Domain Group

Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (or simply Domain or Domain Group) is an Australian digital property portal and associated real-estate industry business. It is best known for its real-estate website domain.com.au, and also owns the brands commercialrealestate.com.au and allhomes.com.au. The company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fairfax Media from 1999 until November 2017, when Domain was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange as a public company, although Fairfax Media (now Nine Entertainment) retained a 60% ownership of shares. In May 2025, CoStar Group entered an agreement to acquire the company.

Domain Holdings Australia Ltd

Trade name	Domain Group
Company type	Public company
Traded as	ASX: DHG
Industry	Real estate
Founded	1999
Headquarters	100 Harris Street, Pyrmont , Australia
Key people	Jason Pellegrino[1] (CEO)
Brands	domain.com.au commercialrealestate.com.au allhomes.com.au pricefinder.com.au
Revenue	A$289.6 million (2021)[2]
Owners	Nine Entertainment (60%) CoStar Group (20%)
Number of employees	900+
Website	domain.com.au

History

The company was founded by Fairfax Media, when the publisher branded their real-estate sections in print with the Domain brand and first established an online presence in 1999.^[3]

In February 2015, the Australian Financial Review published an article highlighting Credit Suisse analyst expectations of a likely float of the Domain Group in the future, and attributed an AUD $1.3 billion valuation to the group.^[4] On 21 February 2017 trading in Fairfax shares was suspended^[5] until half yearly results and an announcement of intent to turn Domain into a listed entity were announced.^[6] Domain Group was widely seen to "prop up" Fairfax revenues, as the company's publishing divisions were struggling.^[7][8] Domain began trading on the Australian Securities Exchange on 16 November 2017.^[9][10]

Having acquired a 20% shareholding in Domain, CoStar Group launched a takeover offer in February 2025.^[11][12] In May 2025, CoStar entered an agreement to acquire 100% of the company for A$3 billion.^[13]

Portfolio

The Domain Group is best known for its real-estate portal domain.com.au, which is Australia's second largest real-estate marketing business, with 90% market penetration.^[14] It competes directly with market leader REA Group, running real-estate.com.au, which is majority-owned by Nine rival News Corp Australia.^[15][16]

As of August 2023, the Domain Group consists of a portfolio of businesses^[17] including but not limited to:

• The Domain (domain.com.au) and Allhomes (allhomes.com.au) residential property listings portals
• The Commercial Real Estate commercial property portal (commercialrealestate.com.au)
• Domain Media media agency (domainmedia.com.au)
• Domain Review, Domain and Domain Prestige magazines
• Pricefinder, a property data business whose products focus on modelling projected values of real estate for investors, agents and financial institutions
• RealTime Agent point of sale platform
• Homepass estate agent CRM

Cricket sponsorship

In June 2018, Domain Group were announced as platinum partner^[18] of the Australian men's cricket team.^[19] Under the deal, Domain became the presenting partner of men's test cricket over four years, which included the Ashes, and became the official real estate partner of Cricket Australia.^[20]