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Costar Group Executive Compensation (FY25)

CSGP · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Andrew Florance
Latest say-on-pay support
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June 23, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee

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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Andrew Florance: $37,393,960 → $36,431,936 (2.6% lower)
CEO pay ratio: 315:1 → 303:1 (3.8% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Costar Group's chief executive and what were they paid?
Andrew Florance, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, received $36,431,936 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $37,393,960 reported for fiscal 2024, Florance's total was 2.6% lower.
What was Costar Group's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 71.4% support at the meeting held June 23, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Costar Group's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Akamai Technologies, Inc., ANSYS, Inc., Autodesk, Inc., DocuSign, Inc. and Equifax Inc., among others.
What is Costar Group's chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 303:1, against median employee compensation of $120,170.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Andrew Florance
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Scott Wheeler
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Frank Simuro
Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Lisa Ruggles
Senior Vice President, Global Operations
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Frederick Saint
President, Marketplaces
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Andrew Florance
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Frank Simuro
Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Frederick Saint
President, Marketplaces
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Lisa Ruggles
Senior Vice President, Global Operations
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Christian Lown
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Scott Wheeler
Former Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Gene Boxer
ral Counsel and Corporate Secretary
———————— not reported
Michael Desmarais
Chief Human Resources Officer
———————— not reported
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Andrew Florance
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Frank Simuro
Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Frederick Saint
President, Marketplaces
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Christian Lown
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Lisa Ruggles
Senior Vice President, Global Operations
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Andrew C. FloranceOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Andrew C. FloranceRSU◇——◇——◇
Andrew C. FlorancePSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Andrew C. FloranceRSU◇——◇——◇
Christian M. LownRSU◇——◇——◇
Christian M. LownOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Christian M. LownPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Frank A. SimuroRSU◇——◇——◇
Frank A. SimuroPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Frank A. SimuroOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Frederick G. SaintOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Frederick G. SaintRSU◇——◇——◇
Frederick G. SaintPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Lisa C. RugglesPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Lisa C. RugglesOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Lisa C. RugglesRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2022, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Frank SimuroOption◇—◇2/13/2033
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/19/2035
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/21/2034
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Andrew FloranceOption◇—◇2/19/2035
Option◇—◇2/21/2034
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/13/2033
Lisa RugglesOption◇—◇2/13/2033
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/19/2035
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/21/2034
PSU◇◇——
Frederick SaintRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/19/2035
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/13/2033
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇2/21/2034
Christian LownOption◇—◇2/19/2035
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Christian Lown
Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Change-in-control base◇
Benefits continuation◇
Frank Simuro
Chief Technology Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance cash amount◇
Frederick Saint
President, Marketplaces · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance cash amount◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Lisa Ruggles
Senior Vice President, Global Operations · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance cash amount◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Louise S. Sams
Board chair
◇◇————◇
John W. Hill
◇◇————◇
Angelique G. Brunner
◇◇————◇
Robert W. Musslewhite
◇◇————◇
Rachel C. Glaser
◇◇————◇
John L. Berisford
◇◇————◇
Christine M. McCarthy
◇◇————◇
Christopher J. Nassetta
◇—————◇
Laura Cox Kaplan
◇—————◇
Michael R. Klein
◇—————◇
Andrew C. Florance served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM
  • ANSYS, Inc. ANSS
  • Autodesk, Inc. ADSK
  • DocuSign, Inc. DOCU
  • Equifax Inc. EFX
  • FactSet Research Systems, Inc. FDS
  • Fair Isaac Corporation FICO
  • Gartner, Inc. IT
  • MSCI Inc. MSCI
  • Paycom Software, Inc. PAYC
  • PTC Inc. PTC
  • TransUnion TRU
  • Tyler Technologies, Inc. TYL
  • VeriSign, Inc. VRSN
  • Verisk Analytics, Inc. VRSK
  • Workday, Inc. WDAY
  • Zillow Group, Inc. Z

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025June 23, 2026=◇◇◇
2024June 26, 2025=◇◇◇
2023June 6, 2024=◇◇◇
2022June 8, 2023=◇◇◇
2021June 9, 2022=◇◇◇
2020June 2, 2021=◇◇◇
2019June 3, 2020=◇◇◇
2018June 5, 2019=◇◇◇
2017June 6, 2018=◇◇◇
2016June 6, 2017=◇◇◇
2015June 9, 2016=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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332 figures on this page: 321 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.
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11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001057352-26-000048
  2. 0001193125-26-197205
    2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards · 2025 Non-Employee Director Compensation · 2025 Summary Compensation Table · CEO Pay Ratio · and 3 more sections
  3. 0001057352-25-000083
  4. 0001193125-25-107493
    2024 Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001057352-24-000074
  6. 0001057352-23-000091
  7. 0001193125-23-122453
    2022 Summary Compensation Table
  8. 0001057352-22-000075
  9. 0001057352-21-000074
  10. 0001057352-20-000084
  11. 0001057352-19-000058
  12. 0001057352-18-000074
  13. 0001057352-17-000039
  14. 0001057352-16-000136
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Peers Costar Group discloses

The companies named in CSGP's own disclosed peer group.

Akamai Technologies, Inc.ANSYS, Inc.Autodesk, Inc.DocuSign, Inc.Equifax Inc.FactSet Research Systems, Inc.Fair Isaac CorporationGartner, Inc.MSCI Inc.Paycom Software, Inc.PTC Inc.TransUnionTyler Technologies, Inc.VeriSign, Inc.Verisk Analytics, Inc.Workday, Inc.Zillow Group, Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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