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Leasing Information Services Pty Limited is an Australian company, which is the largest private provider of retail leasing data in Australia. The data is sourced primarily from registered leases in New South Wales, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory. Australia is one of the few countries in the world that requires registration of commercial leases on the title of properties, as a means of protecting the leasehold's interest - referred to as Indefeasibly of Title. However, this is not uniform throughout Australia, with Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, not requiring registration to protect leasehold interest. However, the Victorian government has released a working group to consider the feasibility of a retail leases register.

The registration process forms part of the public domain, which has resulted in the the ability to provide current commercial leasing data to the public. This has contributed to Australia being voted the second most transparent commercial property market in the world.

Leasing Information Services acquired the retail database of Eastcoast Property Systems in 2003 and has re-built the database and website. Since that time the database has increased to include approximately 42,000 lease records. The managing director and owner is Mr Simon Fonteyn.