About VIREC.
We built VIREC because we needed it. Every commercial real estate transaction hit the same data wall. So we built the engine, ran it on our own deals for two years, and opened it up.
Used by real estate professionals at firms across Canada and the United States.
Origin
Why we built it.
VIREC was not built to be a startup. It started in 2023 as an internal data engine, purpose-built to run commercial real estate transactions in the Greater Montreal Area.
Every deal hit the same wall: ownership records in one registry, transaction data in another, permits in a third. Every jurisdiction running its own portal, its own format, its own fee schedule. The engine was built to eliminate that friction. It ran live deals for two years before it became a company.
In Q1 2025, VIREC Intelligence Inc. was founded to commercialize the platform and open it to every operator in the market. Institutional capital has had a structural information edge for decades. VIREC exists to remove it.
The founders.
Two founders, opposite halves of the same problem. One came from the deal side. One came from running product in a regulated banking environment.
Maxime Legault
Founder & CEO
Maxime leads product direction and company strategy at VIREC. His background is in commercial real estate investment in the Greater Montreal Area, spanning six years across multi-residential assets and ground-up development.
Joel Desnoyers
Co-Founder, VP & COO
Joel runs operations and growth at VIREC. He came from product management in a compliance-driven banking environment, managing product development across multiple jurisdictions and continents.
Who uses VIREC.
Built for the people running deals.
Enterprise clients and developers can access the same data through our API. Talk to our team →
What VIREC is, and how it works.
Straight answers to the questions we get most.
VIREC is a commercial real estate intelligence platform that pulls ownership data, transaction records, building permits, and dozens of other property signals from land registries across the US and Canada into one searchable platform. It was built by real estate operators who needed the data for their own transactions and opened it up to every professional in the market.
VIREC Intelligence Inc. was co-founded by Maxime Legault and Joel Desnoyers in Q1 2025. The original data engine was built in 2023 to run commercial real estate transactions, then commercialized as a platform. Maxime leads product direction and company strategy. Joel runs operations and growth, bringing product management experience from a regulated banking environment. The platform is built and maintained by a team of engineers and data specialists with backgrounds spanning data science, software engineering, DevSecOps, and infrastructure security.
VIREC sources commercial property data from land registry records across the US and Canada, including county, state, and provincial registries. The platform gathers, normalizes, and enriches millions of data points including ownership records, transaction history, building permits, and market signals.
Yes. VIREC offers a free tier with AI searches and access to browse the Intelligence Catalog. No credit card required. Paid plans start at $9 per month per seat, with Pro at $49 per month per seat billed annually. Enterprise pricing is custom and includes API access, SSO, and dedicated onboarding.