CoStar Group

CoStar Group, founded in 1987, provides verified data, information and analytics for the commercial and residential real estate industry worldwide. The company digitises and aggregates property information across both markets, building platforms that allow professionals to search, compare and analyse real estate. It operates in 14 countries and employs more than 6,500 people.

The group's portfolio has grown substantially through acquisitions of established technology platforms. Apartments.com, Homes.com and LoopNet cover residential rental, residential sales and commercial listings respectively; AcreValue addresses land and rural real estate; and Matterport provides 3D and spatial property capture. Data on more than 5.9 million properties has been processed through the company's systems.

Technical work spans real estate data analytics, data digitisation and aggregation, property information platforms, digital marketplaces and spatial capture. The company describes its founding mission as bringing transparency to an opaque industry, and states that its purpose is to empower professionals to make better-informed decisions. Growth has been pursued in part through the acquisition and integration of complementary technology platforms.