Kentucky Realtors

What Kentucky Realtors does

Kentucky REALTORS® is a state-level trade association headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, founded in 1922 and chartered by the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) in 1923. It represents more than 12,700-13,000 licensed real estate brokers and sales agents across the Commonwealth of Kentucky, serving as "The Voice for Real Estate in Kentucky." Members are onboarded through 16 chartered local boards and associations, which grant automatic dual membership in Kentucky Realtors and NAR. The organization is governed by an elected board with a 2026 leadership slate including President Ann Elizabeth Delahanty and CEO Josh Summers, and operates with a small staff of 1-10 employees.

The core product is the membership itself, bundled with a multi-service benefit stack: advocacy and lobbying at the state capitol in Frankfort and with local agencies, pre-licensing and continuing education through the wholly-owned Kentucky REALTOR Institute (KRI) subsidiary, professional standards enforcement (ethics complaints, arbitration, ombudsman), Legal Hotline access for broker members, a Tech Helpline, market statistics, the KYR Leadership Academy, the Young Professionals Network (YPN), REALTORS Relief Foundation disaster assistance, and health benefits via a Decisely partnership. The organization also runs an annual events portfolio including the KYR Real Estate Summit, Annual Convention & Expo, Summer Meeting, and Legislative Meetings. No proprietary technology platform or software product is disclosed; the digital surface is limited to a website, published market stats, and a Google Looker Studio–based Purchasing Power Calculator.

Revenue is generated through recurring annual membership dues plus education fees from KRI, with pricing not publicly disclosed. The operating geography is exclusively Kentucky (Southeast U.S.), and there is no parent company, no external equity investment, and no M&A activity. Strategic activity is concentrated in deepening the member benefit ecosystem (Decisely health, Tech Helpline, KYR Leadership Academy, YPN) and maintaining regulatory influence through the Kentucky REALTORS Political Action Committee (RPAC).

Name

Kentucky Realtors

Legal name

Kentucky REALTORS®

Website

https://kyrealtors.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kentucky REALTORS® is a Lexington-based trade association, founded in 1922 and NAR-chartered, representing 12,700+ licensed Kentucky real estate brokers and agents through 16 local boards with advocacy, education, professional standards, and member benefits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lexington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Kentucky Realtors generates revenue through membership dues and fees collected from REALTORS across Kentucky. Members gain access to advocacy services, education programs, professional standards, market statistics, tech helpline, health benefits, legal hotline, and networking opportunities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kentucky Realtors is a state-level trade association for Kentucky real estate professionals, providing membership-based advocacy, education, professional standards, legal and technology support, market statistics, health benefits access, and networking. Members join through local REALTOR associations and receive affiliated access to Kentucky Realtors and the National Association of REALTORS.

Product overview

Kentucky REALTORS® is a trade association serving as 'The Voice for Real Estate' in Kentucky with over 13,000 members. The organization offers a suite of member services including Tech Helpline for technical support, Legal Hotline for broker legal assistance, Health Benefits Center (via Decisely), Market Stats for real estate data, and KYR Leadership Academy for professional development. The Kentucky REALTOR® Institute (KRI) provides gold-standard education and licensing courses. The association also supports Young Professionals Network (YPN) for emerging real estate professionals, along with advocacy, networking, and professional standards services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kentucky REALTORS® Membership
• Kentucky REALTOR® Institute (KRI)
• Tech Helpline
• KYR Leadership Academy
• Health Benefits Center
• Legal Hotline
• Market Stats

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 13,000 members served across Kentucky

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Association of REALTORS (NAR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKentucky Realtors has automatic membership affiliation with NAR, the largest trade association in the country with more than 1.6 million members across 54 state associations. NAR provides governance structure, Code of Ethics, and national advocacy representation.
• Kentucky Real Estate Commission (KREC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKREC is the state regulatory body for real estate licensees. Kentucky Realtors works with KREC on regulations, education requirements, and consumer protection matters.
• DeciselyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKentucky Realtors has partnered with Decisely to offer discounted health benefits including major medical, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and life plans to members. Requires NRDS ID and FEIN number.
• Kentucky REALTORS Political Action Committee (RPAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRPAC fosters relationships with elected officials, policy experts, and governmental agencies to ensure KYR has advocacy representation. Supports candidates aligned with homeownership and private property rights.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Florida Realtors: Florida's largest state-level trade association for real estate professionals, providing comparable state-level advocacy, education, MLS/policy work, and member benefits. Functions as a direct peer in scale and offering set to Kentucky Realtors.
• Ohio Realtors: Ohio's state-level REALTOR trade association, comparable to Kentucky Realtors in size, structure, and service offering — both serve mid-sized Midwestern/Southern states with similar real estate market dynamics and member populations.
• Texas Realtors: State-level REALTOR trade association for Texas, performing the same core functions as Kentucky Realtors — state advocacy, KRI-equivalent education, professional standards, and member benefits — and is structurally identical in the NAR federation.
• Pennsylvania Association of Realtors: State-level REALTOR trade association serving Pennsylvania, providing the same combination of state advocacy, professional standards, education, and member benefits as Kentucky Realtors within the NAR federation structure.
• New York State Association of REALTORS (NYSAR): State-level REALTOR trade association for New York, offering the same combined advocacy, education, professional standards, and member benefits bundle as Kentucky Realtors, with comparable governance structure under NAR's federation.
• Michigan Realtors: State REALTOR trade association for Michigan, structurally identical in offering set (state advocacy, education, professional standards, member benefits) to Kentucky Realtors within the NAR federation.
• California Association of Realtors: Largest state-level REALTOR association, providing the same suite of state advocacy, education, professional standards, and member benefits as Kentucky Realtors, but at much greater scale. Directly comparable as a peer state association in the NAR federation.
• Illinois Realtors: Illinois state REALTOR trade association providing parallel services to Kentucky Realtors — legislative advocacy, ethics enforcement, education, and member benefits — through local boards within the NAR federation.
• Greater Louisville Association of REALTORS: One of the 16 local boards and associations that channels membership into Kentucky Realtors. Serves as a comparable local-level REALTOR association providing similar member benefits, MLS access, and professional standards work at a sub-state scale.

Broad incumbents

• National Association of REALTORS (NAR): The national umbrella trade association to which Kentucky Realtors is automatically affiliated. NAR provides the Code of Ethics, federal advocacy, and national brand that Kentucky Realtors extends at the state level, and is the structural parent in the REALTOR federation model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kyrealtors
• Facebookfacebook.com/kentuckyrealtors
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kentuckyrealtors

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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