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Largest Classifieds Public Companies in Australia
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
REA Group, carsales.com, Seek, Frontier Digital Ventures and Rent.com.au.
 | REA Group is a technology company operating in the real estate sector. REA Group’s primary business is an online listings platform for residential real estate, www.realestate.com.au, which is the largest residential real estate listings platform in Australia, at around 4 times the size of number two, www.domain.com.au. REA Group is majority-owned by News Corp. REA Group’s other businesses include adjacent markets and services, and investments in online listings platforms in India. | $113 | -34% | $15B | $15B | 10.5x | 19.1x | ||
| Car Group is a globally diversified group of online marketplaces for auto and nonauto vehicles. The group’s primary business is its Australian online marketplace for automotive, www.carsales.com.au., which is the dominant online automotive marketplace in Australia, at around nine times total time spent compared with its nearest competitor. Car Group also owns and operates businesses in various geographic, category and product adjacencies, including online marketplaces for automotive in South Korea and Latin America, nonautomotive online marketplaces in Australia and the United States, and data businesses. | $19 | -27% | $7B | $8B | 9.8x | 18.3x | ||
| Seek is a technology company operating in the employment segment. Seek’s primary business is an online marketplace for employment, www.seek.com.au, which is the largest online marketplace for employment in Australia and New Zealand. Seek also owns and operates employment listings platforms in Southeast Asia and owns a stake in an investment business in employment listings platforms and other employment-related businesses. | $9 | -45% | $3B | $4B | 5.3x | 10.9x | ||
| Frontier Digital Ventures Ltd owner and operator of online classifieds marketplaces (Operating Companies) in fast-growing emerging regions. Currently, FDV operates across three regional businesses 360 LATAM, MENA Marketplaces Group, and FDV Asia. FDV works alongside local management teams across property, automotive, and general classifieds, providing strategic oversight and operational guidance. Its segments are Autodeal, Avito, CarsDB, Encuentra24, Fincaraiz, Hoppler, iMyanmarhouse, Infocasas, LankaPropertyWeb, Meqasa, Moteur, Propert03-31-2025 ypro, Tayara, Yapo, LATAM corporate cost, and Corporate. | $0 | +63% | $106M | $99M | 2.5x | 15.4x | ||
| Rent.com.au Ltd is a rental property website providing a single marketplace for renters, property agents, and non-agent landlords. It accepts enquiries from all listers of rental properties, including real estate agents, private landlords, property managers, builders, developers, retirement services, and universities. The firm is organized into two operating segments being Rent.com.au and RentPay. It drives maximum revenue from the Rent.com.au segment. | $0 | +156% | $53M | $51M | 22.0x | (28.6x) | ||
| Gumtree Australia Markets Ltd is a group of businesses operating in the digital marketplace sector. The Group operates across two key business segments: Classifieds and Capital Markets. | $0 | +23% | $25M | $49M | 0.9x | 11.5x | ||
| RMA Global Ltd provides an online marketing platform for real estate agents. It offers RateMyAgent which is an online real estate review, ratings, and statistics platform, and Property Tycoon which is a real estate auction tipping app. The company operates across sales, leasing, and mortgage broking across the United States of America, Australia, and New Zealand. Geographically, it derives key revenue from its business in Australia. | $0 | +12% | $15M | $13M | 0.9x | (14.9x) | ||
| Median | $0 | +12% | $106M | $99M | 5.3x | 11.5x |
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