COSTAR GROUP, INC. (CSGP)
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SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1057352. Latest filing source: 0001057352-26-000020.
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At a glance
- Revenue
- 3,247,000,000 USD verified
- Net income
- 7,000,000 USD verified
- Assets
- 10,538,000,000 USD verified
- Free cash flow
- 123,000,000 USD computed
- Net margin
- 0.22% computed
- Operating margin
- -2.22% computed
- Revenue YoY
- +18.68% computed
- ROE
- 0.08% computed
Peer & cluster context
Peer percentile fingerprint
Percentile = share of the N covered peers reporting that ratio whose value is lower (ties counted half); computed among grepcent-covered companies in SIC industry 7389 Services-Business Services, NEC, not the whole market. A higher percentile means a higher value of the ratio, not a better company. Ratios with fewer than 8 reporting peers are omitted. Latest reported values per company; fiscal periods may differ. Descriptive arithmetic - not a score, rating, or ranking.
Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3,247,000,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-26 |
| Net income | 7,000,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-26 |
| Assets | 10,538,000,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-26 |
Financials
Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-02-26. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001057352.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.
| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 837,630,000 | 965,230,000 | 1,191,832,000 | 1,399,719,000 | 1,659,019,000 | 1,944,100,000 | 2,182,400,000 | 2,455,000,000 | 2,736,000,000 | 3,247,000,000 |
| Net income | 85,071,000 | 122,695,000 | 238,334,000 | 314,963,000 | 227,128,000 | 292,600,000 | 369,500,000 | 375,000,000 | 139,000,000 | 7,000,000 |
| Operating income | 144,905,000 | 173,816,000 | 273,564,000 | 363,547,000 | 289,202,000 | 432,300,000 | 451,000,000 | 282,000,000 | 5,000,000 | -72,000,000 |
| Gross profit | 663,816,000 | 744,827,000 | 921,899,000 | 1,110,480,000 | 1,350,051,000 | 1,586,900,000 | 1,768,400,000 | 1,964,000,000 | 2,178,000,000 | 2,561,000,000 |
| Diluted EPS | 2.62 | 3.66 | 6.54 | 0.86 | 0.59 | 0.74 | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.34 | 0.02 |
| Operating cash flow | 200,642,000 | 234,703,000 | 335,458,000 | 457,780,000 | 486,106,000 | 469,700,000 | 478,700,000 | 490,000,000 | 393,000,000 | 430,000,000 |
| Capital expenditures | 0.00 | 0.00 | 123,700,000 | 35,200,000 | 118,000,000 | 579,000,000 | 307,000,000 | |||
| Share buybacks | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000,000 | |||||||
| Assets | 2,185,063,000 | 2,873,441,000 | 3,312,957,000 | 3,853,986,000 | 6,915,420,000 | 7,256,871,000 | 8,402,500,000 | 8,919,700,000 | 9,257,000,000 | 10,538,000,000 |
| Liabilities | 530,850,000 | 222,191,000 | 291,015,000 | 448,393,000 | 1,540,061,000 | 1,545,199,000 | 1,532,500,000 | 1,581,100,000 | 1,704,000,000 | 2,167,000,000 |
| Stockholders' equity | 1,654,213,000 | 2,651,250,000 | 3,021,942,000 | 3,405,593,000 | 5,375,200,000 | 5,711,500,000 | 6,870,000,000 | 7,338,600,000 | 7,553,000,000 | 8,334,000,000 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 567,223,000 | 1,211,463,000 | 1,100,416,000 | 1,070,731,000 | 3,693,813,000 | 3,800,000,000 | 5,000,000,000 | 5,200,000,000 | 4,681,000,000 | 1,633,000,000 |
| Free cash flow | 457,780,000 | 486,106,000 | 346,000,000 | 443,500,000 | 372,000,000 | -186,000,000 | 123,000,000 |
Ratios
| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 10.16% | 12.71% | 20.00% | 22.50% | 13.69% | 15.05% | 16.93% | 15.27% | 5.08% | 0.22% |
| Operating margin | 17.30% | 18.01% | 22.95% | 25.97% | 17.43% | 22.24% | 20.67% | 11.49% | 0.18% | -2.22% |
| Return on equity | 5.14% | 4.63% | 7.89% | 9.25% | 4.23% | 5.12% | 5.38% | 5.11% | 1.84% | 0.08% |
| Return on assets | 3.89% | 4.27% | 7.19% | 8.17% | 3.28% | 4.03% | 4.40% | 4.20% | 1.50% | 0.07% |
| Liabilities / equity | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.26 |
| Current ratio | 4.05 | 8.78 | 7.87 | 5.79 | 11.75 | 11.78 | 13.91 | 12.01 | 8.97 | 2.84 |
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Financial Bridges
Income statement bridge from reported figures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2025. Revenue: accession 0001057352-26-000020; concept RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; source concepts us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | Gross profit: accession 0001057352-26-000020; concept GrossProfit; source concepts us-gaap:GrossProfit | Operating income: accession 0001057352-26-000020; concept OperatingIncomeLoss; source concepts us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | Net income: accession 0001057352-26-000020; concept NetIncomeLoss; source concepts us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2025. Operating cash flow: accession 0001057352-26-000020; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | Capital expenditures: accession 0001057352-26-000020; concept PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | Free cash flow: accession 0001057352-26-000020; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Financial Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001057352-26-000020; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax. Source concepts: us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001057352-26-000020; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001057352-26-000020; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: OperatingIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001057352-26-000020; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: GrossProfit. Source concepts: us-gaap:GrossProfit.
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Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001057352-26-000020; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001057352-26-000020; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
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Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001057352-26-000020; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: Assets. Source concepts: us-gaap:Assets.
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Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001057352-26-000020; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
As-reported value updates
Quarterly
Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-07-29. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001057352.json.
| Quarter | End Date | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-Q3 | 2022-09-30 | 0.18 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q1 | 2023-03-31 | 0.21 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q2 | 2023-06-30 | 0.25 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q3 | 2023-06-30 | 100,520,000 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q3 | 2023-09-30 | 624,669,000 | 0.22 | reported discrete quarter | |
| 2023-Q4 | 2023-12-31 | 640,059,000 | 96,475,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2024-Q1 | 2024-03-31 | 656,400,000 | 6,700,000 | 0.02 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q2 | 2024-03-31 | 6,700,000 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2024-Q2 | 2024-06-30 | 677,800,000 | 0.05 | reported discrete quarter | |
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-06-30 | 19,200,000 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-09-30 | 692,600,000 | 0.13 | reported discrete quarter | |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-12-31 | 709,400,000 | 59,800,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2025-Q1 | 2025-03-31 | 732,200,000 | -14,800,000 | -0.04 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2025-03-31 | -14,800,000 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2025-Q2 | 2025-06-30 | 781,300,000 | 0.01 | reported discrete quarter | |
| 2025-Q3 | 2025-09-30 | 833,600,000 | -30,900,000 | -0.07 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-12-31 | 899,900,000 | 46,500,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2026-Q1 | 2026-03-31 | 897,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 0.01 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-03-31 | 3,000,000 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-06-30 | 925,000,000 | 0.14 | reported discrete quarter |
Quarterly Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-06-30; accession 0001057352-26-000066; filed 2026-07-29. Concept: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax. Source concepts: us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001057352-26-000035; filed 2026-04-29. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-06-30; accession 0001057352-26-000066; filed 2026-07-29. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Business
Read CSGP's verbatim Item 1 Business section from its latest 10-K: Business.
Risk Factors
Read CSGP's verbatim Item 1A Risk Factors from its latest 10-K: Risk Factors.
Latest quarter (10-Q)
Latest 10-Q source: 0001057352-26-000066.
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains “forward-looking statements,” including statements about our beliefs and expectations. There are many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Potential factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in any forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those stated under the heading “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” at the end of this Item 2, “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I of our 2025 Form 10-K, as well as those described from time to time in our filings with the SEC.
All forward-looking statements are based on information available to us on the date of this filing, and we assume no obligation to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our 2025 Form 10-K, our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, other filings with the SEC, and the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this Report.
Overview
CoStar Group is a leading global provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, analytics, and 3D digital twin technology in the property markets, based on the numbers of unique visitors and site visits per month; providing more information, analytics, and marketing services than many of our competitors; offering the most comprehensive commercial real estate database available; and having the largest commercial real estate research department in the industry. We have created and compiled a standardized platform of real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces where industry professionals, consumers of commercial and residential real estate, including apartments, and the related business communities, can continuously interact and facilitate transactions by efficiently accessing and exchanging accurate and standardized real estate-related information. Our service offerings span all property types, including office, retail, industrial, multifamily, residential, land, mixed-use, and hospitality.
Our services are primarily derived from a database of building-specific and marketplace information and visual content and offer customers specialized tools for accessing, analyzing, and using our information and advertising on our marketplaces. Over time, we have expanded, and we expect to continue to expand, our existing real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. We have developed and we expect to continue to develop additional services leveraging our centralized database and 3D digital twin technology to meet the needs of our existing customers as well as potential new categories of customers.
Our services are typically distributed to our customers under subscription-based license agreements that generally renew automatically, the majority of which have a term of at least one year. Upon renewal, many of the subscription contract rates may change in accordance with contract provisions or as a result of contract renegotiations. To encourage customers to use our services regularly, we generally charge a fixed monthly amount for our subscription-based services rather than charging fees based on actual platform usage or number of paid clicks. Depending on the type of service, contract rates are generally based on the number of sites, number of users, organization size, the customer’s business focus, the customer's geographic location, the number of properties reported on or analyzed, the number and types of services to which a customer subscribes, the number of digital twins hosted, the number of properties a customer advertises, and the prominence and placement of a customer's advertised properties in the search results. Our subscription customers generally pay contract fees on a monthly basis, but in some cases may pay us on a quarterly or annual basis. Our transaction-based services primarily consist of (i) providing premium listings for individual properties on our marketplaces, (ii) providing data capture services to create digital twins, (iii) the sale of Matterport cameras and capture equipment, and (iv) Ten-X auction fees.
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Services
We operate, develop products, and deliver our services in two reportable segments, Commercial Real Estate and Residential Real Estate. Our Commercial Real Estate segment offers commercial real estate information, analytics, online marketplaces, and 3D digital twin technology. Our Residential Real Estate segment hosts marketplaces which aggregate consumer demand for homes and apartments and we sell marketing and leads to the agents, owners, landlords, and property management companies that need to reach those consumers with their offerings. Our principal services are described in the following paragraphs:
Commercial Real Estate
CoStar
CoStar is our subscription-based integrated platform for commercial real estate intelligence, which includes information about commercial real estate properties, properties for sale, comparable sales, tenants, space available for lease, industry professionals and their business relationships, industry news, and market status. CoStar also provides benchmarking for the hospitality industry under the STR brand, lease analytical capabilities, and risk management and other debt solutions for lenders. We also offer SaaS for lease management under the CoStar Real Estate Manager and Visual Lease brands.
LoopNet
Our LoopNet Network of commercial real estate websites offers online marketplaces across the U.S., Europe, and the U.K. that enable commercial property owners, landlords, and real estate agents to advertise properties for sale or for lease. Commercial real estate agents, buyers, and tenants use the LoopNet Network of online marketplaces to search for available property listings that meet their criteria. With the Domain Acquisition, we also offer commercial real estate listings in Australia.
Other Commercial Real Estate
Other Commercial Real Estate includes revenue from the Matterport Acquisition, BizBuySell Network, and Ten-X's online auctions for commercial real estate. Matterport primarily provides hosting services for its 3D digital twins on a subscription basis. Matterport also provides capture services of spatial data and other add-on services to existing subscription customers and sells 3D capture cameras and accessories. Our BizBuySell Network provides online marketplaces for businesses and franchises for sale.
We expect Commercial Real Estate's revenue growth rate for the year ending December 31, 2026 to moderate compared to the revenue growth rate for the year ended December 31, 2025 primarily due to the nonrecurring benefit realized in 2025 from the Matterport Acquisition.
Residential Real Estate
Our residential marketplaces enable renters and homebuyers to find their dream homes by combining our proprietary research and neighborhood content with listing information, while enabling property owners, managers, and real estate agents to advertise their properties. Our flagship brands in the U.S. are Apartments.com, Homes.com, and Land.com. Apartments.com and Land.com provide comprehensive advertising on a subscription basis. Homes.com offers real estate agents subscription memberships promoting the agent's listings and profile on our websites, as well as the ability for real estate agents and homeowners to promote a single listing. Domain and OnTheMarket are our primary brands in Australia and the U.K., respectively. Domain primarily provides agents premium listings for individual properties. OnTheMarket hosts agents' listings on a subscription basis.
We expect Residential Real Estate's revenue growth rate for the year ending December 31, 2026 to accelerate compared to the revenue growth rate for the year ended December 31, 2025 due to a full year's benefit of the Domain Acquisition completed in August 2025 and an increase in the number of Homes.com memberships.
Subscription-based Services
For the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, our annualized net new bookings of subscription-based services on all contracts were $69 million and $93 million, respectively. Net new bookings is calculated based on the annualized amount of change in our sales bookings resulting from new subscription-based contracts, changes to existing subscription-based contracts, and cancellations of subscription-based contracts for the period reported. Net new bookings is calculated on all subscription-based contracts without regard to contract term. Net new bookings is considered an operating metric that is an indicator of future subscription revenue growth and is also used as a metric of sales force productivity by us and investors. However,
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information regarding net new bookings is not comparable to, nor should it be substituted for, an analysis of our revenue over time. Revenue from our subscription-based contracts was approximately 89% and 95% of total revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease in our percentage of subscription-based revenue was primarily due to Domain, which sells premium listings for individual properties, as well as the transactional products and services sold by Matterport.
For each of the trailing 12 months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, our contract renewal rates for existing company-wide CoStar Group subscription-based services for contracts with a term of at least one year were approximately 89%, and our cancellation rates for those services during the same periods were approximately 11%. Contract renewal rates are calculated on all subscription-based contracts with a term of at least one year. Our contract renewal rate is a quantitative measurement that is typically closely correlated with our revenue results. As a result, we believe that the rate may be a reliable indicator of short-term and long-term performance absent extraordinary circumstances. Our trailing 12-month contract renewal rate may decline as a result of negative economic conditions, consolidations among our customers, reductions in customer spending, or decreases in our customer base. Revenue from our subscription-based contracts with a term of at least one year was approximately 73% and 79% of total revenue for the trailing 12 months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease in the percentage of revenue from our subscription-based contracts with a term of at least one year was primarily due to the Domain product which are sold as premium listings for individual properties, as well as the transactional products and services sold by Matterport.
During the fourth quarter of 2025, we changed the composition of our segments from geography-based to product portfolio-based. This change aligns with the internal reporting used by the CODM for assessing performance and allocating resources. See Notes 2, 3, and 12 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I of this Report for additional information on the segment change.
Development, Investments, and Expansion
We plan to continue to invest in our business and our services, evaluate strategic growth opportunities, and pursue our key priorities as described below. We are committed to supporting, improving, and enhancing our real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces solutions, including expanding and improving our offerings for our client base and site users, including property owners, property managers, buyers, commercial tenants, and residential renters and buyers. We expect to continue our software development efforts to improve existing service
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Latest 10-K MD&A (excerpt)
Latest 10-K Item 7 source: 0001057352-26-000020. The complete FY 2025 MD&A is published at /company/CSGP/mda/fy2025/.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains “forward-looking statements,” including statements about our beliefs and expectations. There are many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Potential factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in any forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those stated under the heading “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” and in Item 1A. under the heading “Risk Factors,” as well as those described from time to time in our filings with the SEC.
All forward-looking statements are based on information available to us on the date of this filing and we assume no obligation to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, other filings with the SEC, and the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Part IV of this Report.
Overview
CoStar Group is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, analytics, and 3D digital twin technology in the property markets, based on the numbers of unique visitors and site visits per month; provides more information, analytics, and marketing services than many of our competitors; offers the most comprehensive commercial real estate database available; and has the largest commercial real estate research department in the industry. We have created and compiled a standardized platform of real estate information and analytics and online marketplaces where industry professionals, consumers of commercial and residential real estate, including apartments, and the related business communities, can continuously interact and facilitate transactions by efficiently accessing and exchanging accurate and standardized real estate-related information. Our service offerings span all property types, including office, retail, industrial, multifamily, residential, land, mixed-use, and hospitality.
We operate, develop products, and deliver our services in two reportable segments, Commercial Real Estate and Residential Real Estate. Our Commercial Real Estate segment offers commercial real estate information and analytics, online marketplaces, and 3D digital twin technology and its principal brands are CoStar, including CoStar Real Estate Manager and CoStar with STR benchmarking, LoopNet, Matterport, BizBuySell, and Ten-X. Our Residential Real Estate segment hosts marketplaces which aggregate consumer demand for homes that they can rent or buy and we sell marketing and leads to the agents, owners, landlords, and property management companies that need to reach those consumers with their offerings. Our flagship brands in the U.S. are Apartments.com, Homes.com, and Land.com. Domain and OnTheMarket are our leading marketplaces in Australia and the U.K., respectively.
During the fourth quarter of 2025, we changed the composition of our segments from geography-based to product portfolio-based. This change aligns with the internal reporting used by the CODM to allocate resources and assess the performance of the business. See Notes 2, 3 and 13 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part IV of this Report for additional information on the segments change.
Our services are primarily derived from a database of building-specific information and offer customers specialized tools for accessing, analyzing, and using our information. Over time, we have enhanced and expanded, and we expect to continue to enhance and expand, our existing information, analytics, and online marketplaces. We have developed and we expect to continue to develop additional services leveraging our centralized database and 3D digital twin technology to meet the needs of our existing customers as well as potential new categories of customers.
Our services are typically distributed to our customers under subscription-based license agreements that generally renew automatically, a majority of which have a term of at least one year. Upon renewal, many of the subscription contract rates may change in accordance with contract provisions or as a result of contract renegotiations. To encourage customers to use our
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services regularly, we generally charge a fixed monthly amount for our subscription-based services rather than charging fees based on actual platform usage or number of paid clicks. Depending on the type of service, contract rates are generally based on the number of sites, number of users, organization size, the customer’s business focus, the customer's geographic location, the number of properties reported on or analyzed, the number and types of services to which a customer subscribes, the number of digital twins hosted, the number of properties a customer advertises, and the prominence and placement of a customer's advertised properties in the search results. Our subscription customers generally pay contract fees on a monthly basis, but in some cases may pay us on a quarterly or annual basis. Our transaction-based services primarily consist of (i) providing premium listings for individual properties on our marketplaces, (ii) providing data capture services to create digital twins, (iii) the sale of Matterport cameras and capture equipment, and (iv) Ten-X auction fees.
Our principal services are described in the following paragraphs:
Commercial Real Estate
CoStar
CoStar is our subscription-based integrated platform for commercial real estate intelligence, which includes information about commercial real estate properties, properties for sale, comparable sales, tenants, space available for lease, industry professionals and their business relationships, industry news, and market status. CoStar also provides benchmarking for the hospitality industry under the STR brand, lease analytical capabilities, and risk management and other debt solutions for lenders. We also offer SaaS for lease management under the CoStar Real Estate Manager and Visual Lease brands.
LoopNet
Our LoopNet Network of commercial real estate websites offers online marketplace services that enable commercial property owners, landlords, and real estate agents working on their behalf to advertise properties for sale or for lease. Commercial real estate agents, buyers, and tenants use the LoopNet Network of online marketplace services to search for available property listings that meet their criteria. With the Domain Acquisition, we also offer commercial real estate listings in Australia.
Other Commercial Real Estate
Other Commercial Real Estate includes revenue from the Matterport Acquisition, BizBuySell Network, and Ten-X's online auctions for commercial real estate. Matterport primarily provides hosting services for its 3D digital twins on a subscription basis. Matterport also provides capture services of spatial data and other add-on services to existing subscription customers and sells 3D capture cameras and accessories. Our BizBuySell Network provides online marketplaces for businesses and franchises for sale.
We expect Commercial Real Estate's revenue growth rate for the year ending December 31, 2026 to moderate compared to the revenue growth rate for the year ended December 31, 2025, due to the lack of benefit from the Matterport Acquisition realized in 2025.
Residential Real Estate
Our residential marketplaces enable renters and homebuyers to find their dream homes by combining our proprietary research and neighborhood content with listing information, while enabling property owners, managers, and real estate agents to advertise their properties. Our flagship brands in the U.S. are Apartments.com, Homes.com, and Land.com. Apartments.com and Land.com provide comprehensive advertising on a subscription basis. Homes.com offers real estate agents subscription memberships promoting the agent's listings and profile on our websites, as well as the ability for real estate agents and homeowners to promote a single listing. Domain and OnTheMarket are our primary brands in Australia and the U.K., respectively. Domain primarily provides agents premium listings on a transactional basis. OnTheMarket hosts agents' listings on a subscription basis. We expect Residential Real Estate's revenue growth rate for the year ending December 31, 2026 to accelerate compared to the revenue growth rate for the year ended December 31, 2025, due to a full year's benefit of the Domain Acquisition completed in August 2025 and an increase in the number of Homes.com members.
Subscription-based Services
The majority of our revenue is generated from service offerings that are distributed to our customers under subscription-based agreements that typically renew automatically and have a term of at least one year. We recognize subscription revenue on a straight-line basis over the life of the contract.
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For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, our annualized net new bookings of subscription-based services on all contracts were approximately $308 million, $250 million, and $286 million, respectively. Net new bookings is calculated based on the annualized amount of change in our sales bookings resulting from new subscription-based contracts, changes to existing subscription-based contracts, and cancellations of subscription-based contracts for the period reported. Net new bookings is calculated on all subscription-based contracts without regard to contract term. Net new bookings is considered an operating metric that is an indicator of future subscription revenue growth and is also used as a metric of sales force productivity by us and investors. However, information regarding net new bookings is not comparable to, nor should it be substituted for, an analysis of our revenue over time. Revenue from our subscription-based contracts were approximately 93%, 96%, and 95% of total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
For the trailing 12 months ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, our contract renewal rates for existing company-wide CoStar Group subscription-based services for contracts with a term of at least one year were approximately 89%, 89%, and 90%, respectively; and, therefore, our cancellation rates for those services during the same periods were approximately 11%, 11%, and 10%, respectively. Contract renewal rates are calculated on all subscription-based contracts with a term of at least one year. Our contract renewal rate is a quantitative measurement that is typically closely correlated with our revenue results. As a result, we believe that the rate may be a reliable indicator of short-term and long-term performance absent extraordinary circumstances. Our trailing 12-month contract renewal rate may decline as a result of negative economic conditions, consolidations among our customers, reductions in customer spending, or decreases in our customer base. Revenue from our subscription-based contracts with a term of at least one year were approximately 76%, 81%, and 82% of total revenue for the trailing 12 months ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The decrease in the percentage of our revenue from subscription-based contracts with a term of at least one year from 2024 to 2025 was primarily due to Domain, which sells listings on its platforms on a transactional basis, as well as the transactional products and services sold by Matterport.
Development, Investments, and Expansion
We plan to continue to invest in our business and our services, evaluate strategic growth opportunities, and pursue our key priorities as described below
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