As head of the industry’s largest brokerage, Reffkin’s power and influence significantly deepened in 2025 and are poised to expand even further in 2026. Its early 2025 acquisition of At World Properties gave Compass a significant franchise operation with Christie’s International Real Estate. Now, its newly completed acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate — the US’s largest real estate enterprise, comprising company-owned and franchised offices — creates the biggest brokerage company in the industry’s history.

The combined Compass-Anywhere numbers are staggering: 1.2 million in US sides, and approximately $750 billion in annual US sales volume at company-owned and franchised offices (using 2024 numbers, the latest audited data available).

With that scale, Reffkin wields considerable influence and market power, which he is positioning Compass to leverage.

Amid this growth, Reffkin achieved significant results for the company in 2025, including:

• Securing the firm’s first-ever profitable quarter as a public company with $20.8 million in the second quarter
• Reporting record organic growth in agent count in the third quarter with 851 new agents
• Achieving record agent usage of Compass’s homegrown tech platform in the third quarter

Reffkin’s efforts went well beyond consolidation in 2025. He went all-in with his firm’s three-phased marketing strategy, a move to leverage Compass’ market share to gain more business and attract agents by offering exclusive inventory. In addition to its significant industry and consumer messaging, Compass is currently in high-profile lawsuits against Zillow Group and Northwest MLS as it aims to maximize this strategy.

Reffkin has evangelized an ambitious, dreamy vision for Compass’s future for years. In 2025, that bold messaging took a big leap toward reality. He has guided his firm to amazing heights and is shooting higher, with 2026 already on track to be his biggest year yet.

The steps he has helped his company take in 2025 and into 2026 are bringing his vision closer to reality. This achievement, and ongoing dominance, makes Reffkin the industry’s most powerful leader.