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Need a Walkthrough of Top Resources?
- Guthrie Center for Real Estate Research
Research resources from the Guthrie Center at Kellogg, including CoStar, LoopNet, and Accruent.
- Kellogg Research Support Datasets This link opens in a new windowThe Research Support team at Kellogg enables and accelerates the academic research being pursued by faculty and PhD students. Click "Filter by Topic" and check the Real Estate box to see real estate resources.For more information please contact Research Support. Please note that access to the Research Support Databases expires immediately after graduation.
Building a List of Real Estate Firms
- PrivCo This link opens in a new window
PrivCo is a proprietary database that sources info on private company financial data for more than 800,000 U.S. companies. Keyword search for Minority-led, Women-led, Family-owned, and B Corporation Certified businesses. PrivCo's focus is on companies that are earning at least $1 million in annual revenue or have at least $1 million in venture capital backing. Also includes info on investors.
NOTE: You must use GlobalProtect VPN to access the database if you are connecting from off-campus.
- Create your own account using your Kellogg email address. SSO not available for this resource.
- PrivCo Use Agreement: PrivCo is for academic and career research purposes only.
- S&P Capital IQ Pro - Global Market Intelligence This link opens in a new window
Deep sector and private company data, broad global company coverage, news, and supply chain intelligence. Covers over 1000 real estate companies across 45 countries and 100K+ properties and locations. Click the News tab for latest industry news coverage, including financial, real estate, PE, healthcare, energy, tech & retail.
NOTE: You must use GlobalProtect VPN to access the database if you are connecting from off-campus.
- Use your Capital IQ login to access. SSO is not available for this resource.
- Capital IQ is available ONLY to Kellogg students, faculty and staff with an active Kellogg email address.
- S&P Capital IQ Pro Use Agreement: S&P Capital IQ Pro is for academic and career research purposes only.
To find a list of real estate companies by type and location, choose advanced search and apply filters.
- PitchBook This link opens in a new window
PitchBook tracks startups, public and private equity markets, including venture capital, private equity, real estate, and M&A. Includes contact information. See the Research Center under Library on the left menu for private company, industry, and technology research reports from PitchBook's analysts.
NOTE: You must use GlobalProtect VPN to access the database if you are connecting from off-campus.
- Create an account using your Kellogg email address. SSO not available for this resource.
- Please note that PitchBook accounts expire annually in June. Go through the steps to create your account again using your Kellogg email address and your account will be restored.
- PitchBook Use Agreement: A User may only use PitchBook internally for academic, educational, and scholarly use, must limit that use to what is allowed under this Agreement, and may not permit anyone else (including, without limitation, other employees, students or faculty of Subscriber) to use their user name or password to access/use the Site or any Services.
PitchBook FAQs and Glossary
Watch a brief
on how to find alumni
Watch a brief on how to build a target list of private equity or venture capital firms
Watch a brief on how to build a target list of startups
- CB Insights This link opens in a new window
PE, VC, and angel investment database that tracks startups, their investors, and trends and research for the industries they compete in. Offers Expert Collections, analyst-curated lists that highlight the companies you need to know in the most important technology spaces, such as Health Tech, AI, Aerospace & Space Tech, Fintech, Renewable Energy, and many more.
NOTE: You must use GlobalProtect VPN to access the database if you are connecting from off-campus.
- Create your own account using your Kellogg email address. SSO is not available for this resource.
- Please note that CB Insights accounts must be renewed after one year. If your account expires, please email CB Insights directly at university@cbinsights.com
- CB Insights Use Agreement: CB Insights is for academic and career research purposes only.
Watch a brief database overview
- CB Insights: Real Estate Tech Expert CollectionYou must first create your CB Insights account to access.
Real Estate Company Rankings
- PERE’s Top 200 Private Real Estate Firms 2024The world's largest private real estate firms. Register for a free account to view. Read up to ten free articles with the free account.
- PERE 100 ListThe world's largest private real estate firms. Register for a free account to view. Read up to ten free articles with the free account.
More Ideas for Your Target List
- American City Business Journals This link opens in a new window
Local business and industry news access to all 45 of the Business Journal markets around the country. Includes Book of Lists for each city. Chicago and New York available in print at the CMC Library. CSV download of lists is not included in this subscription.
NOTE: Milwaukee is the home/default city for ACBJ. Use the "Select a City" option after registering to switch markets.
Register for your account with your Kellogg email address or Kellogg alumni email address.
Watch a brief on using the resource to access business news and the Book of Lists.
