American Title Agency

What American Title Agency does

American Title Associates Agency, Inc. (ATA) is a privately held Ohio corporation founded in 1929 as Stark County Abstract Company and headquartered at 4505 Stephen Circle NW, Suite 200, Canton, Ohio. The company operates as a full-service title and escrow closing agency, providing title searches, owner's and lender's title insurance policies, judicial title reports (including reports required under Ohio HB 138 for foreclosure actions), title opinions, escrow services for earnest money and construction draws, document preparation, and closing facilitation for both residential and commercial real estate transactions. ATA serves buyers, sellers, borrowers, lenders, realtors, and commercial real estate professionals across Ohio, with a primary concentration in Northeast Ohio. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Black McCuskey Souers & Arbaugh, LPA, an affiliated law firm whose real estate attorneys (including ATA's President and two Vice Presidents, all designated Legal Counsel) provide embedded legal expertise for resolving complex title defects.

ATA operates as an agent for two major national title insurance underwriters — Old Republic Title and First American Title — generating commission-based revenue on title insurance policies sold. Revenue streams are entirely transaction-based and include title insurance commissions, escrow service fees, and document preparation fees. Pricing is quote-based, with self-service instant quoting enabled through the TitleCapture online platform; specific rates are not publicly disclosed. The company distributes services through five physical closing locations across Ohio (Canton, Belden Village, New Philadelphia, Alliance, and Toledo) plus a mobile/remote closing capability, supported by a referral channel built on relationships with realtors, lenders, and attorneys. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven rather than digitally native.

The technology footprint is intentionally lean: TitleCapture for quote generation, a Wix-hosted website, LinkedIn and Facebook social profiles, and an educational content section. There is no disclosed mobile app, API, SDK, or proprietary AI/ML tooling. Headcount is reported in the 1–10 range. The company does not have disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, or patents, and its competitive positioning rests on 95 years of continuous brand presence, the Black McCuskey legal affiliation, dual-underwriter representation, and a regional office footprint — rather than on technology differentiation.

Name

American Title Agency

Legal name

American Title Associates Agency, Inc.

Website

https://amtitle.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1929

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

American Title Associates Agency is a Canton, Ohio-based title and escrow closing company founded in 1929, serving residential and commercial buyers, sellers, lenders, and realtors across Ohio as an agent for Old Republic Title and First American Title and a subsidiary of Black McCuskey Souers & Arbaugh, LPA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Title Insurance and Escrow Services

NAICS

Title Abstract and Settlement Offices (541191), Direct Title Insurance Carriers (524127)

SIC

Title Insurance (6361), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Closing & Settlement Services (Settlement Agents) (BPAJAOAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Title Insurance & Underwriting (BPAJAOAA), Title Search & Examination (BPAJAOAB), Document Preparation & Recording Services (Deeds, Liens) (BPAJAOAG)

Keywords

• Title insurance services
• Real estate closings
• Title searches
• Escrow services
• Judicial title reports

Headquarters

HQ city

Canton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Title Insurance Sales: Commission-based revenue from selling owner's and lender's title insurance policies. American Title Associates Agency acts as an agent for Old Republic Title and First American Title underwriters.
2. Escrow Services: Fees collected for escrow services including holding earnest money, lender's proceeds, buyer/borrower funds, and closing documents during real estate transactions.
3. Document Preparation: Fees for preparing closing documentation including deeds, loan paperwork, and other transaction documents required for real estate closings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

American Title Associates Agency is a full-service title and escrow closing company that issues owner's and lender's title insurance policies and conducts title searches, real estate closings, escrow services, judicial title reports, and document preparation for residential and commercial real estate transactions. The firm acts as a commissioned agent for Old Republic Title and First American Title underwriters and operates as a subsidiary of Black McCuskey Souers & Arbaugh, LPA, drawing on affiliated real estate attorneys for title issue resolution.

Product overview

American Title Associates Agency is a full-service title and escrow closing company offering an integrated suite of eight core services. The portfolio centers on title search and examination services, residential and commercial closing facilitation, and title insurance products (both owner's and lender's policies). Supporting services include judicial title reports for Ohio foreclosure proceedings, title opinions, escrow services for earnest money and construction draws, and document preparation. The company operates as a subsidiary of Black McCuskey Souers & Arbaugh, LPA, and serves as an agent for Old Republic Title and First American Title underwriters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Title Searches Examination of public records including deeds, mortgages, liens, taxes, easements, and judgments to identify potential title issues before real estate transactions.
• Closings Facilitates the final stage of real estate transactions, including scheduling, document signing, and transfer of funds between buyers, sellers, lenders, and realtors for residential and commercial deals.
• Owner's Title Insurance Policy Title insurance policy protecting property buyers against defects including tax liens, deed errors, forgery, fraud, and unknown heirs, with optional extended coverage for building permit violations, zoning issues, and survey inaccuracies.
• Lender's Title Insurance Policy Lender-required title insurance policy protecting the loan amount against title defects for the lender; covers only the amount lent, not the borrower's equity.
• Judicial Title Reports Title reports required for Ohio foreclosure actions under HB 138, including preliminary reports, updated/supplemental reports, and final judicial reports filed with dispositive motions.
• Title Opinions Professional assessment disclosing title defects apparent from public records — including easements, covenants, mortgages, liens, and other title clouds — produced after a thorough title search.
• Escrow Services Custody and disbursement of earnest money, lender proceeds, buyer funds, and closing documents during real estate transactions, including cash escrow for new construction and long-term tax and insurance escrow accounts.
• Document Preparation Preparation of paperwork for closings, including gathering seller and buyer information, clearing title, scheduling closings, and producing loan documentation for simultaneous transfer.

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Black McCuskey Souers & Arbaugh, LPAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmerican Title Associates Agency, Inc. is a subsidiary of Black McCuskey Souers & Arbaugh, LPA. This affiliation provides access to legal expertise with over a century of combined experience in residential, construction and commercial real estate law. The relationship enables the company to bring in legal expertise to resolve difficult title issues.
• Old Republic TitlecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmerican Title Associates Agency is an agent for Old Republic Title, one of the country's most respected title insurance underwriters. This partnership allows the company to offer title insurance products backed by Old Republic's financial strength and coverage.
• First American TitlecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmerican Title Associates Agency is an agent for First American Title, one of the country's most respected title insurance underwriters. This partnership enables the company to provide comprehensive title insurance solutions through First American's national platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Snapdocs: Snapdocs is a digital closing platform that connects lenders, title agents, notaries, and consumers for e-closings and remote online notarization. It is an emerging technology-led participant in the same closing and escrow workflow that ATA performs manually, representing a potential disintermediation risk.
• Notarize: Notarize provides remote online notarization services used by title companies, lenders, and real estate firms to complete notarizations digitally. While not a direct title agent, it competes in the closing-execution layer of the real estate transaction that ATA also serves.

Broad incumbents

• First American Title Insurance Company: First American is one of the largest national title insurers and operates both direct and agency channels across all 50 states. Although ATA is an appointed agent of First American, First American's direct title and escrow operations are a comparable — and much larger — incumbent competing for the same Ohio transactions.
• Fidelity National Title: Fidelity National Title is the largest U.S. title insurer, operating direct and agency channels offering title insurance, escrow, and closing services nationwide. Its national scale and lender integrations make it a broad incumbent competing with regional agencies like ATA for lender-direct and consumer-direct title orders.
• Old Republic Title: Old Republic Title is a top-tier national title underwriter with broad direct and agency operations offering title insurance and escrow services. Like First American, ATA is an appointed agent of Old Republic, but Old Republic's own agency and direct operations compete in the same Northeast Ohio market.

Direct peers

• Stewart Title Guaranty Company: Stewart Title is one of the largest national title insurance underwriters and agency operators, offering owner's and lender's policies, escrow, and closing services through a direct and agency network directly comparable to ATA's offering. Both firms compete for the same realtor, lender, and builder referral channels.
• Title Resources Guaranty Company: Title Resources Guaranty is a title insurance underwriter that distributes through a network of title agents, providing owner's and lender's policies, escrow, and settlement services comparable to ATA's offerings.
• Westcor Land Title Insurance Company: Westcor is a national title underwriter that supports a network of independent title agents similar to ATA, issuing owner's and lender's title insurance and providing closing/settlement services. It is a close peer in the agent-based title insurance distribution model.
• WFG National Title Insurance Company: WFG is a national title underwriter operating primarily through independent title agents and issuing title insurance and escrow/closing services. Like ATA, its model relies on appointed agents selling underwriter-backed policies to buyers, sellers, and lenders.
• Investors Title Company: Investors Title is a regional-to-national title insurance underwriter with an agency network and direct operations offering title insurance, escrow, and closing services. Its agency-channel structure mirrors ATA's reliance on underwriting partnerships to issue policies.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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