recovery Services
• Property Tax Advocacy Services
• Property Tax Consulting Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Recovered more than $4 billion in tax savings for clients last year

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Theodore Roosevelt Presidential LibraryminorOthers · 15 June 2026Ryan made a gift to underwrite the Interactive Whistle Stop Tour Exhibit at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. This represents a corporate citizenship and philanthropy partnership rather than a commercial relationship.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Vertex, Inc. Vertex is a tax technology provider offering indirect tax automation software. While primarily technology-led, it competes for technology-enabled tax engagements and represents a substitute for Paradigm's PropertyPoint™ offering in the broader tax technology stack.

Broad incumbents

• KPMG LLP: Big 4 firm with a corporate tax practice that includes property tax advisory for large enterprises. Represents both a competitor and a potential substitute for clients seeking to consolidate tax vendors.
• Crowe LLP: Crowe is a major accounting firm with a property tax consulting practice serving middle-market and enterprise clients. It competes with Paradigm on multi-jurisdiction compliance and assessment appeal work.
• Grant Thornton: Grant Thornton is a global accounting and advisory firm with an indirect property tax practice through its tax services group, competing for the same enterprise compliance and advisory engagements as Paradigm.
• Kroll (formerly Duff & Phelps): Kroll operates a large valuation and tax services practice serving corporations, financial sponsors, and law firms. While its property tax scope is narrower than Paradigm's, it competes for the same enterprise clients on valuation, advisory, and complex tax engagements.
• Deloitte Tax LLP: Big 4 tax practice with a global indirect tax and property tax capability serving multinational enterprises. Deloitte competes with Paradigm on Global 5000 engagements, particularly where clients want one-stop-shop tax advisory.
• BDO USA: BDO USA is a top-tier accounting and advisory firm with a property tax practice serving mid-market and large enterprises. It is a broad incumbent offering property tax compliance and consulting alongside full audit and tax services.

Direct peers

• Ryan, LLC: Ryan is the largest Property Tax practice in North America and the entity that absorbed Paradigm Tax Group (listed as 'previously_known_as'). It offers an identical service stack — property tax compliance, valuation, recovery, and advocacy — to Global 5000 clients, making it the closest direct comparable.
• Altus Group: Altus Group is a leading provider of commercial real estate data, software, and advisory services, with a dedicated property tax practice that directly competes with Paradigm in valuation and assessment consulting for institutional real estate portfolios.

Others

• CBRE Group, Inc. CBRE is the world's largest commercial real estate services firm. While not a direct property tax consultancy, its valuation and advisory arms intersect with Paradigm's enterprise real estate clients and can act as an adjacent channel for property tax services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A5 records

Investments

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