Philadelphia commercial property research
Eleven counties in four states, where one county's recorder index is already normalized and two more are reachable by link.
- Status
- Market research profile
- Property records through
- July 5, 2026
- Official geography
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (CBSA 37980, OMB 2023-07 delineation)
- Editorial update
- September 8, 2026
Sourced market facts for Philadelphia are in review and appear here once a revision is published. Nothing on this page is estimated by Acren.
Philadelphia, its suburbs, and three neighboring states.
Philadelphia County holds the largest reviewed record count, followed by Burlington County in New Jersey and Delaware and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania. One recorder index is normalized and two are reachable by link, the most recorder coverage of any featured market after Dallas-Fort Worth; assessment and tax records are published by county in Pennsylvania and by municipality in New Jersey, which sets how a parcel question is scoped on each side of the river.
What Philadelphia records support, by asset class.
Choose an asset class to see the data-supported questions it raises here, the published facts that bear on them, and the county record classes those questions need. Lenses are research paths, not rankings; nothing below recommends an asset class.
Data-supported questions
- Which vacant commercial parcels sit inside the official counties, by acreage?
- Which had permits filed in the last permit year?
- Which are held by entities formed outside the state?
A question is answerable only where the record classes below are available; where they are manual only or not yet mapped, it stays a question.
Applicable current facts
Sourced market facts appear here once a reviewed revision for Philadelphia is published.
What Acren can research today
Deeds and recorder records are normalized in part of the official footprint; the county counts are listed under Local sources this lens needs. The other record classes this lens needs are manual only or not yet mapped, and any question resting on them stays open.
Local sources this lens needs
- Parcel and assessment
- not yet mapped in all 11 counties
- Permits
- not yet mapped in all 11 counties
- Deeds and recorder
- available in 1, manual only in 2, not yet mapped in 8 of 11 counties
Property-level fields required
- Land use code
- Acreage
- Zoning where recorded
- Recorded owner
- Permit history
Common data gaps
- Zoning recorded by municipalities, not counties
- Agricultural exemptions masking development land
What public records do not establish
- Entitlement status beyond recorded permits
- Utility availability
A Buy Box scopes property research to this market and asset class. Requests set review priority; they do not grant product access.
Research monitors for Philadelphia are not yet published.
Each monitor is an aggregate release that appears here only after its rights, coverage, resolution, confidence and privacy reviews are complete and an approved snapshot exists for this market. Property-level records are never published; a maturity is never described as default risk and a tax status never as an owner's situation.
Recorded debt maturity
Acren does not currently have sufficient source-backed maturity coverage to publish a market measure.
The source coverage table shows which county record classes this measure would rest on, and following the market brings the release when it is published.
Recorded property-tax status
Acren does not currently have sufficient reviewed tax-status coverage to publish a market measure.
The source coverage table shows which county record classes this measure would rest on, and following the market brings the release when it is published.
Development and supply
Acren does not currently have reviewed permit coverage for this market's issuing jurisdictions to publish a market measure.
The source coverage table shows which county record classes this measure would rest on, and following the market brings the release when it is published.
11 counties in the official metro.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CBSA 37980, as delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (2023-07 vintage). Counties marked reviewed are where Acren has loaded and reviewed property records; the others are inside the official metro but not yet reviewed. Neither list is a customer Buy Box.
- Official metro footprint
- 11 counties
- Acren reviewed property coverage
- 11 of 11 counties
- Reviewed property records
- 612,082
- Property source as of
- July 5, 2026
Loading county boundaries
- Official metro footprint (outlined)
- Reviewed Acren property records (filled)
- Official footprint without reviewed local coverage (hatched)
Fill marks reviewed property records only; source access by record class is stated in the coverage table below. No parcel or property is drawn.
- 01New Castle County, DEReviewed: 28,797 property records, source as of July 5, 2026Search this county
- 02Cecil County, MDReviewed: 24,089 property records, source as of July 5, 2026Search this county
- 03Burlington County, NJReviewed: 81,808 property records, source as of July 5, 2026Search this county
- 04Camden County, NJReviewed: 51,736 property records, source as of July 5, 2026Search this county
- 05Gloucester County, NJReviewed: 37,568 property records, source as of July 5, 2026Search this county
- 06Salem County, NJReviewed: 15,838 property records, source as of July 5, 2026Search this county
- 07Bucks County, PAReviewed: 34,773 property records, source as of July 5, 2026Search this county
- 08Chester County, PAReviewed: 46,455 property records, source as of July 5, 2026Search this county
- 09Delaware County, PAReviewed: 69,962 property records, source as of July 5, 2026Search this county
- 10Montgomery County, PAReviewed: 62,917 property records, source as of July 5, 2026Search this county
- 11Philadelphia County, PAReviewed: 158,139 property records, source as of July 5, 2026Search this county
What Acren can research in this market today.
County source-map status across the 11 official counties. Available means Acren loads and normalizes the record class; manual only means an official index exists and the record must be opened at the source; in progress means a load is under way; rights review means a source exists but its display terms are unresolved; not yet mapped means Acren has not verified a source for that county, which is never a statement that none exists.
- Parcel and assessment
- not yet mapped in all 11 counties
- Deeds and recorder
- available in 1, manual only in 2, not yet mapped in 8 of 11 counties
- Tax status
- not yet mapped in all 11 counties
- Permits
- not yet mapped in all 11 counties
- Courts
- not yet mapped in all 11 counties
| County | Property records | Parcel and assessment | Deeds and recorder | Tax status | Permits | Courts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle County, DE | 28,797 | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Unknown |
| Cecil County, MD | 24,089 | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Unknown |
| Burlington County, NJ | 81,808 | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Unknown |
| Camden County, NJ | 51,736 | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Unknown |
| Gloucester County, NJ | 37,568 | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Unknown |
| Salem County, NJ | 15,838 | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Unknown |
| Bucks County, PA | 34,773 | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Unknown |
| Chester County, PA | 46,455 | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Unknown |
| Delaware County, PA | 69,962 | Not yet mapped | Manual only | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | August 21, 2026 |
| Montgomery County, PA | 62,917 | Not yet mapped | Manual only | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | August 21, 2026 |
| Philadelphia County, PA | 158,139 | Not yet mapped | Available | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | Not yet mapped | August 24, 2026 |
Counts are county aggregates from Acren's source map and loaded property inventory; no parcel or owner records are shown. Source access describes how a record class can be obtained, not that every record is normalized or linked. Verify material facts at the authoritative county source.
Browse the full Source RegistryHow to use this market report
Treat the market profile as a source-backed research frame, then verify property-level conclusions in the relevant county records and downstream diligence.
- What geography does the Philadelphia market page cover?
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is the official 11-county metro footprint across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland. County-level source coverage is shown separately so the official geography is never confused with Acren's reviewed data coverage.
- Does Acren coverage mean every public record is available?
- No. Availability varies by county, record class, source access, and review status. Missing or unavailable data is not evidence that an event did not occur, and material facts should be verified at the authoritative source.
- How should an acquisition team use this market report?
- Use the report to orient property research, define market-specific questions, and decide which records deserve review. It does not replace local market analysis, comps, lease research, expenses, underwriting, or investment judgment.
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