Who owns the most taxable property in Leander?

In short

• The 10 biggest property owners held about $687 million in taxable value in 2024. In 2015 the top 10 held about $119 million.¹
• They still own only about 4.5% of all taxable value in the city. In 2015 it was about 4.2%.¹
• The list changed a lot. In 2015, three of the top four were home builders. In 2024, none were. Only one owner, a grocery chain, is on both lists.¹

Numbers marked “our math” are our estimates, not official figures. The notes show the inputs and the steps.

How it works

• “Taxable value” is the value the city can tax. It is what is left after exemptions.¹
• The list comes from the appraisal districts. Leander sits in two counties, so it uses both Williamson and Travis appraisal districts.¹
• The list counts owners, not buildings. One owner can have many properties.
• How we name owners. We name an owner only when it is a well-known company or a public body. We leave out any owner that is or could be a person, a family trust, or a small company tied to a person. We describe those owners by type instead.²

What the numbers show

	Tax year 2015	Tax year 2024
Top 10 owners’ taxable value	$118.7 million	$687.2 million
Share of all city taxable value	4.15%	4.49%
Biggest single owner	$23.4 million	$86.1 million
Biggest owner’s share	0.82%	0.56%

Source: City of Leander annual financial report, fiscal 2025, Table 8.¹

• The top 10 grew almost six times in value (our math).³
• But the whole city grew too. So their share went up only a little.¹
• No one owner holds even 1% of the city’s taxable value.¹
• Well-known names on the lists: in tax year 2024, H-E-B, the grocery chain (8th). In tax year 2015, H-E-B (1st), the home builders KB Home (2nd), Continental Homes of Texas (3rd) and Meritage Homes (4th), Lowe’s (5th), Kohl’s (8th) and Pedernales Electric Cooperative (9th).¹
• The other owners are limited partnerships or LLCs. The report does not say what property they hold, so we do not name them.¹²

The other side

• A small top-10 share means the tax bill is spread across many owners. That includes homes, apartments and many smaller businesses. The report does not split the total by type of property.¹
• Having no single big taxpayer cuts both ways. The city depends less on one company. But no one large owner is carrying a big share of the bill.
• The report gives names, not the kind of property. For most 2024 owners, the name alone does not show what they own.¹

Questions to ask

• What kind of property does each top owner have, by the appraisal district’s records?
• How does the tax paid by homes compare with businesses, by the city’s count?

Changes to this page

• Nov. 2, 2026: Added questions to ask.
• Nov. 2, 2026: We set one rule for naming property owners and applied it here. See the note on how we name owners.

What you can do or watch next

• See city taxable value ten years for how the city’s total value grew.
• See city tax rate ten years for the city’s tax rate.

What we still don’t know

• What kind of property each top owner has, like stores or apartments. The report does not say.
• How much property tax homes pay in total compared with businesses.

Footnotes

1. City of Leander, Annual Financial Report, fiscal year 2025, statistical section, Table 8, “Principal Property Tax Payers, Current and Nine Years Ago” (unaudited; source: Williamson and Travis Central Appraisal Districts), p.112. Totals: tax year 2024 $687,162,543 (4.49%); tax year 2015 $118,659,154 (4.15%). Rank 1: 2024 $86,093,882 (0.56%); 2015 $23,409,288 (0.82%). 2015 ranks 2–4 are home builders; the grocery company is rank 8 in 2024 and rank 1 in 2015. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

2. Our naming rule, used on every page that lists property owners: we name a business only when it is a recognizable company or a public entity. Owners that are, or could be, individuals, family trusts or small LLCs or partnerships tied to a person are not named; we describe them by property type when the source gives it, or by legal form when it does not. No person is named on this page. ↩ ↩²

3. Our math. 687,162,543 ÷ 118,659,154 = 5.79. ↩