Marinette County

What Marinette County does

Marinette County is a statutory county government located in Northeast Wisconsin on the shores of Green Bay, bordering Michigan's Upper Peninsula, operating as a political subdivision of the State of Wisconsin under Wisconsin state law. Its core function is the delivery of essential public services to county residents across 30 elected supervisory districts, including law enforcement (Office of Sheriff, Dispatch/911 Center), judicial administration (8th Judicial District Circuit Court), property and vital records, tax collection, public health and human services, emergency management, highway and facilities maintenance, forestry and parks management, veterans services, library services, election administration, and land information services. The entity is governed by an elected 30-member County Board led by Chair John M. Guarisco (District 9) and Vice Chair Connie M. Seefeldt (District 16), with no parent company and no commercial ownership structure.

The county's technology infrastructure is built on conventional enterprise government-IT systems rather than proprietary platforms. Core components include a Tyler Technologies ERP backbone, a MUNIS employee self-service portal (for time cards, expense reports, and benefits), Microsoft Office 365 email, and a LandShark GIS system providing geographic land-records and mapping services to residents. Service distribution operates through three principal channels: in-person delivery at the 1926 Hall Ave. courthouse and various department offices in Marinette, an online self-service portal spanning the official website, GIS, land notifications, vital records purchases, and public court records, and community partnerships with the Aging and Disability Resource Center, UW-Madison Extension, the Nicolet Federated Library System, M&M Chamber of Commerce, local municipalities, school districts, and Marinette County Elderly Services.

Marinette County is funded through a public-sector revenue model with no commercial pricing: property taxes, state allocations, and federal grants, and it does not disclose financial figures in a commercial reporting format. The county serves three primary segments — county residents (primary, accessing government services and public records), local businesses (economic development and licensing), and visitors/tourists (parks passes and outdoor recreation across 230,000+ acres of county forest). Strategic activity is limited to maintenance of statutory services, partnerships, and incremental digital-service modernization rather than growth-oriented commercial moves.

Name

Marinette County

Legal name

Marinette County Government

Website

https://marinettecountywi.gov

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Marinette County is a Wisconsin local government providing statutory public services — law enforcement, courts, public health, property records, forestry, parks, and emergency management — to residents across 30 districts in Northeast Wisconsin, funded by property taxes and state and federal grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Public Services

NAICS

Police Protection (922120), Courts (922110), Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Licensing, Permitting & Regulatory Administration (Cross-sector) (BPAIABAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

Keywords

• County government services
• Public safety administration
• Property records management
• Parks and recreation
• Health and human services

Headquarters

HQ city

Marinette

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Marinette County operates a county government that delivers public services to residents and visitors of Northeast Wisconsin, including law enforcement, judicial administration, health and human services, emergency management, highway and infrastructure maintenance, land records and property information, forestry, parks and recreation, library services, veterans services, and election administration. Services are accessed in person at county offices or online through the official website and self-service portals, and are funded through property taxes, state allocations, and federal grants.

Product overview

Marinette County operates an official government website that serves as a unified portal for county services and information. The website provides access to 30+ county departments, county board information, meeting minutes and agendas, news and announcements, forms and documents, and community resources. It is a single unified web presence rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Marinette County Government Services

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

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UW-Madison ExtensioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing educational programs and services to county residents through the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension program. Offers agricultural, community development, and youth development programming.
• Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides aging and disability resource services to county residents, helping individuals access long-term care support and information.
• M&M Chamber of CommerceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarinette-Menominee Chamber of Commerce partnership for local business development, tourism promotion, and economic development initiatives.
• Nicolet Federated Library SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederated library system partnership providing shared library services and resources across the region, with representation on the Nicolet Federated Library System board.
• Tri-County United Way - EFSPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) partnership addressing needs of individuals and families in economic crises, especially those homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Connie M. Seefeldt serves on the EFSP Board.
• MunicipalitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with cities, towns, and villages within Marinette County including City of Marinette, City of Peshtigo, City of Niagara, and various towns and villages for coordinated local government services.
• School DistrictsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with local school districts for community education and youth services coordination.
• Marinette County Elderly ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing services to elderly residents of Marinette County.
• Local Media OrganizationsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLinking policy indicates partnerships with local and regional media websites for information distribution to county residents.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Door County, Wisconsin: Northeast Wisconsin peninsula county with a strong tourism and recreation focus comparable to Marinette's outdoor recreation positioning, including parks, tourism promotion, and seasonal economic drivers.
• Forest County, Wisconsin: Northern Wisconsin county with extensive forest land and a small population, offering a directly comparable mix of county services and recreation-based economy to Marinette.
• Florence County, Wisconsin: Small northeastern Wisconsin county bordering Michigan's Upper Peninsula with similar service scope, tourism/recreation focus, and economic base as Marinette County.
• Menominee County, Michigan: Michigan county directly bordering Marinette County across the state line, providing similar rural county services to a comparable population and economic base.
• Oconto County, Wisconsin: Neighboring northeast Wisconsin county with similar rural character, forest land footprint, and population size, delivering a comparable set of county government services to Marinette.
• Langlade County, Wisconsin: North-central Wisconsin county with similar population size, forest resources, and recreation-based economy to Marinette County.
• Shawano County, Wisconsin: East-central Wisconsin county with comparable rural character, population range, and mix of agricultural and outdoor recreation economy to Marinette County.

Broad incumbents

• Brown County, Wisconsin: Larger neighboring Wisconsin county anchored by Green Bay, offering a much broader set of services and scale; useful as an incumbent benchmark for service breadth, technology adoption, and operational maturity relative to Marinette.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/marinettecounty
• Xx.com/marinettecounty

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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