Zoopla
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| Public | |
| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Internet, real estate |
| Founded | January 2008 |
| Founder |
Alex Chesterman Simon Kain |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Mike Evans, Chairman Alex Chesterman, CEO |
| Services | Property search and research |
| Revenue | £107.6 million (2015) |
| £34.6 million (2015) | |
| £25.4 million (2015) | |
| Owner | Daily Mail and General Trust, Countrywide |
| Website | www.zoopla.co.uk |
Zoopla (Zoopla PLC) is a British property website covering the residential property market, partially owned by Daily Mail and General Trust and estate agent Countrywide. Zoopla focuses on providing users with access to information such as sold house prices, area trends & statistics and current value estimates for domestic properties in the UK. Zoopla PLC is listed on the and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The Group was founded in 2007 and the Zoopla website was launched in January 2008 by Alex Chesterman, who also founded ScreenSelect (later LoveFilm) and Simon Kain, LoveFilm CTO. It was backed by Accomplice, Octopus Ventures and other investors.
In July 2009, Zoopla acquired property website Thinkproperty.com from the Guardian Media Group.
In August 2009, Zoopla acquired the PropertyFinder Group, consisting of the websites Propertyfinder.com, Hotproperty.co.uk and UK Property Shop, with combined annual revenues of £7M, from prior owners the REA Group and News International for an undisclosed sum.
In January 2011 Zoopla acquired historic database of UK house prices HousePrices.co.uk.
In October 2011 Zoopla and Digital Property Group, the subsidiary of A&N Media, which operates property websites Primelocation.com, Globrix.com and FindaProperty.com, merged their respective businesses and in May 2012, Zoopla acquired property information website UpMyStreet.com. In June 2012 it formed Zoopla Property Group Ltd.
In December 2012, Zoopla acquired property information website Globrix.com.
In Spring 2013, Stephen Morana, formerly of Betfair Group Plc, was appointed new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Zoopla's biggest shareholder, the Daily Mail and General Trust floated Zoopla on the in June 2014.
In June 2015, Zoopla bought the price comparison website uSwitch.
In July 2016 it was revealed that Zoopla's CEO was one of the businessmen behind a controversial legal challenge to the EU referendum result.
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