Home › OH › Largest landowners Largest Landowners in Ohio The most prolific landowners in Ohio — ranked by how many parcels each holds across every county this site publishes, acreage breaking ties.
Some counties in Ohio do not publish parcel acreage, so acres sums the county's own figure where there is one and the mapped boundary where there is not — marked † below.
# Owner Counties Parcels Acres Assessed value 1 STATE OF OHIO 42 13,774 202,739 † $90,757,820 2 CITY OF CLEVELAND LAND REUTILI 1 6,467 752 † — 3 CUYAHOGA COUNTY LAND REUTILIZA 1 3,772 433 † — 4 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 34 3,053 133,374 † $231,862,260 5 CITY OF AKRON 1 1,863 7,400 † $112,621,990 6 DAYTON CITY OF 1 1,532 6,249 † $304,186,880 7 PULTE HOMES OF OHIO LLC 8 1,463 1,154 † $7,695,770 8 CLEVELAND CITY OF 1 1,351 4,441 † — 9 METRO PARKS LORAIN COUNTY 1 1,209 9,654 † $21,207,820 10 NREA VB V LLC 2 1,180 194 † $116,880,770 11 TRUMBULL COUNTY LAND 1 1,171 404 † — 12 CLEVELAND LAND REUTILIZATION P 1 1,137 120 † — 13 ELYRIA CITY OF 1 1,060 1,371 † $24,828,930 14 CITY OF MIDDLETOWN 2 1,002 1,288 † — 15 CITY OF HAMILTON OHIO 1 955 412 † — 16 LORAIN CITY OF 1 948 1,843 † $36,641,010 17 MIDDLETOWN SPORTSMAN CLUB ETAL 1 906 52 † — 18 CITY OF HAMILTON 1 838 1,958 † — 19 AVON LAKE CITY OF 1 729 899 † $14,489,790 20 AMHA 1 688 254 † $56,437,310 21 BOARD OF EDUCATION 31 659 2,397 † $37,579,070 22 CITY OF DAYTON 2 647 705 † $23,108,870 23 OWNERS IN COMMON 1 636 660 † — 24 USA 4 630 8,935 † $45,136,480 25 VB ONE LLC 4 629 117 † $43,992,620 26 OHIO EDISON COMPANY 16 624 1,739 † $3,192,030 27 STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 20 622 835 † $680,500 28 CITY OF CLEVELAND 2 612 2,006 † $949,040 29 MEDINA COUNTY PARK DISTRICT 1 610 7,169 † — 30 NORTH RIDGEVILLE CITY OF 1 608 1,120 † $14,581,440 31 MIAMI CONSERVANCY DIST 2 581 3,110 † $11,515,450 32 OHIO STATE OF 9 579 3,833 † $845,160 33 MI HOMES OF CENTRAL OHIO LLC 1 574 661 † — 34 SCIOTO LAND CO 1 554 46,138 — 35 PENNSYLVANIA LINES LLC 12 542 4,026 † $41,850 36 STATE OF OHIO - DEPARTMENT 1 538 5,226 † — 37 CITY OF JACKSON 2 524 3,979 † — 38 | 1 524 887 † — 39 LORAIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1 510 1,446 † $45,251,390 40 CITY OF STEUBENVILLE 1 510 210 † — 41 SUMMIT COUNTY LAND REUTILIZATION 1 510 88 † $6,390,140 42 OHIO FRANKLIN REALTY LLC 7 509 42,902 † — 43 CITY OF MARIETTA 1 506 149 † — 44 LAKE CLUB ENDEAVORS LLC 1 498 7,343 † — 45 CITY OF CLEVELAND LAND REUTIL 1 497 55 † — 46 CITY OF MIDDLETOWN OHIO 2 496 184 † — 47 NVR INC 13 488 151 † $4,609,590 48 CITY OF WARREN 1 477 446 † — 49 NORTHPARK ENDEAVORS LLC 1 472 4,607 † — 50 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON 2 468 211 † $336,243,550
Owners are grouped on the name each county publishes. Collapsing spellings that mean the same owner would merge holdings that really are one, and is worth doing — but a wrong merge attributes land to someone who does not own it, on a page that names them, so until those rules are tested against real deeds the county’s own spelling is what is published here.
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