Largest Landowners in Texas
The most prolific landowners in Texas — ranked by how many parcels each holds across every county this site publishes, acreage breaking ties.
The counties in Texas do not publish parcel acreage, so acres is measured from each owner's parcel boundaries.
| # | Owner | Counties | Parcels | Acres (mapped) | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fort Bend County | 1 | 16,600 | 17,379 | $298,455,340 |
| 2 | HCIA | 1 | 13,040 | 6,151 | — |
| 3 | STATE OF TEXAS | 166 | 11,452 | 616,691 | $774,540,193 |
| 4 | - | 1 | 7,270 | 3,231 | — |
| 5 | CONFIDENTIAL | 60 | 4,443 | 18,058 | $880,793,179 |
| 6 | CONTINENTAL HOMES OF TEXAS LP | 11 | 4,402 | 3,133 | $169,483,442 |
| 7 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 61 | 4,294 | 328,683 | $2,127,103,265 |
| 8 | DALLAS CITY OF | 5 | 4,272 | 117,678 | $6,104,884,580 |
| 9 | HORIZON GROWTH PROPERTIES LLC | 1 | 4,256 | 3,910 | — |
| 10 | CITY OF SAN ANTONIO | 5 | 4,234 | 32,120 | $1,175,404,929 |
| 11 | CITY OF AUSTIN | 5 | 3,790 | 46,130 | $1,108,623 |
| 12 | CEIBA LAND COMPANY LLC | 1 | 3,738 | 461 | — |
| 13 | LENNAR HOMES OF TEXAS LAND & CONSTRUCTION LTD | 16 | 3,536 | 3,747 | $113,827,350 |
| 14 | CITY OF EL PASO | 1 | 3,465 | 33,764 | — |
| 15 | UNKNOWN OWNER | 24 | 3,386 | 1,852 | $772,323 |
| 16 | FT CLARK SPRINGS ASSN | 1 | 3,150 | 467 | $5,714,214 |
| 17 | MERITAGE HOMES OF TEXAS LLC | 12 | 2,778 | 1,565 | $100,525,390 |
| 18 | CROWN PINE TIMBER 1 LP | 14 | 2,757 | 1,106,395 | $847,451,703 |
| 19 | WR NASH RANCH LLC | 1 | 2,689 | 9,311 | $7,598,072,900 |
| 20 | COLONY RIDGE DEVELOPMENT LLC | 2 | 2,627 | 6,016 | $157,446,800 |
| 21 | PULTE HOMES OF TEXAS LP | 13 | 2,511 | 2,212 | $95,743,975 |
| 22 | DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY | 1 | 2,425 | 21,489 | $1,276,059,670 |
| 23 | HEADWAY ESTATES LTD | 2 | 2,319 | 462 | $169,563,960 |
| 24 | SUNSET RANCHES COMPANIES LLC 112903 | 1 | 2,269 | 47,684 | — |
| 25 | SUNRISE PROPERTY 11 LLC | 1 | 2,267 | 792 | — |
| 26 | KB HOME LONE STAR INC | 10 | 2,212 | 1,540 | $52,556,178 |
| 27 | BLOOMFIELD HOMES LP | 6 | 2,193 | 1,886 | $10,719,180 |
| 28 | ASSET DEVELOPMENT CORP | 1 | 2,123 | 1,059 | — |
| 29 | City of Sugar Land | 1 | 2,063 | 3,798 | $230,664,021 |
| 30 | State of Texas | 5 | 2,024 | 15,891 | $56,296,255 |
| 31 | CONFIDENTIAL OWNER | 8 | 2,017 | 4,528 | $971,530 |
| 32 | DOUBLE DIAMOND INC | 8 | 1,988 | 4,087 | $11,628,980 |
| 33 | City of Missouri City | 1 | 1,973 | 3,110 | $32,026,209 |
| 34 | D R HORTON TEXAS LTD | 13 | 1,928 | 1,169 | $73,593,045 |
| 35 | COUNTY OF EL PASO | 1 | 1,917 | 3,025 | — |
| 36 | 3 | 1,900 | 97,900 | — | |
| 37 | VAUGHN CHAD VAUGHN WENDY | 1 | 1,874 | 20,578 | — |
| 38 | JVC DEVELOPMENT LLC | 1 | 1,820 | 798 | — |
| 39 | HORIZON COMMUNITIES IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION | 1 | 1,749 | 595 | — |
| 40 | DR HORTON TEXAS LTD | 8 | 1,725 | 1,295 | $7,666,674 |
| 41 | BRAZOS RIVER HARBOR NAVIGATION DISTRICT OF BRAZORIA COUNTY | 1 | 1,719 | 7,539 | $457,219,680 |
| 42 | LGI HOMES TEXAS LLC | 11 | 1,674 | 1,650 | $29,123,892 |
| 43 | PERRY HOMES LLC | 15 | 1,626 | 431 | $57,644,300 |
| 44 | Owner Withheld per Sec 25.025 & 25.026 | 1 | 1,499 | 1,883 | $446,794,070 |
| 45 | THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP | 1 | 1,494 | 1,730 | $319,220 |
| 46 | CITY OF LAREDO | 2 | 1,415 | 7,304 | $319,260 |
| 47 | SUNRISE PROPERTY 1 LLC | 1 | 1,400 | 538 | — |
| 48 | CITY OF PORT ARANSAS | 1 | 1,388 | 299 | — |
| 49 | FIRST TEXAS HOMES INC | 6 | 1,367 | 2,338 | $13,963,440 |
| 50 | City Of Rosenberg | 1 | 1,366 | 1,765 | $28,109,276 |
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.