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Company Overview

Business Description

Sector
Real Estate
Industry
Real Estate
Headquarters
United States of America US
Employees
8 000
IPO date
Jul 1, 1998

CoStar Group collects and organizes detailed information about commercial and residential real estate, then sells access to that data through online tools and marketplaces. Its best-known products include CoStar for commercial property research, LoopNet for commercial listings, and Apartments.com and Homes.com for rental and home search. The company helps brokers, landlords, lenders, and tenants find properties, compare markets, and market available space or units.

The company makes money mainly by charging subscriptions and listing or advertising fees. Real estate professionals pay for data, analytics, and workflow tools, while property owners and managers pay to advertise vacancies and attract renters or buyers. That means CoStar sits in the middle of the real estate transaction flow: it does not own the properties, but it helps people value them, market them, and find them.

What sets CoStar apart is its large proprietary database of property records, listings, and market information, which is costly and time-consuming to build. That data supports recurring revenue from customers who rely on it every day. In simple terms, CoStar is part research company, part digital marketplace, and part lead-generation business for real estate.

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Address
1201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, Virginia
United States of America

Business Segments

Commercial information

This part provides data and research on office, industrial, retail, and other commercial properties. It helps people search listings, track market activity, and analyze buildings and tenants.

Customers and revenue model

Commercial marketplaces

This part runs online marketplaces for commercial property listings and transactions. It helps owners and brokers market spaces, find buyers or tenants, and in some cases sell properties through auctions or deals.

Customers and revenue model

Residential marketplaces

Description, customers and revenue model

Property capture software

Description, customers and revenue model

Management

Mr. Andrew C. Florance

President, Founder, CEO & Director

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Mr. Frank A. Simuro

Chief Technology Officer

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Mr. Christian M. Lown

Chief Financial Officer

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Mr. Jason Butler

Chief Information Officer

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Mr. Richard Simonelli

Head of Investor Relations

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Mr. Gene Boxer

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

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Mr. Matthew R. Blocher

Vice President of Marketing & Communications

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Mr. Marc Swartz

Senior Vice President of Global Sales

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Mr. Michael Desmarais

Chief Human Resources Officer

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Mr. Mark Ibbotson

Managing Director - Canada

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