Public ArcGIS FeatureServer endpoint for Philadelphia County parcel data. URL, supported fields, and a working sample query, copy it, or open it directly in the UrbanKit parcel lookup tool.
This page is the endpoint reference. If you came here to find a specific property, the Philadelphia County parcel search runs this same layer in your browser, no account and no API key.
Search Philadelphia County parcels →https://services.arcgis.com/fLeGjb7u4uXqeF9q/arcgis/rest/services/PWD_PARCELS/FeatureServer/0Field by field, whether any endpoint we index for Philadelphia County answers it, and the evidence for each. We only call a field restricted when there is a stated reason we can cite. Everything else here is a fact about the services we index, not a claim about the law.
| Field | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| APN | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Owner name | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Owner mailing address | Not published | No endpoint we index for this county documents this field, so a query cannot ask for it. That is a fact about the services we index, not a legal restriction, and not a statement that the county holds no such record. Where to request it. |
| Site address | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Geometry | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Land use | Not published | No endpoint we index for this county documents this field, so a query cannot ask for it. That is a fact about the services we index, not a legal restriction, and not a statement that the county holds no such record. Where to request it. |
| Zoning | Not published | No endpoint we index for this county documents this field, so a query cannot ask for it. That is a fact about the services we index, not a legal restriction, and not a statement that the county holds no such record. Where to request it. |
parcelidParcel IDbrt_idBRT Account Number (OPA identifier)owner1Owner Name (Primary)owner2Owner Name 2addressStreet Addresscurl -s 'https://services.arcgis.com/fLeGjb7u4uXqeF9q/arcgis/rest/services/PWD_PARCELS/FeatureServer/0/query?where=UPPER(owner1)%20LIKE%20UPPER('%25SMITH%25')&outFields=parcelid,owner1,address,brt_id&returnGeometry=false&f=json&resultRecordCount=10'https://services.arcgis.com/fLeGjb7u4uXqeF9q/arcgis/rest/services/PWD_PARCELS/FeatureServer/0/query?where=UPPER(owner1) LIKE UPPER('%SMITH%')&outFields=parcelid,owner1,address,brt_id&returnGeometry=false&f=json&resultRecordCount=10Open this URL in a browser tab to see the raw ArcGIS JSON response.
| Field name | Label | Searchable |
|---|---|---|
| parcelid | Parcel ID | YES |
| brt_id | BRT Account Number (OPA identifier) | YES |
| owner1 | Owner Name (Primary) | YES |
| owner2 | Owner Name 2 | YES |
| address | Street Address | YES |
| bldg_code | Building Code | NO |
| bldg_desc | Building Description | NO |
| gross_area | Gross Area (sq ft) | NO |
15 fields confirmed including parcelid, owner1, owner2, address, brt_id (BRT = Board of Revision of Taxes, now OPA = Office of Property Assessment), bldg_code, bldg_desc, gross_area, pin, tencode. Owner query tested and confirmed. The parcelid here is an integer OBJECTID; the brt_id (9-digit string, e.g. '171006315') is the stable OPA/BRT account number used in the assessor system. For deeper property assessment data (market value, sale price, exemptions, zoning), the OPA Properties dataset at opendataphilly.org/datasets/opa-properties-public has 78+ fields but is distributed as a CSV/API download rather than a REST FeatureServer with geometry. Philadelphia parcels are city-county unified (Philadelphia City = Philadelphia County).
City of Philadelphia, Office of Innovation and Technology (OIT) CityGeo / Philadelphia Water Department, https://data-phl.opendata.arcgis.com/
Philadelphia County's PWD_PARCELS layer exposes a parcel identifier (Parcel ID), owner names (Owner Name (Primary), Owner Name 2), and address fields (Street Address). Use it for owner-name lookups and address-based parcel searches. 5 of 8 listed fields accept queries; the rest are returned on read but not indexed for search. Served as an ArcGIS FeatureServer layer, so edits and applyEdits operations are technically exposed (read access only is published here); last verified 2026-05-11.
/query?where=…&outFields=*&f=jsonto the URL. The sample query above is a working example you can paste into a browser tab to see the raw JSON response.Counties publish parcel data through their own ArcGIS Server installations, each with its own schema. One county uses APN, another uses PIN, a third uses PARCEL_ID. Some expose owner names; others keep them on a separate assessor's portal. The searchable fields list above reflects what Philadelphia County actually publishes, not what you might expect from a national standard (there isn't one).
For background, see What is an APN?
services.arcgis.com serves Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania parcels over public ArcGIS REST, but, like most county servers, it may not send the CORS headers a browser needs for a cross-origin fetch. If a direct browser call fails, the layer still works from curl, Postman, or a server-side script; the UrbanKit parcel lookup tool proxies the request, so a search that succeeds there confirms the layer is genuinely public.
We last verified Philadelphia County's FeatureServer layer on 2026-05-11. County GIS teams move services without notice, so if you hit a fresh 404, tell us and we'll re-check. Atlas entries are re-verified on a rolling basis.
Philadelphia County's layer is hosted on Esri ArcGIS Online. Public ArcGIS endpoints rarely rate-limit individual reads, but services.arcgis.com can throttle heavy automated traffic at the host level. Page through results with resultOffset / resultRecordCount and request only the fields you need. There's no API key and no charge from the county.