NYC Building Owner Lookup: Find a Building's Owner and Managing Agent

In New York City, enter the address above: residential buildings with three or more units must register annually with HPD, naming the owner and usually a managing agent, and that registration is public. Outside NYC the equivalent records are the county assessor or recorder of deeds (ownership of record) and any local rental registry. For commercial property anywhere, the deed in county records names the owning entity.

Three free public sources, in order of usefulness. HPD registration names the owner and managing agent for registered residential buildings, which is what this tool reads. ACRIS holds recorded deeds and mortgages, naming the entity that bought the property. And the DOF property records tie an address to its BBL, the borough-block-lot number the other systems use.

The registered owner is the entity that holds title, very often an LLC formed for that single building. The managing agent is the company that runs the property day to day and, for most vendor work, is the party that actually hires and pays contractors. If you are selling services to a building, the agent is usually the decision-maker, and their portfolio matters more than the single address.

Most NYC property is held in single-asset LLCs, which is normal practice, not evasion. The registration will name officers or a head officer in some cases, and ACRIS filings sometimes name signatories, but the person who signs vendor contracts is usually reached through the managing agent. Resolving an LLC to a verified human is the enrichment step, and it is the part that takes real work.

Yes. This tool is free and reads public HPD registration data with no account required. The registered owner, managing agent, registration status, and agent portfolio size are all shown. The verified decision-maker contact is the part we keep for members, because verifying it daily at market scale is the product.