China Index Holdings

What China Index Holdings does

China Index Holdings (CIH), founded August 10, 2007 and listed on NASDAQ under ticker CIH via Direct Public Offering on June 11, 2019, operates the largest real estate information and analytics platform in China. The company is structured around a platform-plus-modules architecture: the foundational CREIS Database integrates 20+ years of property, land, people, enterprise, space, macro, mobile, planning, and POI data covering 1.44 million+ land parcels across 2,300+ cities, 300,000+ residential projects, and 50,000+ commercial properties. Layered on this data layer are SaaS products (Land Cloud, Broker Cloud, Developer Cloud) with AI/ML-driven features for land value assessment, feasibility analysis, and risk evaluation, plus consumer-facing portals Fang.com (658 cities, 120 million monthly visitors) and 3Fang.com (600+ cities) that provide listing and marketing services for commercial real estate brokers.

The company generates revenue through five primary streams: subscription-based data and analytics services (CREIS database with multiple product versions), SaaS subscriptions for land tools (Land Cloud, Big Landlord, Little Landlord), transaction-based promotion and listing fees from brokers (Retail Professional, Office Professional), professional research and survey services, and subscription-based risk assessment services for financial institutions. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with annual billing cadences for enterprise subscriptions. CIH serves four primary customer segments — real estate developers, financial institutions, brokers and brokerage firms, and property companies — with additional reach to industry professionals.

Go-to-market combines a direct sales-led enterprise motion (28 offices across six Chinese regions) with product-led self-service SaaS tools and consumer-facing portals. The company employs 501-1,000 people, including 600+ data research and professional analysts, and maintains wholly-owned subsidiaries Fang.com, 3Fang.com, and China Index Academy. CIH is led by CEO Huang Yu and positions itself as a competitor to US-based CoStar Group.

Name

China Index Holdings

Legal name

China Index Holdings Ltd

Website

http://www.chinaindexholdings.com/

Company type

Public

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

China Index Holdings operates China's largest real estate information and analytics platform, providing the CREIS database, SaaS tools (Land Cloud, Broker Cloud, Developer Cloud), and listing portals (Fang.com, 3Fang.com) to real estate developers, financial institutions, brokers, and property companies across 2,300+ Chinese cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Data Analytics & SaaS

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (519)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Market Research & Economic Advisory (Demand/Supply, Location Analytics) (BPAJANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Index Providers (Equity, Fixed Income, Multi-Asset, Thematic) (FSAFAIAD), Real Estate Investment Advisory (Acquisitions/Dispositions, Capital Allocation) (BPAJANAA)

Keywords

• Land transaction SaaS
• Real estate data analytics
• Commercial property information
• Property market indices
• Real estate risk assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices28 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Data and Analytics Services: Subscription-based access to CREIS database with multiple versions (Land, City, Enterprise, Macro, Commercial Real Estate) providing data services to developers and financial institutions
2. Land SaaS Tools: Cloud-based tools including Big Landlord (大数据土地指挥中心) and Little Landlord (mobile app) for land investment analysis, feasibility reports, and market tracking
3. Promotion and Listing Services: Listing products for brokers (商铺帮, 办公帮) on 3Fang.com and Fang.com platforms, enabling property listings and marketing services
4. Research and Survey Services: Customized research reports, market studies, and policy analysis for real estate market participants
5. Risk Assessment Services: Enterprise risk monitoring, land/project risk analysis, and public opinion monitoring for financial institutions

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

China Index Holdings operates a big-data and SaaS platform that delivers real estate information and analytics services to developers, financial institutions, brokers and property companies in China. Its core offering combines the CREIS database (covering 1.44 million+ land parcels, 300,000+ residential projects and 50,000+ commercial properties across 2,300+ cities) with SaaS tools for land investment, broker listings, developer management and enterprise risk monitoring, complemented by the Fang.com and 3Fang.com property portals.

Product overview

China Index Holdings (CIH) operates a unified platform-plus-modules architecture for China's real estate market. The core CREIS Database serves as the foundational data infrastructure, upon which multiple specialized modules are built: Land Cloud (土地云) for land transaction matching, Broker Cloud (经纪云) for broker services, and Developer Cloud (开发云) for developer solutions. The company also operates two major online platforms—3Fang.com (3房网) and Fang.com (房天下)—which provide commercial property listings and marketing services. Additional products include Big Landlord (大地主) and Little Landlord (小地主) for land investment analysis, Retail Professional (商铺帮) and Office Professional (办公帮) for property listings, and a Risk Assessment System for financial institutions. The ecosystem also includes the China Index Cloud (中指云) platform and various index research products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CREIS Database: Comprehensive real estate database covering land, residential and commercial properties
• Land Cloud (土地云)
• Broker Cloud (经纪云)
• Developer Cloud (开发云)
• 3Fang.com
• Fang.com

Products and services

• CREIS Database (中指数据库) Comprehensive real estate database integrating 20+ years of property development data, 186 cities of transaction data and 2,300+ cities of land market information, containing 1,440,000+ land parcels, 300,000+ residential projects and 50,000+ commercial properties. Sold as a subscription product with multiple versions (Land, City, Enterprise, Macro, Commercial Real Estate) to real estate developers and financial institutions.
• Land Cloud (土地云) SaaS service tool platform integrating land buyers and sellers for information interaction and efficient land resource matching, utilizing map visualization, real-time land transaction information and AI-powered land value intelligence for real estate developer investment teams.
• Broker Cloud (经纪云) One-stop open service system for real estate brokers providing listing, leads distribution and effect analysis functions for comprehensive online broker services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Covers 2,300+ cities with 1.44 million+ land transaction records
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• 爱建信托 (AJ Trust)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 August 2019CIH signed a strategic cooperation agreement with AJ Trust to provide comprehensive data services and risk assessment support for real estate investment and financing projects.
• 福晟集团 (Fushun Group)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIH and Fushun Group deepened exchanges and cooperation to explore future development opportunities in the real estate market.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CoStar Group: CoStar is the dominant US commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplace provider. CIH's CEO explicitly positions the company as targeting CoStar as a benchmark, and the two operate the same data-and-portal model serving developers, brokers, and financial institutions.
• KE Holdings (Beike / Lianjia): KE Holdings operates Beike, China's largest real estate brokerage platform with integrated listings, agent network, and housing data. It competes directly with CIH's Fang.com/3Fang.com portals in brokerage and listing services and serves overlapping Chinese real estate customers.
• Anjuke (58.com): Anjuke is a leading Chinese online real estate listing portal owned by 58.com. It overlaps with CIH's Fang.com and 3Fang.com in property listings, broker marketing tools, and developer promotion services across China.
• CoreLogic: CoreLogic provides real estate data, analytics, and risk services to lenders, investors, and government agencies. CIH's risk assessment system and CREIS database target the same workflows of property intelligence and credit risk evaluation that CoreLogic serves in the US.

Broad incumbents

• Zillow Group: Zillow operates a leading US consumer real estate portal and data platform. While Zillow's primary focus is residential and consumer-facing, it overlaps with CIH in property data, market analytics, and listing/marketing services for brokers.
• Moody's Analytics (Real Estate Solutions): Moody's Analytics provides commercial real estate data, indices, and risk analytics serving investors and lenders globally. CIH's index products and developer risk assessment tools overlap with Moody's real estate data and credit analytics offerings.
• Realtor.com (Move, Inc.): Realtor.com is a major US residential real estate portal with property data and market trends. It overlaps with CIH's Fang.com portal in online real estate listings, market data, and consumer-facing property information services.

Regional players

• Rightmove: Rightmove is the UK's largest residential property portal and data platform. It is comparable as a regional real estate portal-and-data operator in a different geography, illustrating the model CIH replicates across China.
• Domain Group: Domain is a leading Australian residential and commercial property portal offering data, analytics, and listings. It mirrors CIH's combined portal-plus-data approach in a different geography.

Emerging players

• HouseCanary: HouseCanary provides US residential real estate valuation, analytics, and market forecasting to lenders and investors. It is comparable to CIH's CREIS database and risk assessment modules in providing data-driven residential property intelligence to financial and real estate customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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