Real Estate Almanac

Franchise 20 – Transaction Sides

This section of the Franchise 20 ranks the US’s 20 largest real estate franchise brands by full-year 2024 transaction sides. The ranking considers the production of brokerages affiliated with each franchise brand.
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Franchise 20 - Transaction Sides

The 18 largest real estate franchise brands by full-year 2024 US transaction sides are presented below. The data for two companies ranked in the top 20 are not displayed (see a full list of companies not considered for display here). The ranking considers the production of brokerages affiliated with each franchise brand. In some cases, production includes a nominal amount of commercial activity, which does not appreciably affect volumes or any rankings.

Rank
Franchise Name and Details
2024 Transaction Sides
1
Rank
Austin, TX
Transaction Sides: 828,875
YoY Sides Change: -2.5%
Sales Volume: $370.8B
Agent Count: 145,042
2024 Transaction Sides
828,875
2
Rank
Denver, CO
Transaction Sides: 597,770
YoY Sides Change: -2.9%
Sales Volume: $239.2B
Agent Count: 51,286
2024 Transaction Sides
597,770
3
Rank
Madison, NJ
Transaction Sides: 460,374
YoY Sides Change: -3.1%
Sales Volume: $238.9B
Agent Count: 83,923
2024 Transaction Sides
460,374
4
Rank
Irvine, CA
Transaction Sides: 239,787
YoY Sides Change: -4.1%
Sales Volume: $123.2B
Agent Count: 44,723
2024 Transaction Sides
239,787
5
Rank
Madison, NJ
Transaction Sides: 219,329
YoY Sides Change: -6.0%
Sales Volume: $80.2B
Agent Count: 43,941
2024 Transaction Sides
219,329
6
Rank
Madison, NJ
Transaction Sides: 117,860
YoY Sides Change: 4.7%
Sales Volume: $136.5B
Agent Count: 21,817
2024 Transaction Sides
117,860
7
Rank
Laguna Niguel, CA
Transaction Sides: 95,181
YoY Sides Change: 8.1%
Sales Volume: $38.3B
Agent Count: 20,064
2024 Transaction Sides
95,181
8
Rank
Pittsburgh, PA
Transaction Sides: 73,294
YoY Sides Change: -5.0%
Sales Volume: $24.8B
Agent Count: 9,606
2024 Transaction Sides
73,294
9
Rank
Madison, NJ
Transaction Sides: 70,092
YoY Sides Change: -2.6%
Sales Volume: $24.5B
Agent Count: 11,779
2024 Transaction Sides
70,092
10
Rank
Mississauga, Ontario
Transaction Sides: 68,430
YoY Sides Change: -13.2%
Sales Volume: $21.5B
Agent Count: 20,868
2024 Transaction Sides
68,430
11
Rank
Dallas, TX
Transaction Sides: 68,286
YoY Sides Change: 11.2%
Sales Volume: $28.8B
Agent Count: 21,330
2024 Transaction Sides
68,286
12
Rank
Scottsdale, AZ
Transaction Sides: 64,500
YoY Sides Change: -9.2%
Sales Volume: $31.0B
Agent Count: 25,000
2024 Transaction Sides
64,500
13
Rank
Morris Plains, NJ
Transaction Sides: 61,900
YoY Sides Change: -17.7%
Sales Volume: $29.0B
Agent Count: 12,000
2024 Transaction Sides
61,900
18
Rank
Pleasanton, CA
Transaction Sides: 27,109
YoY Sides Change: 4.3%
Sales Volume: $10.0B
Agent Count: 5,106
2024 Transaction Sides
27,109
19
Rank
New York, NY
Transaction Sides: 21,269
YoY Sides Change: 3.8%
Sales Volume: $17.0B
Agent Count: 5,990
2024 Transaction Sides
21,269
20
Rank
Bellevue, WA
Transaction Sides: 20,017
YoY Sides Change: 0.5%
Sales Volume: $13.3B
Agent Count: 2,817
2024 Transaction Sides
20,017

Footnotes

* Company provided partial data or elected not to provide any data. Additional research and analysis was conducted to estimate the data. Data estimates may differ from the actual data.

1. Compass data includes brokerage production from At World Properties, which it acquired in January 2025. It excludes data from Christie’s International Real Estate Sereno, which became independently owned and operated in January 2025.

2. Majestic Realty Collective includes a group of large Sotheby’s International Realty affiliates.

3. Peerage Realty Partners is based on Toronto, Ontario, but has a controlling stake in numerous US brokerages. Only its US production is presented in the Mega 1000.