CoStar - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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CoStar M&A Summary

CoStar has acquired 25 companies, including 13 in the last 5 years. A total of 6 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

CoStar’s largest acquisition to date was in 2024, when it acquired Matterport for $1.6B. CoStar has acquired in 10 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (53%) and software (18%).

CoStar Business Overview

Where is CoStar headquartered?

CoStar is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

What is CoStar’s revenue?

CoStar disclosed revenue of 2,455M USD for 2023 and 2,182M USD for 2022.

How many employees does CoStar have?

CoStar has 6,152 employees.

What sector is CoStar in?

CoStar is an information services company.

When was CoStar founded?

CoStar was founded in 1987.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity23
    • M&A Buy Activity23
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6
  • M&A Advisors 5

CoStar

CoStar Group, Inc.

1331 L Street NW,
Washington, District of Columbia 20005
United States,
(202) 346-6500
www.costargroup.com

CoStar is a provider of information services to commercial real estate professionals in the United States and the United Kingdom. CoStar's suite of products offers customers access via the Internet to the most comprehensive, verified database of commercial real estate information. CoStar was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Washington, DC.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.8/yr) # 14 2 2 2 1 2 23
vol $2.4B $440M $156M $154M $1.6B $4.8B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  23

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Visual Lease LLC 2024-10-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Woodbridge, New Jersey · www.visuallease.com
Matterport, Inc. 2024-04-22 1.6B USD Add-on Acquisition
Sunnyvale, California · www.matterport.com
OnTheMarket plc 2023-10-19 154M GBP Add-on Acquisition
Manchester, United Kingdom · www.onthemarket.com
Fairmas GmbH 2022-10-13 - Divestiture
Berlin, Germany · www.fairmas.com
Business Immo 2022-04-06 - Add-on Acquisition
Paris, France · www.businessimmo.com
ComReal Info SAS 2021-10-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Paris, France · www.bureauxlocaux.com
Homes.com 2021-04-14 156M USD Divestiture
Norfolk, Virginia · www.homes.com
Homesnap, Inc. 2020-11-22 250M USD Add-on Acquisition
Bethesda, Maryland · www.homesnap.com
Ten-X, Inc. 2020-05-13 190M USD Add-on Acquisition
Irvine, California · www.ten-x.com
STR, Inc. 2019-10-01 450M USD Add-on Acquisition
Hendersonville, Tennessee · www.str.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 12 (52%) 2.3B (49%) - -
Software 4 (17%) 1.6B (34%) - -
Digital Media 2 (9%) 350M (7%) - -
Information Services 2 (9%) - - -
Information Technology 1 (4%) 450M (9%) - -
Publishing 1 (4%) - - -
Real Estate 1 (4%) - - -
Total 23 $4.8B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 17 4.6B - -
  California 4 2.6B - -
  Virginia 3 506M - -
  Massachusetts 2 - - -
  Georgia 2 187M - -
  Washington 1 - - -
  Tennessee 1 450M - -
  Oregon 1 68M - -
  New Jersey 1 - - -
  Maryland 1 250M - -
  Illinois 1 585M - -
France 2 - - -
Germany 2 - - -
United Kingdom 2 154M - -
Domestic 17 (74%) 4.6B (97%) - -
Cross-border 6 (26%) 154M (3%) - -
Total 23 $4.8B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Citigroup Investment Banking
1
J.P. Morgan Securities
1
Legal Deals
Davis Polk & Wardwell
1
Milbank
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.6B
$100M to $1B 9 $3.1B
< $100M 2 $85M
TOTAL $4.8B
Largest Matterport, Inc.
$1.6B (2024-04-22)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
17%
4 (17%)
Strategic(s)
9%
2 (9%)

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