El Dorado County

What El Dorado County does

El Dorado County is a political subdivision and county government of the State of California, founded in 1850 and headquartered at 330 Fair Lane, Placerville. Its jurisdiction stretches from Folsom Lake to Lake Tahoe in east-central California, and the county is governed by an elected five-member Board of Supervisors representing districts I through V. The county provides local government services including public safety and emergency management, land use planning and building permits, road and bridge maintenance, property tax assessment and collection, animal services, library and education services, health and human services, and parks and trails access. Its primary constituents are county residents and households, local businesses operating within the county, and other public entities collaborating on regional initiatives.

The county's digital service platform centers on three core technology assets: the eTrakit online permit system for permit applications, inspection scheduling, and status tracking; the EDC GIS Viewer for property information lookup; and the RAVE multi-channel emergency alert notification system (delivered via app, telephone, cell phone, text, email, and social media) for wildfire, evacuation, and hazardous material alerts. These systems are supplemented by an online appointment scheduling service and the "Projects In Your Area" public engagement portal. The county employs between 1,001 and 5,000 staff across its departments, which include the Office of Wildfire Preparedness and Resilience, Planning and Building, Environmental Management, Transportation, Public Health, and Behavioral Health.

As a government entity, El Dorado County does not operate a commercial revenue model. Operations are funded through property taxes, sales taxes, user fees (for permits, recordings, and other services), intergovernmental transfers, and settlements such as the $38 million PG&E agreement related to the 2022 Mosquito Fire, which burned 76,788 acres across El Dorado and Placer Counties. Service delivery occurs through a hybrid channel mix of online self-service portals, in-person service centers with expanded walk-in hours, and emergency notification systems, with public communications disseminated via the county website, social media (Facebook, Twitter), press releases, and email subscriptions.

Name

El Dorado County

Legal name

El Dorado County

Website

https://edcgov.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

1850

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

El Dorado County is a California county government headquartered in Placerville, providing local public services — including permitting, emergency management, property taxation, and public safety — to residents, businesses, and public entities across its jurisdiction from Folsom Lake to Lake Tahoe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Services

NAICS

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Economic Programs (926), Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Municipal Tax & Revenue Administration (Local) (BPAIACAD), Taxpayer Services, Education & Outreach (BPAIADAM), Public Works Departments (Streets, Bridges, Stormwater, Fleet, Maintenance) (BPAIALAD), County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Local government services
• Public administration
• Building permits
• Emergency management
• Property tax administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Placerville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

El Dorado County delivers local government administration services including building and planning permits, property tax assessment and collection, GIS-based property information lookup, code enforcement, emergency alert notifications, public safety, health and human services, library services, parks and trails access, and transportation infrastructure management. The county serves both residents and businesses operating within its jurisdiction across east-central California, providing digital self-service portals and physical service centers for civic transactions.

Product overview

El Dorado County provides a unified platform of government services through its website, offering residents access to online appointments, permit applications, property search tools, building inspections, emergency alerts, and GIS mapping services. The core digital infrastructure includes the eTrakit system for permits, the RAVE emergency alert system for public safety notifications, and an online property information system. These services are integrated through the county's web portal at eldoradocounty.ca.gov, providing citizens with digital access to county government functions including property taxes, planning and building, public safety, health services, and transportation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Appointments

Quantifiable outcome

• 2 million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy annually from STPUD solar array, reducing energy costs by approximately 50%
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Baron & Budd, P.C.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 24 February 2026Law firm representing six public entities including El Dorado County in securing $38 million settlement with PG&E for public and natural resource damage claims from the 2022 Mosquito Fire. The firm led legal proceedings for infrastructure repair, restoration, and recovery efforts.
• PG&EminorOthers · 24 February 2026Pacific Gas and Electric Company agreed to $38 million settlement for claims related to the 2022 Mosquito Fire which burned approximately 76,788 acres. The settlement includes amounts related to FEMA and Cal OES assistance.
• California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState emergency management agency partnered with El Dorado County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services to deliver the El Dorado County Emergency Alerts notification service via app, telephone, cell phone, text message, email, and social media.
• FEMAminorOthersFederal Emergency Management Agency assistance included in the $38 million Mosquito Fire settlement allocation for six public entities.
• RAVE (Alert Notification System)coreTechnology or IntegrationEmergency alert notification system provider enabling multi-channel emergency communications (app, telephone, text, email, social media) for El Dorado County residents during wildfires, evacuations, and hazardous material incidents.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Butte County, California: Northern California county that experienced the destructive 2018 Camp Fire and is widely viewed as a reference for post-wildfire municipal recovery and rebuilding. Highly comparable to El Dorado on disaster exposure, recovery funding flows, and rebuilding-permitting operations.
• Tuolumne County, California: Sierra foothill peer with overlapping tourism, forestry, and wildfire-exposure profile. Operates the same core county functions for a comparably sized population.
• Calaveras County, California: Neighboring Sierra foothill county with similar population size, rural character, and wildfire risk profile. Direct peer on scale, service scope, and hazard exposure.
• Amador County, California: Adjacent California Gold Country county of similar small scale and rural-residential mix. Comparable in service delivery footprint and gold-country economic development positioning.
• Yolo County, California: Adjacent Sacramento-region county delivering a similar municipal service stack with an additional agricultural-economy layer. Comparable on permitting volume, public safety scale, and digital service adoption.
• Nevada County, California: Adjacent Sierra Nevada county of similar size and rural-to-exurban profile. Operates the same set of local government functions (planning, building, public works, public safety) and shares El Dorado's wildfire, snow-load, and tourism-driven service pressures.
• Placer County, California: El Dorado's immediate eastern neighbor and co-jurisdictional partner on the 2022 Mosquito Fire recovery. Placer County delivers the same mix of public works, permitting, public safety, tax collection, and emergency management to a comparable foothill-Sierra population, making it the most directly comparable county peer.
• Shasta County, California: Northern California county with extreme wildfire exposure (including recent destructive fires) and a similar rural-to-exurban demographic profile; useful peer for benchmarking disaster recovery and resiliency operations.
• Sacramento County, California: Adjacent larger urban-county providing the full county-government service stack (public safety, health, permitting, property taxation, transportation). Comparable on service breadth; differs on scale and metropolitan demographics.

Broad incumbents

• Maricopa County, Arizona: Large, fast-growing US county that has invested heavily in digitized permitting, GIS, and constituent-services platforms. Relevant as a broad-incumbent benchmark for the digital-service trajectory El Dorado is pursuing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CountyElDorado
• Facebookfacebook.com/ElDoradoCountyNews

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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