Tailte Éireann

What Tailte Éireann does

Tailte Éireann is an Irish statutory state body established by the Tailte Éireann Act 2022 through the merger of the Property Registration Authority (which administered the Land Registry and Registry of Deeds) and the Valuation Office Ireland, absorbing national mapping and surveying functions previously exercised by Ordnance Survey Ireland. It operates under the aegis of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and is wholly government-owned. The organisation delivers three core service lines: (i) property registration and title assurance via the Land Register and Registry of Deeds; (ii) property valuation including national commercial revaluation programmes (Reval 2023, Reval 2027) and state property valuations for government clients; and (iii) national mapping, surveying, and geospatial data infrastructure, including aerial imagery captured from its own aircraft.

Its technology stack is built around geospatial information systems, orthorectified aerial photography (full 26-county coverage at 25cm resolution, 15cm in Greater Dublin, refreshed on a roughly three-year cycle), GIS/CAD-compatible raster and vector datasets, and an INSPIRE-compliant national geoportal. Its distribution platform comprises six dedicated digital channels — LandDirect.ie for consumer folio access, eRegistration.ie for solicitors, GeoHive for geospatial data, the Valuation Map and Local Authority Valuation Portal for rating data, the Occupier Portal for commercial ratepayers — alongside a Map Shop retail storefront for paper and digital maps. The technology base also includes machine-learning-based landcover classification used in the 2023-launched National Landcover Map, validated by the Central Statistics Office against more than 20,000 samples.

Revenue mechanics combine statutory government appropriations, transactional fees (property registration, valuation revision at €250 per application, FOI/AIE searches, map licences), and monetised bulk/open geospatial data extraction. Customers span individual property owners, solicitors and surveyors (enterprise B2B), local authorities, central government departments and agencies (Health Service Executive, Revenue Commissioners, Land Development Agency, Department of Housing), and academic researchers. Distribution is hybrid — self-service digital portals, appointment-based in-person counters in Dublin (Smithfield, Henrietta Street), Waterford, and Roscommon — supported by a CPD-accredited webinar partnership with the Law Society of Ireland.

Name

Tailte Éireann

Legal name

Tailte Éireann

Website

https://tailte.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Tailte Éireann is Ireland's statutory state body that administers property registration, commercial and state property valuation, and national mapping and geospatial data infrastructure for property owners, solicitors, surveyors, local authorities, and government departments across the Republic of Ireland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Land Registration and Property Services

NAICS

Title Abstract and Settlement Offices (541191), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Document Preparation & Recording Services (Deeds, Liens) (BPAJAOAG)

Keywords

• Property registration services
• Land registry
• Property valuation
• National mapping
• Geospatial data

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Property Registration Fees: Fees for property registration services including first registrations, transfers, charges, and related documentation. Services provided through LandDirect.ie and eRegistration.ie portals.
2. Map and Imagery Products: Sale of professional map products including aerial imagery extracts, historic maps, tourist maps, and registration/planning maps. Products available as paper copies, digital downloads (PDF, TIFF), and annual licenses.
3. Valuation Services: State Property Valuation Service provides capital and rental valuations for government departments, state agencies, and public bodies. Includes valuations for rent review purposes and property transfers between government entities.
4. Open Data Access: Freely available open geospatial and valuation data through data.gov.ie and Open Data Portals, with bulk data extraction services available for commercial users requiring large datasets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tailte Éireann delivers three core services for the Irish state: property registration (Land Registry and Registry of Deeds), property valuation (commercial rateable valuations and state property valuations), and national mapping and surveying infrastructure. These services are delivered through online self-service portals, appointment-based public counters, and professional partnerships, with supporting map and geospatial data products available via the Map Shop and corporate sales channels.

Product overview

Tailte Éireann is a state body providing three core service lines — property registration (Land Registry and Registry of Deeds), property valuation (commercial rates and state property), and national geospatial/mapping infrastructure — unified under a single online portfolio. The product suite consists of a core service platform spanning in-person counter services, online portals, and a retail Map Shop. Key digital platforms include LandDirect.ie for property registration, eRegistration.ie for electronic applications, GeoHive for geospatial data access, an interactive Valuation Map, and dedicated portals for ratepayer occupiers and local authorities. The Map Shop distributes aerial imagery (orthophotography in Series 1–4), historic maps (6-inch and 25-inch Ordnance Survey series), and registration/planning maps. A notable data product is the National Landcover Map, a machine learning–produced 36-category landcover dataset produced with the EPA. Open data is distributed through data.gov.ie and the INSPIRE geoportal. Customer-facing video guidance series and downloadable forms support self-service registration and valuation workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GeoHive: Interactive map viewer and geospatial data portal providing access to national mapping data, aerial imagery, and spatial data catalogues.
• LandDirect
• eRegistration

Products and services

• Property Registration

Quantifiable outcome

• 250 times more detailed landcover data than previous CORINE dataset (0.1 hectare vs 25 hectare resolution)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Law Society of IrelandcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2025Collaborative webinar series in October 2025 to assist solicitors, legal executives, and legal secretaries in preparing registration applications. Webinars provided CPD (Continuing Professional Development) credits and were hosted on the Law Society website.
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Joint development of the National Landcover Map for the Republic of Ireland, the most detailed landcover dataset ever created for the country. Partnership leveraged machine learning and remote sensing to classify over 10 million landcover features across 36 classifications.
• BEC Consultants LtdminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcology consultancy based in Dublin that worked closely with Tailte Éireann throughout the National Landcover Map development process to ensure AI technology correctly identified land cover types.
• Central Statistics Office (CSO)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConducted independent validation of the National Landcover Map, validating over 20,000 landcover samples as part of comprehensive quality assurance programme.
• Seven External StakeholdersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExternal stakeholders were given access to National Landcover Map data during development to validate the emerging picture of Ireland's landscape using their local and specialist knowledge.
• Department of Housing, Local Government and HeritagecoreOthersTailte Éireann-Surveying is responsible for creating and maintaining INSPIRE geothazines on behalf of the Department, fulfilling obligations under EU INSPIRE Directive.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Maanmittauslaitos (National Land Survey of Finland): Finnish national land survey and cadastral authority providing integrated mapping, land registration, and geospatial data services. Has invested in cadastral ML and open-data platforms, offering a useful modernisation benchmark for Tailte Éireann.
• Ordnance Survey: Great Britain's national mapping agency, operating under analogous statutory authority. Offers comparable products including national aerial imagery, digital maps, geospatial data platforms (OS Data Hub), and licensing to government and commercial users — directly mirroring Tailte Éireann's combined registry-and-mapping model.
• Lantmäteriet: Swedish national mapping, land registration, and cadastral authority combining property registration with national geodata infrastructure. Closely mirrors the integrated registry-plus-surveying structure Tailte Éireann achieved through its 2022 merger.
• HM Land Registry: UK Government non-ministerial department responsible for registering land ownership and providing title guarantees — functionally identical to Tailte Éireann's Land Registry and Registry of Deeds services, with similar digital channels (e.g., e-DRS for solicitors) and statutory indemnity.
• Kadaster: Netherlands' combined land registry, mapping, and cadastral agency. Operates a similar unified mandate covering property registration, national mapping, and cadastral data services, and has invested in a developer/API ecosystem — a closer structural analogue than a single-function registry.
• swisstopo: Swiss Federal Office of Topography — produces national geospatial reference data, maps, and aerial imagery. Operates a sophisticated open-data and API ecosystem under federal mandate, similar to Tailte Éireann's INSPIRE and GeoHive roles.
• IGN (Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière): France's national mapping agency producing authoritative geospatial reference data, aerial imagery, and land-cover datasets. Comparable in scale and product mix (aerial imagery, topographic maps, open data) to Tailte Éireann's surveying side, though France's land registry functions sit separately at DGFiP.

Emerging players

• Landgate: Western Australia's land information authority, now operating as a commercial entity within Land Services group. Provides land valuation, property data, and geospatial services — adjacent to Tailte Éireann but in a private commercial model rather than statutory monopoly.

Regional players

• Registers of Scotland: Scottish Government's land registration body, with statutory title-registration functions similar to Tailte Éireann's Land Registry. Operates in a separate jurisdiction with its own legislative framework (Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012).
• Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland's national mapping agency, providing comparable aerial imagery, digital mapping, and geospatial data products for the NI jurisdiction. Most geographically proximate peer but does not operate on the same all-island or unified registry-plus-surveying basis as Tailte Éireann.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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