Tyler Technologies is the largest US software company focused exclusively on the public sector. Founded in 1966 in Plano, Texas, it provides integrated technology solutions for cities, counties, states, schools, and courts across the country. When you pay a property tax bill online, renew a permit, or look up a court record, there’s a strong chance Tyler’s software is behind the scenes making it work.
The company’s portfolio spans financial management, courts and justice, public safety, tax and appraisal, planning and regulatory, and K-12 education. Its Munis ERP platform handles financial management for thousands of municipalities, while its Odyssey system manages court cases in jurisdictions serving more than half the US population. Tyler’s cloud-based platforms have gradually replaced aging on-premise systems that some governments had been running for decades.
Tyler has grown aggressively through acquisitions — more than 40 since 1997 — while maintaining impressive organic growth. The company’s acquisition of NIC in 2021 for $2.3 billion was its largest, adding government payments and digital services to its arsenal. With over 13,000 local government and school district customers, Tyler benefits from extraordinarily long customer lifecycles. Government agencies rarely switch software vendors once they’ve implemented a system, giving Tyler a retention rate that most enterprise software companies can only dream about.
