Compass vs Douglas Elliman

Last verified: 2026-10-20

Both own their brokerages, report principal agents and sell into high-price markets. Compass now also runs Anywhere’s franchise brands.

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Wins when: you want national reach, owned luxury brands and an in-house tech platform.

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Wins when: you work a high-price market in its footprint: average sale $1.86 million in 2025.

Side by side

Item	Compass	Douglas Elliman
Agents	About 37,000 (21,190 principal)	About 5,800 (4,492 principal)
Transactions 2025	250,360	21,338
Gross transaction value 2025	$267.0 billion	$39.8 billion
FY2025 revenue	$6,961.6M	$1,033.1M
Net 2025	−$58.5M	$14.3M (incl. noncontrolling interests)
Franchising	Yes, after Anywhere	No

Financials are fiscal 2025, from each company’s annual filing. Corporate events are from 2026 filings. All read 2026-10-20. Neither firm is scored.

Last verified 2026-10-20. Figures were re-read from the linked sources that day.

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Compass, Inc., Form 10-K for FY2025 (filed 2026-02-27) · accessed 2026-10-20
Compass, Inc., Form 8-K, completion of Anywhere merger (filed 2026-01-09) · accessed 2026-10-20
Anywhere Real Estate Inc., Form 25-NSE (filed 2026-01-09) · accessed 2026-10-20
SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts (revenue and net income as tagged in each annual filing) · accessed 2026-10-20
Douglas Elliman Inc., Form 10-K for FY2025 (filed 2026-03-16) · accessed 2026-10-20