8.6.5.4Vertical

RE Consulting Firms

Real estate consulting practices providing broad advisory services.

Market snapshot

These figures describe Real Estate Consulting & Advisory (8.6.5), the segment that RE Consulting Firms sits within — not RE Consulting Firms on its own.

Market size
~$26B
Growth
~8.8%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
Companies
~21,900
FragmentationFragmentedEstimate

U.S. Census Bureau 2022 CBP/Economic Census, NAICS 531390 (other activities related to real estate) — consulting, fiduciary, escrow, and other real-estate-related services.

Business model & economics

Revenue model

Advisory, research, and real-estate-service fees

Key economics

Recurring revenue
Moderate

recurring research and advisory relationships

EBITDA margin
Professional- and data-services economics
Capex intensity
Low

Characteristics

  • Investment/transaction advisory, research, and feasibility.
  • Driven by real-estate decision complexity.
  • Intertwined with CRE-services and data platforms.

M&A deal context

Deal activityModerate

Who’s acquiring

  • CRE-services advisory platforms
  • Specialist consultancies & data firms
  • PE-backed platforms

What’s driving deals

  • Advisory-platform consolidation.
  • Capital-markets and decision-support demand.
  • Data and research integration.

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