Zillow
Sign in to saveZillow Group, Inc., or simply Zillow, is an American tech real-estate marketplace company that was founded in 2006 by co-executive chairmen Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, former Microsoft executives and founders of Microsoft spin-off Expedia; Spencer Rascoff, a co-founder of Hotwire.com; David Beitel, Zillow's current chief technology officer; and Kristin Acker, Zillow's current technology leadership advisor.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Zillow Group, Inc.
- Company.logo
- Zillow_logo.svgclass=skin-invert-image
- Company.logo_size
- 250px
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo used since 2019
- Company.image
- Seattle - Russell Investments Center 02.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters in Seattle
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.hq_location
- Russell Investments Center
- Company.hq_location_city
- Seattle, Washington
- Company.hq_location_country
- U.S.
- Company.num_employees
- 6,856 (2024)
- Company.industry
- Real estate
- Network service provider.child
- yes
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
ZG, Z- Industry
- Services-Business Services, NEC
- Exchange
- Nasdaq, Nasdaq
- State of incorporation
- WA
- Entity type
- operating
- Latest filing
- 8-K · 2026-06-03
via SEC EDGAR
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 2006
- Location
- Seattle, United States
- Status
- Active
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Expansion and growth
- 2015 to present
- Business model
- Acquisitions
- Services
- Buyer services
- Seller services
- Renter services
- Financing services
- Climate risk
- Zestimate
- Accuracy
- Controversy and lawsuits
- References
- External links
Zillow Group, Inc., or simply Zillow, is an American tech real-estate marketplace company that was founded in 2006 by co-executive chairmen Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, former Microsoft executives and founders of Microsoft spin-off Expedia; Spencer Rascoff, a co-founder of Hotwire.com; David Beitel, Zillow's current chief technology officer; and Kristin Acker, Zillow's current technology leadership advisor.
== History == === Early history === Rich Barton conceived of Zillow while at Microsoft, where he founded Expedia.com. Barton believed that a consumer-facing site could transform the real estate industry in the same way that Expedia had the travel industry. Barton told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "the web [had] been around for now 9 years or 10 years, but still I couldn't get pictures of homes and complete listings and prices and addresses." "We were trying to answer a simple question. What is that house worth? What should we offer if we wanted to buy it?"
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zillow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.