Ownership is public record in Philadelphia — but the owner on file is often an LLC, and the real question is who's behind it. Here's how to find out.
Philadelphia's property atlas (atlas.phila.gov) and the Office of Property Assessment (OPA) property search let you pull up any parcel by address and see its OPA account number — the key that ties city records together.
The OPA record lists the current owner of record. For a home that's often a person; for rentals and investment properties it's frequently a company or trust.
The Department of Records holds recorded deeds, which show how and when ownership transferred and the exact legal owner at each step.
Many Philadelphia properties are held by LLCs. The registered owner may be a company name that reveals nothing about the people behind it — connecting that entity to a person usually means cross-referencing business filings and other properties held under the same name or mailing address.
The same owner often holds many properties under slightly different names. Seeing the whole portfolio — not just one parcel — is what turns 'who owns this' into a useful answer.
LandlordEye starts from an address or an owner and connects a property to its owner across every property they hold, including ones filed under a different LLC — so steps 3 through 5 happen automatically, with the source record behind every link.
Yes. Owner of record, assessments, and recorded deeds are public and free to look up.
The property record shows the LLC as owner; identifying the people behind it means cross-referencing business registrations and other properties tied to the same entity or mailing address.
Not from a single parcel lookup — you have to connect properties across records. That portfolio view is exactly what LandlordEye builds.
No. This is public-record research; a formal title search for a transaction is a separate, professional process.
For the bigger picture, see our Philadelphia Public Records Guide.