Dubuque County

Name

Dubuque County

Legal name

Dubuque County

Website

https://dubuquecounty.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dubuque County is a county-level government in Iowa delivering statutory local services — property records, permits, deeds, GIS, elections, public health, veteran services, and conservation — to county residents, businesses, and the general public via a CivicPlus-powered civic portal and a single courthouse.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Administration

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

Keywords

• County government services
• Public records access
• Property records lookup
• Permitting services
• Civic engagement portal

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubuque

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government tax and fee-based funding: As a county government, Dubuque County is funded through public sources including property taxes, fees for services (permits, recordings, vital records, GIS/property data access), and intergovernmental transfers. The website exposes Applications & Permits, Property Records, and Deeds/Mortgage services that generate fee revenue. The "Bid Opportunities" page indicates procurement activity, and the FY27 Purchase of Service Program signals contract-based social services funding.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Dubuque County is a county-level government that delivers administrative and public services to residents, businesses, and visitors of Dubuque County, Iowa. Its core offerings include permit and license application processing, property records lookup, deeds and mortgage recording access, GIS mapping, elections administration, public meeting agendas and minutes, and citizen appointment scheduling with the Treasurer's office. Services are delivered through a unified CivicPlus-built civic portal and a single physical courthouse in Dubuque, IA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Applications & Permits

Quantifiable outcome

• Online access to Applications & Permits, Property Records, Deeds/Mortgage, GIS Mapping, Agendas & Minutes, and Elections reduces need for in-person visits to the Dubuque County Courthouse.
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CivicPluscoreTechnology or IntegrationCivicPlus is the vendor powering Dubuque County's official government website (dubuquecountyiowa.gov). The site is branded "Government Websites by CivicPlus®", indicating CivicPlus provides the civic engagement platform, content management, and hosting for the county's online presence, including the calendar, civic alerts, document repository, and employee intranet.
• Schneider Corporation (Beacon)coreTechnology or IntegrationSchneider Corporation's Beacon platform is integrated into the county website to provide property records lookup for Dubuque County parcels. The Property Records link on the county site routes to beacon.schneidercorp.com for parcel and property data access by the public.
• Cott Hosting (Iowa Land Records)coreTechnology or IntegrationCott Hosting powers the online land records system for Dubuque County, providing Deeds/Mortgage search capabilities via cotthosting.com. This integration enables the public to access recorded land documents online through the county's website.
• GovernmentJobs.com (NEOGOV)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGovernmentJobs.com hosts Dubuque County's Job Opportunities listings, providing recruitment distribution for the county's hiring efforts via governmentjobs.com/careers/dubuquecounty.

Scale indicators3 records

Direct peers

• Story County, Iowa: Central Iowa county (Ames) with a similar mid-size county government footprint, providing property records, permits, public health, and elections services through an online portal.
• Polk County, Iowa: Iowa's most populous county (Des Moines metro) delivering the same slate of county-level services. Comparable in service portfolio, though larger in scale, providing a useful upper-bound benchmark.
• Black Hawk County, Iowa: Mid-size Iowa county (Waterloo/Cedar Falls) offering parallel property records, permitting, public health, and election administration services. Comparable population scale and service mix to Dubuque County.
• Johnson County, Iowa: Iowa county home to the University of Iowa; delivers the same county government service suite as Dubuque County including property records, permits, treasurer, and elections functions.
• Dallas County, Iowa: Fast-growing Des Moines metro county that delivers comparable county services; useful comparable for tracking how rapidly growing Iowa counties scale digital service delivery.
• Pottawattamie County, Iowa: Southwestern Iowa county offering the standard slate of county government services including property assessment, recording, permits, and elections administration.
• Scott County, Iowa: Eastern Iowa county (Quad Cities area) operating comparable county government services including property records, permits, GIS, and elections. Directly comparable in governance structure and service breadth.
• Linn County, Iowa: Adjacent Iowa county government providing the same set of property records, permits, elections, public health, and treasury services to Linn County residents via a CivicPlus-style civic portal. Highly comparable in scope, technology stack, and citizen service model.
• Woodbury County, Iowa: Northwestern Iowa county (Sioux City) with a similar set of county government functions, including property records, permits, public health, and veteran services.

Others

• CivicPlus: The civic engagement platform vendor powering Dubuque County's official website; comparable not as a competing government but as the underlying technology provider whose roadmap and pricing directly shape the county's digital service capabilities.

Market position

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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