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San Ramon CA. Owned by Vista Equity Partners. Government permitting, licensing, and inspections software serving cities, counties, and state agencies across the US.
Accela is a San Ramon, California-based government software company founded in 1999 and owned by Vista Equity Partners. The company provides cloud-based permitting, licensing, code enforcement, and inspections software to hundreds of cities, counties, and state agencies across the United States, helping governments digitize high-volume transactional services that residents and businesses interact with frequently.\n\nAccela's core platform, Civic Application Suite, manages the full lifecycle of building permits, business licenses, health inspections, planning applications, and code enforcement cases. The platform provides online citizen portals where applicants can submit, track, and pay for permits digitally, replacing paper-based counter workflows. Accela also offers mobile inspection tools that allow field staff to conduct and record inspections on-site without returning to the office.\n\nAccela targets local and state governments looking to modernize legacy permit management systems and expand digital service delivery. The company serves jurisdictions ranging from small cities to large state departments of transportation and health. It competes with OpenGov and Tyler Technologies' Enterprise Permitting & Licensing product. Accela differentiates through its deep specialization in permit and licensing workflows, its extensive library of pre-configured government agency templates, and its large partner ecosystem of system integrators.
Dubuque IA. Acquired by OpenGov in 2021. Asset management and operations software for government infrastructure including roads, parks, water systems, and utilities.
Cartegraph is a Dubuque, Iowa-based government asset management software company founded in 1993 that was acquired by OpenGov in 2021. The company provides operations and asset management software for local governments and utilities to manage their physical infrastructure including roads, bridges, sidewalks, parks, water and sewer systems, and fleet equipment. Cartegraph helps governments extend the useful life of infrastructure assets and optimize maintenance spending.\n\nThe platform includes asset inventory management, work order management, preventive maintenance scheduling, and capital planning tools. It provides GIS-integrated maps of infrastructure assets that allow operations staff to visualize asset condition, schedule work orders geographically, and track maintenance history. Cartegraph also offers mobile apps for field crews to access and update work orders from the field. As part of OpenGov, Cartegraph is being integrated into a broader government operations and financial planning platform.\n\nCartegraph targets public works departments, parks and recreation departments, and utilities at cities and counties that need to manage large inventories of aging infrastructure. It competes with IBM Maximo, Infor EAM, and GIS-based asset management tools from Esri. Following the OpenGov acquisition, Cartegraph benefits from integration with OpenGov's financial management system, allowing governments to connect capital asset management directly to budget planning and financial reporting.
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