Guilford County property search by owner name

Last verified: October 2026

To search Guilford County property by owner name, use the Guilford County Tax Department's Real Estate Appraisal Listing System, which is free. Search the owner's name, last name first for a person or the full business name for a company, and it lists the parcels that owner holds in the county, including Greensboro and the Guilford County part of High Point, with the tax record for each: assessed value, sales and the owner's mailing address.

Guilford County's free tools and when to use each

Real Estate Appraisal Listing System (Guilford County Tax Department, also listed as Appraisal Public Web Access). The tax office's real property database and the place to search by owner name. Best for reading the tax card.
Primary Data Viewer and Parcel Research (Guilford County GIS). The county's map tools. Best when you start from a place: find the parcel on the map and read the owner.
Search Real Estate Records (Guilford County Register of Deeds). A name search of the recorded documents: deeds, deeds of trust and satisfactions. Best for confirming a transfer or the recorded financing.

High Point crosses four counties

Most of High Point is in Guilford County, but the city also reaches into Davidson, Randolph and Forsyth counties. A High Point parcel in Davidson County is on Davidson County's tax records, so a Guilford search will not find it. The same goes for the parts of Kernersville in Forsyth County and Gibsonville in Alamance County. Confirm the county before you decide an owner has no property.

When the owner is an LLC

On commercial property the tax record usually names an entity and a mailing address for a registered agent or a property manager. To find the people, search the exact entity name in the NC Secretary of State business registry. The company's annual report lists its managers or members. The recorded deed of trust at the Register of Deeds then confirms the entity and often shows a person's signature.

Where Guilford County's commercial property is

Guilford County's commercial parcels sit mostly in Greensboro and High Point, with smaller amounts in Jamestown, Oak Ridge, Summerfield, Pleasant Garden and the other towns. The main commercial areas:

Downtown Greensboro, around Elm Street.
Wendover Avenue, Battleground Avenue and Friendly Avenue, Greensboro's main retail corridors, with Friendly Center on Friendly Avenue.
Gate City Boulevard, the former High Point Road, running southwest from downtown Greensboro.
The industrial and distribution parcels around Piedmont Triad International Airport.
Downtown High Point and its furniture showrooms, home of the High Point Market trade show each spring and fall, plus Main Street running north.

Key facts

Guilford County ownership records are free public record through the Tax Department's Real Estate Appraisal Listing System.
High Point spans Guilford, Davidson, Randolph and Forsyth counties. Each part is on its own county's records.
Recorded deeds and deeds of trust are searchable by name at the Guilford County Register of Deeds.
Commercial owners are usually LLCs. The NC Secretary of State registry lists the people who run them.

Guilford County commercial parcels by the numbers

Counted from our own map on October 26, 2026: 3,530 live commercial parcels in Guilford County, grouped by the plain zoning category the map files each one under. Half of the buildings with a year on record were built in 1985 or earlier, and 895 were built before 1970.

Commercial: 1,392 parcels
Office: 931 parcels
Industrial: 436 parcels
Mixed use: 168 parcels
Multifamily: 86 parcels

The zoning codes that come up most on those parcels are O, C-M, CB, LI and GB. Each town writes its own codes, so the card always shows the town's code beside the category. Check the official zoning map before relying on any one parcel.

How NC CRE Map does it on one screen

The manual method is a tax search, a map, the state registry and the deeds office for every property. On NC CRE Map you click a Guilford parcel and the card has it together:

The county record, free. Parcel, acreage, building, assessed value and last sale. Signed out, the card says what kind of owner holds it (a person, an LLC, a church). The owner's name shows once you sign in.
See who's behind the LLC. The managers and members on the company's state filing, on the card. 10 free LLC owner lookups when you sign in.
Get owner contact. Phone and email when we find them. 5 free when you sign in, 70 a month on Pro. A lookup only counts when it finds a match.
Zoning, in plain words. Guilford is one of the five counties where the map fills in zoning (with Mecklenburg, Wake, Durham and Forsyth). Find filters by category, such as Industrial, Commercial, Office or Mixed use, across the zoning codes of every town in the county. Greensboro zoning codes explains the city's districts.
The flood zone and the daily traffic count on the card, next to the county facts.
Businesses listed at the address. From public business listings, so you have a lead on who is in the building before you call. A listing can be out of date.
A one-page flyer for the property, made from the card.
Lease tracking. Log a tenant's lease and the CRM sets a follow-up 14 months before it expires.

The map is North Carolina only and covers commercial parcels, not single-family homes.

Frequently asked questions

How do I search Guilford County property by owner name?

Use the Guilford County Tax Department's Real Estate Appraisal Listing System and search the owner's name, last name first for a person or the full business name for a company. It lists the parcels that owner holds in Guilford County, free.

How do I find who owns a commercial property in Greensboro?

Look up the parcel in the appraisal search or the county's Primary Data Viewer for the owner of record. If it is an LLC, search that exact name in the NC Secretary of State business registry, where the annual report lists the managers or members. On NC CRE Map, click the parcel and sign in free to see the people behind the LLC on the card.

How do I find the owner of a commercial property in High Point?

First check which county the parcel is in. Most of High Point is in Guilford County, so the Guilford appraisal search works. Parcels in the Davidson, Randolph or Forsyth County parts of the city are on those counties' records.

Where do I find a Guilford County deed or deed of trust?

The Guilford County Register of Deeds has a name search of its real estate records. Deeds show ownership transfers, and deeds of trust show the recorded financing.

Can I filter Guilford County commercial property by zoning?

Yes, on NC CRE Map. Guilford is one of the five counties where the map fills in zoning, covering Greensboro, High Point, the towns and the county. Find filters by a plain category such as Industrial, Commercial, Office or Mixed use.

Other county guides: Mecklenburg · Wake · Durham · Forsyth. All county guides.