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Compass is recognized as the largest residential real estate brokerage in the United States. And if its $1.6 billion acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate — parent company of Coldwell Banker, Sotheby’s and Corcoran — in early 2026 is any indication, the company is only getting bigger.
Its rapid growth through major acquisitions and brand awareness has raised concerns about its potential market dominance, and what that would mean for the industry. And a recent report from the Consumer Policy Center aims to address that.
Stephen Brobeck, CPC senior fellow and author of the report, analyzed transactions in five major cities — Boston, Washington D.C., Chicago, Austin and San Diego — from before and after the brokerage’s major acquisitions. It found that Compass now holds 30% to 39.5% of unit sales in these cities.
This is at least four times larger than that of the second-largest firm in four of the large cities, according to the report. The only exception is Austin, where the market share is 2.5 times larger.
Overall, Compass was recently named the top independent brokerage in the United States by sales volume for the fifth year in a row. It surpassed $262 billion in sales volume in 2025.
And prior to obtaining Anywhere Real Estate, the company also acquired Latter & Blum and Parks Real Estate in early 2024, as well as @properties and Christie’s international Real Estate in late 2024. These moves aided in major growth for the company, and the report suggests that further expansion of the company won’t be stopped due to weakening antitrust oversight.
“The concern is that the Compass share is not only very large but much larger than that of major competitors,” Brobeck said. “Compass is becoming so dominant in some local markets that consumers will feel both pressure and attraction to list and purchase properties through Compass agents.”
The report also highlights how Compass led all but five of the cities in double-ended sales — when the listing and buying agents were in the same brokerage — and “double-dipped” or dual agency sales, where one agent handles both sides of the transaction. About 20% to 42% of Compass sales in these markets fell into this category.
Compass’s new policy of offering 10% of a commission to a Compass agent for an internal referral has contributed to this, the report said.
It also said that the company’s widespread adoption of its private listing program, known as the Compass Private Exclusives Book, and its recent partnership with Redfin to exclusively display “coming soon” listings on the site also plays a role.
The report also comes after Compass dismissed its lawsuit against Zillow, where it challenged the platform’s Listing Access Standards Policy and its ability hide listings that haven’t been broadly marketed to the public.
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