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Enter a year of production. The results use only published fees. Brokerages that do not print enough numbers are listed underneath, without a guessed total.

Formula and assumptions

  • Gross commission = deals per year × average sale price × commission rate.
  • Brokerage cost = company split (stopped at a published annual cap) + per-deal fees × deals + monthly fee × 12 + annual fee + post-cap fees on deals after the cap + other published plan charges, such as a capped royalty.
  • Commission kept = gross commission − brokerage cost.
  • Startup fees are shown separately and are not included in the annual cost.
  • MLS dues, association dues, lockbox fees, taxes, and revenue-share income are not included.
  • Transaction coordination is included only when the published per-deal total already includes it.
  • When two official pages disagree, both amounts are shown. They are not averaged.
  • One side per deal. The sale price and commission rate are the numbers above.
  • The comparison table on the home page uses 10 deals, $800,000, and 2.5%.

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Cheapest published cost first

Only brokerages with one computable total are ranked. 16 qualify.

United Realty Group

Brokerage cost $5,500·Commission kept $194,500

  • No company split is published. The model is a 100% or flat-fee plan, so the company split is $0.
  • Annual fee is not published and is not included.
  • Uses the published Silver plan: $550 per closed transaction and no monthly fee. Gold is $125 per month plus $125 per transaction and is not included.
  • The startup fee is one-time and is not included in the annual cost.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$5,500
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Startup fee, not included$0

Broker100

Brokerage cost $6,700·Commission kept $193,300

  • No company split percentage is published. The published per-transaction amount is used instead.
  • Annual fee is not published and is not included.
  • Uses the published $100 per month and $550 broker fee without transaction coordination. The with-coordination price of $950 is not included.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$5,500
  • Monthly fees for the year$1,200
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0

Premier Realty Associates

Brokerage cost $6,900·Commission kept $193,100

  • Per side: $495 or 10% of the commission, whichever is less, plus $195 E&O.
  • The homepage $690 example assumes the in-house TC is free. A paid TC at the published $395 is not included.
  • Monthly and annual fees are published as $0. Startup fee is not published and is not included.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$6,900
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0

REeBroker Group

Brokerage cost $7,000·Commission kept $193,000

  • Uses the published $500 flat plan plus $200 risk management on a standard purchase or sale side. Above $1 million, the published $100 and $20 per $100,000 are added.
  • The 92/8 plan with a $15,000 cap is not included. Dual agency and agent-owned multipliers are not included.
  • Monthly fee is published as $0 and startup fee is published as $0. Annual fee is not published and is not included.
  • The startup fee is one-time and is not included in the annual cost.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$7,000
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Startup fee, not included$0

CURB Realty Group

Brokerage cost $7,850·Commission kept $192,150

  • Standard sale: $595 plus $95 E&O plus $95 cloud storage per million dollars. At or below $1 million that is the published $785 total.
  • Personal transactions ($995 plus the same E&O and storage fees) are not included.
  • Monthly fee is published as $0. Annual and startup fees are not published and are not included.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$7,850
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0

Balboa Real Estate

Brokerage cost $8,000·Commission kept $192,000

  • Published fee is 0.1% of the sale price per transaction. Monthly, annual, startup, and E&O fees are published as none.
  • The fee article is still on the official site and is dated October 11, 2017. Confirm it with the brokerage before relying on it.
  • The startup fee is one-time and is not included in the annual cost.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$8,000
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Startup fee, not included$0

Alliance Bay Realty

Brokerage cost $8,440·Commission kept $191,560

  • Per closed side: $695 or 10% of the commission, whichever is less, plus the published $149 E&O fee.
  • Monthly, annual, and startup fees are published as $0. Optional transaction coordination is not included.
  • The startup fee is one-time and is not included in the annual cost.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$8,440
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Startup fee, not included$0

Realty ONE Group Summit

Brokerage cost $9,200·Commission kept $190,800

  • Published schedule: $200 per $250,000 of price. The sum of those transaction fees is capped at the published $15,000.
  • Monthly fee is $100. E&O and the annual fee are not published and are not included. The page says to see the ICA.
  • Transaction fees are under the $15,000 cap in this scenario.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$8,000
  • Monthly fees for the year$1,200
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0

Rise Realty

Brokerage cost $9,990·Commission kept $190,010

  • Uses the published RISE 100 Smart Scale schedule, per side. Premier ($595), Broker Associates ($495), and team ($495) plans are not included.
  • From $1.5 million, the published $150 E&O supplement is added for each $500,000 increment over $1.5 million.
  • Monthly, annual, and startup fees are published as $0.
  • The startup fee is one-time and is not included in the annual cost.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$9,990
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Startup fee, not included$0

Pinnacle Realty Advisors

Brokerage cost $10,495·Commission kept $189,505

  • No annual cap is published. The company split is applied to every deal.
  • The California page says the 95/5 split does not change and that there is no cap. Per-transaction, monthly, royalty, and desk fees are published as none. The $495 annual membership includes E&O.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$10,000
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$0
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$495
  • Post-cap fees$0

Fathom Realty

Brokerage cost $10,745·Commission kept $189,255

  • Uses the published Edge plan: 7% to a $9,000 residential cap (minimum $350 while under the cap), then $165 per sale, plus $35 E&O per sale and $75 per month.
  • Elevate (20% with no residential cap) is a published alternative and is not included.
  • The deal that reaches the cap pays only the remaining cap, not the $165 post-cap fee as well.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$9,000
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$350
  • Monthly fees for the year$900
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$495

Realty ONE Group Fox

Brokerage cost $11,000·Commission kept $189,000

  • Published schedule: $550 for the first $450,000, then $200 for every $200,000 after that, plus $125 per month.
  • E&O and the annual fee are not published and are not included. The page says to see the ICA.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$9,500
  • Monthly fees for the year$1,500
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0

Merge Brokerage

Brokerage cost $11,188·Commission kept $188,812

  • Uses the published Pro Agent plan: $99 per month plus $1,000 per closing.
  • Premier Agent ($495 per month and $0 brokerage fee per closing) is not included.
  • A transaction coordinator is required and is not included. Merge’s preferred TC is published at $495 per file.
  • The extra $600 on each of the first three transactions for agents who have never closed is not included.
  • Sale price is at or below $4,000,000, so the published luxury supplement is $0.
  • Annual fee is not published and is not included.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$10,000
  • Monthly fees for the year$1,188
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0

Pellego

Brokerage cost $12,520·Commission kept $187,480

  • Uses Agent Standard: $85 per month plus $1,150 per closing.
  • One closing fee covers a sale price up to $2,000,000 or a commission up to $50,000, then the fee repeats for each further band. The number of bands is the higher of those two counts.
  • Agent Business is not included. The extra $1,850 on each of the first five closings for agents with zero experience is not included.
  • California pass-through fees are not included. Annual fee is not published and is not included. Startup fee is published as $0.
  • The startup fee is one-time and is not included in the annual cost.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$11,500
  • Monthly fees for the year$1,020
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Startup fee, not included$0

Keller Williams California Premier

Brokerage cost $23,870·Commission kept $176,130

  • KW California Premier value book: 20% until an $18,000 cap, 6% royalty capped at $3,000, $125 broker audit on the first 30 transactions then $50, and $135 per month for E&O and tech.
  • The $1,450 upfront E&O option and the $600-on-the-first-three-deals option are not included. Coaching at 10% and the example $350 TC fee are not included.
  • The value book label says Updated 12/11 and does not give a year. Team agents are published at a $9,000 cap and are not used here.
  • The startup fee is one-time and is not included in the annual cost.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$18,000
  • Royalty or similar published charge$3,000
  • Per-deal fees$1,250
  • Monthly fees for the year$1,620
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Startup fee, not included$250

Keller Williams Coachella Valley

Brokerage cost $29,500·Commission kept $170,500

  • Keller Williams Coachella Valley FAQ: 30% to the market center until $25,000, plus a 6% royalty capped at $3,000, plus $125 per month.
  • The FAQ states the maximum from commission in 12 months is $28,000 ($25,000 cap plus the $3,000 royalty cap), before the monthly fee.
  • Anniversary-year caps vary by market center. This is not a national Keller Williams schedule. Annual fee is not published and is not included.
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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$25,000
  • Royalty or similar published charge$3,000
  • Per-deal fees$0
  • Monthly fees for the year$1,500
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0

Conflicting published figures

Both amounts are shown. They are not averaged, and they are not mixed into the ranking above.

Nexgen Realtors

The official page shows the reduced $200 fee starting after 5 sales and after 17 sales, without labeling which package is which. Both are shown and they are not averaged.

If the $200 fee starts after 5 sales

Brokerage cost $4,400

Commission kept $195,600

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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$3,750
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$650
  • Post-cap fees$0

If the $200 fee starts after 17 sales

Brokerage cost $6,150

Commission kept $193,850

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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$5,500
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$650
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Residential flat fee as published: $550 per deal, then $200, plus the $650 annual fee. Commercial 90/10 is not included.
  • Monthly fee is published as $0. Startup fee is not published and is not included.
  • E&O is described as included in the package.

Big Block Realty

Official Big Block pages disagree on the per-transaction charge: $165 E&O, or $185 E&O plus a $125 administrative fee. Both are shown and they are not averaged.

Big Block Executives page: $165 E&O per transaction

Brokerage cost $5,250

Commission kept $194,750

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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$1,650
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$3,600
  • Post-cap fees$0

Big Block Realty article: $185 E&O plus $125 admin

Brokerage cost $6,700

Commission kept $193,300

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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$3,100
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$3,600
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Both scenarios use the published $3,600 annual figure. Monthly payment options on the pages are ways to pay that annual amount, so a monthly fee is not added on top.
  • A $3,000 prepaid annual option is also published. It is not blended into these totals.

Ashby & Graff Real Estate

The April 3, 2026 help article publishes $145 E&O. An older careers page still lists $129. Both are shown and they are not averaged.

Help article E&O of $145, plus $999

Brokerage cost $11,440

Commission kept $188,560

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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$11,440
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Startup fee, not included$29

Older careers page E&O of $129, plus $999

Brokerage cost $11,280

Commission kept $188,720

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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$11,280
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Startup fee, not included$29
  • Uses the published Ace / base plan: no monthly fee and $999 per transaction, single agency.
  • Dual agency, agent-owned property, and the $25 or $150 monthly plans are not included.
  • Annual fee is not published and is not included.
  • The April 3, 2026 help article adds $75 E&O per $100,000 over $1,000,000. The older careers page does not publish that step, so the $129 figure is only applied on sales up to $1,000,000.
  • The startup fee is one-time and is not included in the annual cost.

HomeSmart Bay Area

HomeSmart Bay Area publishes both a monthly fee and an annual fee and says to confirm whether both apply. The homepage and FAQ also disagree on the transaction coordinator amount.

Homepage $1,600 per deal, plus $100/month and $1,000/year

Brokerage cost $18,200

Commission kept $181,800

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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$16,000
  • Monthly fees for the year$1,200
  • Annual fee$1,000
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Startup fee, not included$199

Homepage $1,600 per deal, plus $100/month only

Brokerage cost $17,200

Commission kept $182,800

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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$16,000
  • Monthly fees for the year$1,200
  • Annual fee$0
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Startup fee, not included$199

Homepage $1,600 per deal, plus $1,000/year only

Brokerage cost $17,000

Commission kept $183,000

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  • Gross commission$200,000
  • Company split$0
  • Royalty or similar published charge$0
  • Per-deal fees$16,000
  • Monthly fees for the year$0
  • Annual fee$1,000
  • Post-cap fees$0
  • Startup fee, not included$199
  • The homepage publishes $1,600 per deal ($1,000 plus $300 transaction coordinator plus $300 broker review), $100 per month, and $1,000 per year. It also says to confirm whether an agent pays both membership charges.
  • The FAQ says transaction coordinators typically range from $500 per side, which does not match the homepage’s $300 line. A replacement package total was not calculated from that sentence.
  • These three readings are not averaged.
  • The startup fee is one-time and is not included in the annual cost.

Not enough published data

A total would require a number the brokerage did not print. These are listed, not priced.

  • Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Century 21
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Christie's International Real Estate
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Coldwell Banker
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Compass
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Corcoran
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Douglas Elliman
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Engel & Völkers
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Epique Realty
    • A cap or post-cap fee is described, but the cap amount is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
  • EXIT Realty
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • eXp Realty
    • U.S. income disclosure: 80/20 until a $16,000 cap, $85 per month, and $25 broker review plus $60 risk management per transaction.
    • Join-exp FAQ: a $40 risk-management fee per transaction with a $500 annual cap. That page does not restate the $25 broker review, so it is not added to the FAQ scenario.
    • The two risk-management amounts are not averaged.
    • Startup fee is published at $149 and is not included in the annual cost.
    • This production level reaches the $16,000 cap, and a post-cap transaction-fee dollar amount is not published on the income disclosure. No annual total is shown, because filling in that fee would be a guess.
  • HomeSmart
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Keller Williams
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • LPT Realty
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • NB Elite Realty
    • Official pages print three residential starting fees ($249, $299, and $599). They are not averaged.
    • Membership is published as $350 per year or $39 per month, not both.
  • NextHome
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Professional Realty Services
    • The split is published as “up to 95/5,” not as a fixed split, so company dollars are not computed.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • RE/MAX
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Real (The Real Brokerage)
    • This production level reaches the published cap, and a single post-cap dollar fee is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
  • Realty ONE Group
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Redfin
    • The split is published as “up to 75/25,” not as a fixed split, so company dollars are not computed.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • Sotheby's International Realty
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • The Agency
    • A fixed commission split is not published.
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.
  • United Real Estate
    • The per-transaction fee is not published as a single dollar amount.
    • Monthly and annual fees are not published.