diff --git a/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/controllers/route_controller.ex b/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/controllers/route_controller.ex
index 5232ba9f6..59aed1a9c 100644
--- a/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/controllers/route_controller.ex
+++ b/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/controllers/route_controller.ex
@@ -311,6 +311,10 @@ defmodule ApiWeb.RouteController do
           direction_attribute(:direction_destinations, """
           The destinations for direction ids for this route in ascending ordering starting at `0` for the first index.
           """)
+
+          relationship(:agency, nullable: true)
+          relationship(:line, nullable: true)
+          relationship(:route_patterns, type: :has_many, nullable: true)
         end,
       Routes: page(:RouteResource),
       Route: single(:RouteResource)
diff --git a/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/views/agency_view.ex b/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/views/agency_view.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29c2503be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/views/agency_view.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+defmodule ApiWeb.AgencyView do
+  use ApiWeb.Web, :api_view
+
+  attributes([:agency_name])
+end
diff --git a/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/views/route_view.ex b/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/views/route_view.ex
index 9d18d03eb..8c0e1e5a2 100644
--- a/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/views/route_view.ex
+++ b/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/views/route_view.ex
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ defmodule ApiWeb.RouteView do
 
   def route_location(route, conn), do: route_path(conn, :show, route.id)
 
+  has_one(
+    :agency,
+    type: :agency,
+    serializer: ApiWeb.AgencyView
+  )
+
   has_one(
     :line,
     type: :line,
@@ -48,6 +54,10 @@ defmodule ApiWeb.RouteView do
           direction_destinations)a)
   end
 
+  def agency(%{agency_id: agency_id}, conn) do
+    optional_relationship("agency", agency_id, &State.Agency.by_id/1, conn)
+  end
+
   def line(%{line_id: line_id}, conn) do
     optional_relationship("line", line_id, &State.Line.by_id/1, conn)
   end
diff --git a/apps/api_web/test/api_web/controllers/route_controller_test.exs b/apps/api_web/test/api_web/controllers/route_controller_test.exs
index 2dddbc989..d5b33b295 100644
--- a/apps/api_web/test/api_web/controllers/route_controller_test.exs
+++ b/apps/api_web/test/api_web/controllers/route_controller_test.exs
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ defmodule ApiWeb.RouteControllerTest do
                        "type" => "route_pattern"
                      }
                    ]
-                 }
+                 },
+                 "agency" => %{"data" => %{"id" => "1", "type" => "agency"}}
                }
              }
     end
diff --git a/apps/model/lib/model/agency.ex b/apps/model/lib/model/agency.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c4fcc38d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/model/lib/model/agency.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+defmodule Model.Agency do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Agency represents a branded agency operating transit services.
+  """
+
+  use Recordable, [
+    :id,
+    :agency_name
+  ]
+
+  @type id :: String.t()
+
+  @typedoc """
+  * `:id` - Unique ID
+  * `:agency_name` - Full name of the agency. See
+    [GTFS `agency.txt` `agency_name`](https://github.com/google/transit/blob/master/gtfs/spec/en/reference.md#agencytxt)
+  """
+  @type t :: %__MODULE__{
+          id: id,
+          agency_name: String.t()
+        }
+end
diff --git a/apps/parse/lib/parse/agency.ex b/apps/parse/lib/parse/agency.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cdadbbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/parse/lib/parse/agency.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+defmodule Parse.Agency do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Parses `agency.txt` CSV from GTFS zip
+
+    agency_id,agency_name,agency_url,agency_timezone,agency_lang,agency_phone
+    1,MBTA,http://www.mbta.com,America/New_York,EN,617-222-3200
+  """
+
+  use Parse.Simple
+  alias Model.Agency
+
+  @doc """
+  Parses (non-header) row of `agency.txt`
+
+  ## Columns
+
+  * `"agency_id"` - `Model.Agency.t` - `id`
+  * `"agency_name"` - `Model.Agency.t` - `agency_name`
+  """
+  def parse_row(row) do
+    %Agency{
+      id: copy(row["agency_id"]),
+      agency_name: copy(row["agency_name"])
+    }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/apps/parse/test/parse/agency_test.exs b/apps/parse/test/parse/agency_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0cadfb01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/parse/test/parse/agency_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+defmodule Parse.AgencyTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+
+  import Parse.Agency
+  alias Model.Agency
+
+  describe "parse_row/1" do
+    test "parses a route CSV map into an %Agency{}" do
+      row = %{
+        "agency_id" => "1",
+        "agency_name" => "MBTA",
+        "agency_url" => "http://www.mbta.com",
+        "agency_timezone" => "America/New_York",
+        "agency_lang" => "EN",
+        "agency_phone" => "617-222-3200"
+      }
+
+      expected = %Agency{
+        id: "1",
+        agency_name: "MBTA"
+      }
+
+      assert parse_row(row) == expected
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/apps/state/lib/state.ex b/apps/state/lib/state.ex
index 0281cd167..3638c4dc5 100644
--- a/apps/state/lib/state.ex
+++ b/apps/state/lib/state.ex
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ defmodule State do
   def start(_type, _args) do
     children = [
       State.Metadata,
+      State.Agency,
       State.Service,
       State.Stop,
       State.Vehicle,
diff --git a/apps/state/lib/state/agency.ex b/apps/state/lib/state/agency.ex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d2fd0756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/state/lib/state/agency.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+defmodule State.Agency do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Stores and indexes `Model.Agency.t` from `agency.txt`.
+  """
+
+  use State.Server,
+    indices: [:id],
+    fetched_filename: "agency.txt",
+    parser: Parse.Agency,
+    recordable: Model.Agency
+
+  alias Model.Agency
+
+  @spec by_id(Agency.id()) :: Agency.t() | nil
+  def by_id(id) do
+    case super(id) do
+      [] -> nil
+      [agency] -> agency
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/apps/state/test/state/agency_test.exs b/apps/state/test/state/agency_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fc2676bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/state/test/state/agency_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+defmodule State.AgencyTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case
+  alias Model.Agency
+
+  setup do
+    State.Agency.new_state([])
+  end
+
+  test "returns nil for unknown agency" do
+    assert State.Agency.by_id("1") == nil
+  end
+
+  test "it can add an agency and query it" do
+    agency = %Agency{
+      id: "1",
+      agency_name: "Made-Up Transit Agency"
+    }
+
+    State.Agency.new_state([agency])
+
+    assert State.Agency.by_id("1") == agency
+  end
+end
diff --git a/apps/state_mediator/lib/gtfs_decompress.ex b/apps/state_mediator/lib/gtfs_decompress.ex
index 137f5d028..b0cc238c3 100644
--- a/apps/state_mediator/lib/gtfs_decompress.ex
+++ b/apps/state_mediator/lib/gtfs_decompress.ex
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ defmodule GtfsDecompress do
   """
   require Logger
 
-  @filename_prefixes ~w(calendar
+  @filename_prefixes ~w(agency
+                        calendar
                         calendar_attributes
                         calendar_dates
                         feed_info