# Encircle

> Encircle is a Kitchener, Ontario software company that gives property-restoration contractors one mobile and web workspace for photos, video, notes, moisture readings, drying logs, contents inventories, floor plans, signatures, reports, payments and AI-assisted scoping. Its practical bet is that better evidence captured at the loss site produces faster estimates, fewer disputes and fewer legitimate charges left off an invoice.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Kitchener, Canada
- **Founders:** Paul Donald (Co-founder and CEO), Ronuk Raval (Co-founder and CTO), Christophe Biocca (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 120 employees according to the supplied company record; the exact current headcount is not publicly confirmed.
- **Products:** Encircle Field Documentation, Encircle Hydro, Encircle Contents, Encircle Floor Plan, Encircle Reports
- **Notable:** Trusted by more than 3,000 restoration shops, according to Encircle., Won the Restoration Industry Association Contractor's Choice Award in the product category in 2022 and 2023., Appeared on The Globe and Mail's Canada's Top Growing Companies ranking for six consecutive years through 2025.

## Products & services

- **Encircle Field Documentation** — Mobile and web capture for photos, 360-degree images, videos, notes, forms, signatures and real-time field-to-office synchronization, including offline workflows.
- **Encircle Hydro** — Water-mitigation workflows for moisture readings, psychrometrics, drying logs, moisture maps and equipment documentation.
- **Encircle Contents** — Contents inventory and packout management with photos, item details, boxes, locations, replacement pricing, QR tracking and carrier-ready reporting.
- **Encircle Floor Plan** — Phone- or tablet-based property capture that produces 2D floor plans and can feed Xactimate sketch workflows.
- **Encircle Reports** — Automatically organized, shareable reports that combine job evidence for property owners, adjusters, carriers and office teams.
- **Encircle AI and Scope** — Restoration-specific computer vision, spatial calculations and language models that turn captured job data into reviewable, IICRC-aligned scope drafts, video summaries, item descriptions, enhanced notes and meter-reading capture.
- **Encircle Payments** — Integrated collection of deposits, deductibles and payments in the field, including Tap to Pay.
- **Encircle Edge** — Rough Order of Magnitude estimating based on production rates and historical cost ratios, added through the acquisition of The Edge.

## Achievements

- Trusted by more than 3,000 restoration shops, according to Encircle.
- Won the Restoration Industry Association Contractor's Choice Award in the product category in 2022 and 2023.
- Appeared on The Globe and Mail's Canada's Top Growing Companies ranking for six consecutive years through 2025.
- Ranked No. 154 on the 2025 Canada's Top Growing Companies list with 235% three-year revenue growth.
- Completed a SOC 2 Type 2 examination and publicized an annual renewal in 2024.
- Received a C$2.1 million FedDev Ontario investment in 2022 to enhance real-time claims features, expand exports and support 20 skilled jobs.
- Acquired The Edge ROM estimating product in November 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Released Scan-to-Track and an Item Inventory Manager, extending QR labels from packing boxes to tracking their locations and contents.
- **2026-07** — Added Insta360 X-series support so customers can capture unlimited 360-degree photos directly into Encircle at no extra subscription cost.
- **2026-03** — Introduced Encircle AI and Scope, using restoration-specific job evidence to generate reviewable mitigation scope drafts and automate notes, item descriptions, video summaries and meter readings.
- **2025-11** — Acquired The Edge, a ROM estimating tool built by restoration specialist Tom McGuire.
- **2025-09** — Ranked No. 154 on Canada's Top Growing Companies with 235% three-year growth, its sixth consecutive appearance.
- **2025-08** — Launched integrated payments for collecting deposits and deductibles in the field.

## Links

- Website: https://www.getencircle.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/encircle/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/getencircle
- GitHub: https://github.com/EncircleInc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EncircleFieldDocumentation
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getencircle/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getencircle

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Last updated: 2026-08-23