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United States Compare Coldwell Banker vs Compass

Head to head · September 2026

Coldwell Banker vs Compass

Count taken September 5, 2026Page built September 5, 2026

Coldwell Banker had 69,763 agents with a published profile on September 5, 2026, in 51 states; Compass had 32,767 in 35. They meet in 35 states: Coldwell Banker has more agents in 30, Compass in 5.

These are agents each brand lists on its own public directory with a published email, counted person by person on the date shown; not licence counts, not the brand's own headcount claim, and not a measure of sales. A brand that lists fewer of its agents publicly counts lower here. How the counting works.

69,763Coldwell Banker agents
32,767Compass agents
35states where both operate
30 / 5states led by Coldwell Banker / Compass
241cities where both have agents

Coldwell Banker vs Compass by state

Every state where both brands list agents, ranked by the two counts combined. The lead column names the brand with more agents there.

StateColdwell BankerCompassLeads
California12,6508,022Coldwell Banker +4,628
Florida6,7283,115Coldwell Banker +3,613
Texas3,4423,303Coldwell Banker +139
New York2,6883,027Compass +339
New Jersey4,000786Coldwell Banker +3,214
Illinois2,8461,719Coldwell Banker +1,127
Pennsylvania3,1321,060Coldwell Banker +2,072
North Carolina3,124768Coldwell Banker +2,356
Massachusetts2,5421,206Coldwell Banker +1,336
Ohio2,6571Coldwell Banker +2,656
Colorado1,2891,192Coldwell Banker +97
Connecticut1,997380Coldwell Banker +1,617
Georgia1,927437Coldwell Banker +1,490
Washington1,327891Coldwell Banker +436
Tennessee6071,328Compass +721
Arizona1,267613Coldwell Banker +654
Minnesota1,635208Coldwell Banker +1,427
Maryland973788Coldwell Banker +185
Louisiana5061,062Compass +556
Missouri1,267270Coldwell Banker +997
Hawaii1,173305Coldwell Banker +868
Michigan1,3002Coldwell Banker +1,298
Virginia736528Coldwell Banker +208
Wisconsin920247Coldwell Banker +673
Indiana563152Coldwell Banker +411
New Hampshire54040Coldwell Banker +500
Nevada50539Coldwell Banker +466
Kansas285210Coldwell Banker +75
District of Columbia125364Compass +239
Kentucky4821Coldwell Banker +481
Delaware225255Compass +30
Idaho36656Coldwell Banker +310
Rhode Island222161Coldwell Banker +61
Mississippi3571Coldwell Banker +356
Wyoming11973Coldwell Banker +46

Coldwell Banker also has agents in 16 states where Compass has none.

Cities where both have agents

The 20 cities with the most agents between the two brands, of 241 where both are present.

CityColdwell BankerCompassLeads
New York, NY991,637Compass +1,538
Chicago, IL528962Compass +434
Austin, TX1491,179Compass +1,030
San Diego, CA495537Compass +42
Denver, CO157797Compass +640
San Francisco, CA230662Compass +432
Nashville, TN68814Compass +746
Los Angeles, CA219588Compass +369
Scottsdale, AZ180611Compass +431
Dallas, TX115654Compass +539
Atlanta, GA424333Coldwell Banker +91
Charlotte, NC351388Compass +37
Houston, TX181555Compass +374
Pittsburgh, PA64724Coldwell Banker +623
Raleigh, NC463197Coldwell Banker +266
Newport Beach, CA333301Coldwell Banker +32
Sarasota, FL506125Coldwell Banker +381
Miami, FL35530Compass +495
Beverly Hills, CA246312Compass +66
Boca Raton, FL167389Compass +222

Agents with their own website

17.0% of the 69,763 checked Coldwell Banker agents have a website of their own; website ownership is not measured for Compass (national figure 7.2%). An agent's own site is one sign of how much of their business they carry with them.

What each publishes about commission

Coldwell Banker publishes no single compensation model: Set by each franchisee. The split, cap and fees are agreed with the office you join, so use the calculator with the numbers that office gives you.

Compass publishes no single compensation model: Negotiated per agent; not published. The split, cap and fees are agreed with the office you join, so use the calculator with the numbers that office gives you.

Run your own numbers in the commission calculator.

Where the data comes from

Counted from Coldwell Banker's and Compass' own public agent directories on September 5, 2026; an agent is included once, with a published email, under the brand whose directory lists them. The rows these counts are summed from, one per agent with a published email, are sold by usrealtorlist.com; for California, the state where the two brands have the most agents between them, that is the California realtor email list. No agent is named on this page.

More comparisons

Coldwell Banker against others: Keller Williams · RE/MAX · Century 21 · Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices · Real Brokerage · HomeSmart · LPT Realty · ERA. Compass against others: Keller Williams · RE/MAX · Century 21 · Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices · Real Brokerage · HomeSmart · LPT Realty · ERA. All comparisons.

Questions this page answers

Is Coldwell Banker bigger than Compass?
By agents with a published profile in September 2026, Coldwell Banker is larger: 69,763 against 32,767, 2.1 times as many. Both figures count only agents the brand lists publicly with an email, so they understate any brand that lists fewer of its people.
Where does Compass have more agents than Coldwell Banker?
In 5 of the 35 states they share, led by New York (3,027 to 2,688), Tennessee (1,328 to 607) and Louisiana (1,062 to 506).
Which pays agents more, Coldwell Banker or Compass?
Neither publishes a national plan; both set splits and caps office by office. Put the two offers you actually receive into the calculator.

Cite this page

Realty Census (2026). Coldwell Banker vs Compass: 69,763 against 32,767 agents, 35 shared states. Count dated 2026-09-05. https://realtycensus.com/compare/coldwell-banker-vs-compass/