What Roommates International does

Roommates International operates Roomies.com, a web-based two-sided marketplace that connects individuals seeking rooms for rent with those listing available rooms. Founded in 2016 and based in Goodview, USA, the company serves two primary user personas, room seekers and room owners, across eight countries including the USA, Canada, Ireland, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The platform self-describes as the "USA's largest roommate finder" with over 135,523 active listings and 3,000+ Trustpilot reviews rated "Excellent," led by CEO and founder Thomas Clement.

The platform is built on a standard web architecture using Cloudinary for image hosting and serving, with city-specific landing pages for major US metropolitan markets forming the core SEO-driven acquisition channel. Core product functionality includes free room listings, roommate profile creation, and in-platform communication, supplemented by add-on features such as identity verification, background and credit checks, free roommate agreement templates, and a mobile property inspection tool called myInspections. No mobile app, API, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed in the available data.

The company operates a self-serve, freemium go-to-market model: listing, searching, and messaging are free to users, while the underlying monetization mechanics are not disclosed. Marketing relies on local SEO, organic social (Facebook, Instagram), and Trustpilot reputation. Roommates International is a privately held, bootstrapped company with no disclosed funding rounds, investors, headcount, revenue, or M&A activity.

Name

Roommates International

Website

https://roomies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Roommates International operates Roomies.com, a free two-sided online marketplace connecting individuals seeking rooms with those listing available rooms for rent across eight countries, self-described as the USA's largest roommate finder.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Roommate and Room Rental Marketplace

NAICS

Accommodation (721), All Other Traveler Accommodation (721199), Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers' Camps (721310)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Room Rentals (Homestays) (THAGANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Co-Living Private Rooms (Short-Term) (THAMABAI), Unhosted Private Rooms (Off-Site Host) (THAMABAC)

Keywords

• Roommate finder platform
• Room rental marketplace
• Shared housing listings
• Sublet search service
• Online roommate matching

Headquarters

HQ city

Goodview

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Platform Services: Free marketplace model for users to list rooms and find roommates. Revenue model not explicitly disclosed in the source data - appears to be advertising-based or premium services model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Roommates International operates Roomies.com, an online roommate-finding marketplace that connects individuals seeking rooms or shared housing with people who have rooms, apartments, or houses available to rent. Users can list rooms for free, create roommate profiles, search by city, and communicate directly through the platform. The marketplace is supplemented by optional ID verification, background and credit checks, free roommate agreement templates, and a mobile inspection tool (myInspections), operating across 8 countries including the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, India, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa.

Product overview

Roomies.com is a roommate-finding marketplace platform that connects people seeking rooms with those who have rooms available for rent. The platform offers free listing, searching, and communication services. The core products include a room listings marketplace and roommate profiles, supplemented by verification services (ID verification, background checks, credit checks) and free roommate agreement templates. The platform also offers a mobile inspection feature called myInspections for conducting property inspections. The service operates across multiple countries including USA, Canada, Ireland, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and United Kingdom through localized domain extensions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Roomies.com Marketplace
• Verifications & Background Checks
• Roommate Agreements
• myInspections

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Apartments.com: Apartments.com is a major US apartment/rental search platform owned by CoStar. It competes for rental-discovery queries and has substantially more paid marketing and an established mobile app presence.
• Zillow: Zillow is the largest US residential real estate marketplace and includes rentals (apartments and rooms) in its inventory. Although it does not specialize in roommate matching, it competes for high-intent 'room for rent' search traffic.
• Facebook Marketplace: Facebook Marketplace and housing-specific Groups are a massive free channel for listing rooms and finding roommates. They share Roomies.com's free-listing model with the added advantage of existing social graph and identity signals.
• HotPads: HotPads is a Zillow-owned map-based rental search platform covering apartments and some rooms for rent. It competes directly for users searching shared-housing inventory in major US cities.
• Trulia: Trulia is a Zillow-owned real estate marketplace with significant rental inventory and SEO presence. It overlaps with Roomies.com on broader 'rentals' queries and could expand further into shared/room inventory.
• Craigslist: Craigslist remains the dominant free classifieds platform for rooms/shared housing across the US. While it is not a focused roommate product, it competes with Roomies.com for any user seeking a room to rent.

Emerging players

• Common: Common is a co-living operator with its own platform for listing and matching shared-housing inventory across multiple US cities. It represents a verticalized, operator-led competitor that could siphon brand and inventory away from horizontal marketplaces like Roomies.com.

Direct peers

• SpareRoom: SpareRoom is a leading roommate-finding platform operating in the US and UK with similar listings-and-profiles matchmaking mechanics. It is the closest direct competitor to Roomies.com in product, audience, and GTM motion.
• PadMapper: PadMapper is a map-based apartment and room rental search engine aggregating listings from multiple sources. It overlaps directly with Roomies.com on room-rental discovery and competes for SEO traffic in the same US metros.
• Roomster: Roomster is a global roommate-matching marketplace with listings and profile search across multiple countries. It targets the same two-sided audience (room seekers and room listers) and competes head-to-head for international traffic.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xinstagram.com/roomies_com
• Facebookfacebook.com/roomiescom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/roommates-international

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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