Peoria County

What Peoria County does

Peoria County is a county government entity in central Illinois, established in 1825 and headquartered at the Peoria County Courthouse at 324 Main Street, Peoria, IL. It serves the County's residents, businesses, legal professionals, and transit riders through mandated public services including public safety (Sheriff, Emergency Management, Coroner), judicial administration (10th Judicial Circuit Court covering Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Stark, and Tazewell counties), property tax collection and land records (Recorder's Office, County Clerk), elections administration (Election Commission), health and human services (Peoria County Health Department), animal protection (PCAPS), recycling and solid waste, rural paratransit (CountyLink operated by WeDriveU), and economic development.

The County delivers services through a fragmented but function-specialized technology stack rather than a unified platform. The citizen-facing layer is the CivicPlus-powered peoriacounty.gov portal, with CivicPlus Identity providing SSO (Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft). Backend operations rely on Tyler Technologies systems — EagleRecorder for land records dating to December 12, 1913 (with historical index back to 1819) and Municipal Online Payments for court fine and child support transactions — plus ArcGIS for GIS and election mapping, CourtMoney for payment processing, eFileIL for electronic court filing, BidNet Direct for procurement, and Google Analytics for web traffic. The County's GIS data portal (data-peoriacountygis.opendata.arcgis.com) provides open access to property, election, tax, and infrastructure mapping.

The revenue model is non-commercial. Peoria County is funded primarily through property taxes, state and federal appropriations, and distributed service fees including Recorder document subscriptions ($45/day, $550/month, $4,800/year), per-document prints at $15, CountyLink paratransit at $6 per one-way trip, traffic citation online payments at $164 plus processing fees (tiered: $1.75 flat under $50; 3.50% above $50.01), and municipal aggregation electricity rates via Homefield Energy (9.3-10.7 cents/kWh). Pricing is publicly disclosed and varies by service category. Customer segments are horizontal: County Residents, Local Businesses, Legal Professionals/Researchers, and Transit Riders, with no concentration in any single commercial account.

Name

Peoria County

Legal name

Peoria County, IL

Website

https://peoriacounty.gov

Company type

Public

Founded year

1825

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Peoria County is a central Illinois county government, founded in 1825, providing mandated public services including public safety, judicial administration, property tax collection, elections, animal protection, recycling, and rural paratransit to County residents, businesses, and legal professionals via CivicPlus web portal and Tyler Technologies systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Services

NAICS

Police Protection (922120), Correctional Institutions (92214), Parole Offices and Probation Offices (922150)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700), Refuse Systems (4953), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Correctional/Detention Facility Health Departments (HLAJAAAH), Taxpayer Services, Education & Outreach (BPAIADAM), State/Provincial Corrections, Probation & Parole Administration (BPAIABAF), Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

Keywords

• County government services
• Public safety administration
• Property tax collection
• Elections administration
• Animal protection services

Headquarters

HQ city

Peoria

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Peoria County is a county government entity in central Illinois that delivers essential public services to residents, businesses, and visitors. Its core offerings include public safety and law enforcement (Sheriff's Office), judicial and court administration, property tax assessment and collection, elections administration, animal protection and sheltering, public transportation (CountyLink paratransit), recycling and waste services, vital records, land records, and human services through partner departments. Services are accessed online via the CivicPlus-powered website, in person at county facilities, and through specialized vendor-hosted platforms.

Product overview

Peoria County government operates as a county administrative entity in Illinois, providing a broad portfolio of citizen-facing digital services through its official website and associated web platforms. The service offering is fragmented across multiple vendor-hosted systems rather than a unified platform, with core services including property tax administration, elections management, animal protection services (PCAPS), court/judicial services, public safety and justice, land records and recorder services, and various administrative functions. Services are delivered through a combination of the CivicPlus-powered main website, Tyler Technologies systems (EagleRecorder for land records, Municipal Online Payments for court payments), BidNet Direct for procurement, and specialized platforms for elections, economic interests filing, and animal services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Peoria County Official Website (CivicPlus)
• EagleRecorder Land Records System Tyler Technologies EagleRecorder system enabling online document searching of land records from 1987 to present, e-Recording services, historical index access dating back to 1819, and property fraud protection via Fraud Guard alerts. Targeted at legal professionals, title companies, and the public.
• Animal Protection Services (PCAPS) County animal shelter and protection services including pet adoption, lost and found pets, microchipping, licensing, cruelty reporting, disaster preparedness for pets, and volunteer/foster programs. Available to Peoria County residents.
• CountyLink Paratransit Services Door-to-door paratransit service for rural Peoria County residents outside fixed-route transit areas, particularly serving elderly and mobility-impaired individuals. Operated by WeDriveU under contract.
• Peoria County Election Commission Services County election management system handling voter registration, early voting, vote-by-mail, election results, candidate filing, and election judge coordination for the General Election and primaries. Available to Peoria County voters and candidates.
• Circuit Clerk Online Payments Tyler Technologies Municipal Online Payments platform for traffic citation payments, criminal court fees, child support maintenance fees, and online traffic court 'Plead & Pay' services. Targeted at individuals with court matters.
• GIS Data and Maps Portal Geographic Information System portal providing interactive maps, property boundaries, election data, tax districts, zoning information, and downloadable geospatial data for Peoria County. Available to the public, businesses, and researchers.
• BidNet Vendor and Procurement Portal Vendor registration and bid management system through BidNet Direct Illinois Purchasing Group for county procurement, RFPs, and vendor notifications. Targeted at vendors and suppliers seeking to do business with the county.
• 10th Judicial Circuit Court Services Court administrative services including e-filing, self-help center, jury duty management, child support payments, and access to court records for the 10th Judicial Circuit covering Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Stark, and Tazewell counties.
• Open Finance Portal Transparency portal providing access to county budgets, financial reports, tax computations, election results, and other public financial data. Available to the public for government accountability.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Homefield EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 May 2026Peoria County's municipal aggregation program partners with Homefield Energy to offer electricity supply rates of 9.3-10.7 cents per kWh to residents, providing slightly lower rates than Ameren Illinois standard supply rate of 11 cents per kWh during June-September 2026 period.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tazewell County, IL: Adjacent central-Illinois county that shares the 10th Judicial Circuit Court with Peoria County, providing essentially identical public safety, court, election, and recorder services to a similar population base.
• McLean County, IL: Central Illinois county of comparable scale that delivers the full suite of county services (sheriff, courts, health department, property tax, elections) with a similar mid-size urban-suburban mix to Peoria County.
• Sangamon County, IL: Springfield-area Illinois county offering the same core functions (sheriff, health, elections, recorder, animal control) as Peoria County; comparable operating profile though a larger population base.
• Champaign County, IL: Mid-sized Illinois county operating an analogous service portfolio including county health, sheriff, courthouse, property records, and elections administration for a similar population.
• DuPage County, IL: Large suburban Chicago collar county that runs a similar end-to-end county service stack (sheriff, health, GIS, elections, court services); useful benchmark for digital modernization and scale best practices.
• Will County, IL: Suburban Chicago collar county that delivers the same full suite of county services to a population in the same order of magnitude; directly comparable on service breadth and operational scale.
• Winnebago County, IL: Rockford-area Illinois county with a comparable set of full-service county operations (sheriff, courthouse, health, recorder, elections) and similar employee scale.
• Lake County, IL: Large Illinois county running the same menu of county services (sheriff, courts, health, recorder, GIS, elections) with comparable mid-large population and a strong digital services footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Cook County, IL: The largest county in Illinois and a broad incumbent that operates the same categories of services as Peoria County (sheriff, courts, health, elections, recorder) but at far greater scale and as part of a much wider portfolio including hospital and forest preserve systems.

Regional players

• City of Peoria, IL: The municipal government co-located within Peoria County; shares health services via the joint Peoria City/County Health Department and provides overlapping but city-level services (police, fire, municipal utilities, transit) rather than competing in county-exclusive functions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/peoriacounty
• YouTubepeoriacounty.gov/youtube
• Facebookfacebook.com/peoriacountygov
• Instagrampeoriacounty.gov/instagram

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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