Rosen Consulting Group

What Rosen Consulting Group does

Rosen Consulting Group (RCG) is a real estate economics consulting firm founded in 1990 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, with an additional office in New York. The firm provides strategic consulting, investment analytics, market assessments, forecasting, and advisory services to a client base composed of leading banks, insurance companies, institutional investors, and public and private real estate operators. Ken Rosen serves as Chairman and Randall Sakamoto as President; the firm is privately held, has no disclosed external funding rounds, and employs between 11 and 50 professionals.

The firm's offerings are anchored by RCG Value Adding Solutions, a bespoke consulting engagement line, and RCG Reports, a research product available via subscription and individual purchase. The publications catalog includes the U.S. Outlook Report, Market Spotlights (covering 75 metropolitan areas), the Economic Perspective, and the California Monitor, supported by RCG Tools and the RCG Data Extraction Tool. Underpinning the research products is a proprietary forecasting model that spans 75 U.S. metropolitan markets, which functions as the firm's central data asset and differentiates its market intelligence from generic third-party real estate data providers.

RCG operates a hybrid revenue model combining project-based consulting fees, recurring subscription revenue from RCG Reports, and individual report sales. The institutional client base spans financial services, insurance, investment management, and real estate operators. In 2024, the firm adopted the Andersen brand, a strategic repositioning intended to extend visibility and distribution within the wider real estate advisory landscape. The firm does not disclose AI/ML capabilities, proprietary patents, or quantified revenue figures.

Name

Rosen Consulting Group

Legal name

Rosen Consulting Group

Website

https://rosenconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rosen Consulting Group is a Berkeley, California-based real estate economics consulting firm founded in 1990, serving banks, insurance companies, institutional investors, and real estate operators with strategic consulting, proprietary forecasting, and market intelligence spanning 75 U.S. metros.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Economics Consulting

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Investment Advisory (Acquisitions/Dispositions, Capital Allocation) (BPAJANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate Strategy & Portfolio Consulting (Corporate/Institutional) (BPAJANAB), Real Estate Advisory & Consulting (Strategy, Portfolio & Location) (FSAEAJAH)

Keywords

• Real estate economics consulting
• Investment analytics
• Market forecasting
• Strategic advisory
• Capital markets research

Headquarters

HQ city

Berkeley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription Reports: Quarterly and monthly research reports covering economy, capital markets, and real estate markets available on subscription basis.
2. Individual Report Purchases: Reports may be purchased on an individual basis according to client needs.
3. Strategic Consulting Services: Ad hoc consulting assignments for specific strategic investment decisions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Rosen Consulting Group provides strategic consulting and proprietary real estate economics research to institutional clients, including subscription-based reports, ad hoc strategic consulting assignments, and interactive training. Its product suite covers national and regional economic forecasts, real estate market analysis across 75 U.S. metropolitan areas, and analytical tools such as the RCG Data Extraction Tool for scenario analysis.

Product overview

Rosen Consulting Group offers a unified consulting and research platform centered on real estate economics intelligence. The portfolio consists of RCG Value Adding Solutions (strategic consulting engagements), RCG Reports (subscription-based market research publications including U.S. Outlook Report, Market Spotlights covering 75 U.S. metropolitan areas, Economic Perspective, and California Monitor), and RCG Tools (analytical tools including the RCG Data Extraction Tool for downloading economic and real estate data). Reports are available via client portal subscription or individual purchase.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AndersenflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerRosen Consulting Group has adopted the Andersen brand. This is a significant brand transition that expands multidisciplinary expertise, combining RCG's real estate economics consulting with Andersen's broader capabilities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Green Street Advisors: Green Street is the closest direct peer to RCG: an independent research and advisory firm covering commercial real estate for institutional investors, public REITs, and lenders. Both firms monetize through subscriptions to forecasts/reports and bespoke consulting — making Green Street the cleanest comparable on product, customer, and business model.
• Newmark Group (Research): Newmark offers capital markets advisory alongside a dedicated research function producing CRE market intelligence for institutional clients. Its combination of advisory mandates and research output makes it a meaningful direct competitor to RCG's consulting-plus-research model.
• Eastdil Secured: Eastdil Secured provides investment banking and real estate capital markets advisory with proprietary research that informs underwriting for institutional clients. Its combination of CRE advisory and research-driven analysis closely parallels RCG's strategic consulting model for similar institutional buyer/seller counterparties.
• Marcus & Millichap (Institutional Property Advisors): Marcus & Millichap operates an institutional advisory arm (IPA) that delivers research-driven investment sales and capital markets advisory to large investors. Its institutional research and investment-strategy advisory directly parallels RCG's RCG Value Adding Solutions offering.
• Walker & Dunlop (Investment Sales / Capital Markets): Walker & Dunlop combines CRE investment sales, capital markets advisory, and research-driven market intelligence for institutional and government-sponsored enterprise clients. Its research plus advisory bundled model is comparable to RCG's integrated offering.

Broad incumbents

• CBRE (CBRE Econometric Advisors / CBRE Research): CBRE operates a global research and forecasting arm (formerly CBRE Econometric Advisors) that produces market outlooks for institutional CRE investors. While embedded inside the world's largest CRE services platform, its research/advisory product directly competes with RCG's Market Spotlight and U.S. Outlook Report offering, targeting many of the same institutional clients.
• JLL (JLL Capital Markets Research): JLL's research division publishes proprietary CRE market forecasts, investment outlooks, and bespoke consulting for institutional clients. It is a broad incumbent that competes with RCG in delivering real estate economics intelligence to banks, insurers, and institutional investors.
• Cushman & Wakefield (Research): Cushman & Wakefield's global research team produces market forecasts and bespoke advisory outputs for institutional real estate participants. Notably, RCG's President Randall Sakamoto was formerly Assistant Director at Cushman & Wakefield — underscoring the direct functional overlap of these research teams.
• CoStar Group: CoStar is the largest CRE data and analytics platform and has been steadily moving into research and advisory adjacencies (Loopnet, Apartments.com, Matterport). RCG's President previously worked at CoStar Group, signaling direct talent mobility between the firms and a partial overlap of data-driven research products for institutional investors.

Emerging players

• Real Capital Analytics (MSCI): Real Capital Analytics (now part of MSCI) provides CRE transaction intelligence and analytics to institutional investors — overlapping with RCG's data extraction and market sizing tools. It is an emerging data-platform peer that increasingly competes for the same institutional spend on CRE market intelligence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RosenConsulting

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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