CoStar Group

CoStar Group, founded in 1987, provides commercial real estate data, information and analytics, and describes its position as a global standard for real estate information. The company employs more than 6,500 people and operates in 14 countries. It is listed on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100.

The technical work spans real estate data and analytics, data digitisation and aggregation, property information platforms, digital marketplaces and 3D spatial capture. Its core CoStar platform holds data on more than 5.9 million properties. Surrounding it is a set of acquired and operated products: LoopNet for commercial listings, Apartments.com and Homes.com for residential, AcreValue for land and rural property, and Matterport for spatial data and 3D property capture.

The company operates across commercial real estate, residential real estate, land and rural real estate, and property technology. Its stated origin is a vision to bring transparency to an opaque industry, and its stated mission is to help professionals make better decisions. Growth has been pursued substantially through acquisitions of innovative platforms, alongside a stated emphasis on digital transformation and data-driven decision-making.