The Kupin Group

What The Kupin Group does

The Kupin Group is a residential real estate brokerage team operating in the Nashville, Tennessee metropolitan area, providing buyer representation, seller representation, and property search assistance to individual home buyers and sellers across Middle Tennessee. The team operates as an affiliate of Compass RE under license #263624 and is led by REALTOR Jacob Kupin, supported by Hayley Levy Kupin as Client Care Coordinator & Team Manager and Allie Robertson as a team member. The firm was built by Jacob Kupin following a transition out of the music industry approximately a decade ago, and serves clients across Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, and Wilson counties including Brentwood, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Mount Juliet, Nolensville, and multiple Nashville neighborhoods such as East Nashville, Germantown, Green Hills, and Bellevue.

The Kupin Group does not operate any proprietary technology platforms and functions as a traditional residential brokerage team using industry-standard MLS access via MLS GRID/RealTracs, third-party CRM tools, and digital marketing assets. The team's product surface consists of buyer tools (an interactive property search with map view and saved searches, a mortgage calculator), market reports covering the Greater Nashville area and specific sub-neighborhoods, an educational blog with housing market content, curated featured listings, and neighborhood/community guides. The company holds no patents, exposes no APIs, and has no documented third-party integrations beyond the MLS data feed.

The Kupin Group generates revenue through transaction-based real estate commissions paid at closing, typically a percentage of the home sale price, with sellers paying an aggregate 5-6% split between the listing and buyer's agents. The team's go-to-market motion is sales-led and relationship-driven, anchored by Jacob Kupin's personal brand, word-of-mouth referrals from past clients, content marketing (blog, email newsletter, Facebook, Instagram), and distribution leverage from the Compass RE brokerage platform. The customer base is entirely composed of SMB/individual consumers transacting on a single-deal basis; there are no enterprise accounts, institutional clients, or recurring contracts.

Name

The Kupin Group

Legal name

The Kupin Group

Website

https://thekupingroup.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Kupin Group is a Nashville residential real estate team affiliated with Compass RE. The three-person firm, led by REALTOR Jacob Kupin, provides buyer and seller representation, property search tools, and market reports for individual home buyers and sellers across Middle Tennessee.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (531210)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Transaction Advisory & Due Diligence (FSAEAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate Market Research & Economic Advisory (Demand/Supply, Location Analytics) (BPAJANAD), Closing Coordination & Transaction Management (Broker/Agent Support) (BPAJAOAH)

Keywords

• Residential real estate brokerage
• Home buyer representation
• Home seller representation
• Property listing services
• Real estate advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Commissions: The Kupin Group earns revenue through real estate commissions, typically a percentage of the home sale price, paid by sellers at closing. As a team affiliated with Compass RE, they operate under the brokerage's commission structure. The team likely splits commissions between the lead agent and supporting agents, with a portion going to the brokerage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Kupin Group provides full-service residential real estate brokerage for buyers and sellers across the Nashville metropolitan area, operating as a real estate team affiliated with Compass RE. Services include buyer consultations, pre-approval guidance, property search, offer preparation, negotiation, inspection coordination, and closing support, paired with seller-side market analysis, pricing strategy, staging guidance, and transaction management.

Product overview

The Kupin Group is a Nashville-based real estate team affiliated with Compass RE, providing home buying and selling services across the Greater Nashville area. The company operates as a service-based real estate practice rather than a software platform. Their product offering consists of core real estate services (buyer representation, seller representation) supported by digital tools including property search, mortgage calculator, market reports, neighborhood guides, and an educational blog. All listings are sourced from the MLS GRID/RealTracs system and displayed on their website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Home Buying Services Full-service real estate representation for buyers in the Nashville metropolitan area, including pre-approval guidance, property search assistance, offer preparation, negotiation, inspection coordination, and closing support. Targeted at individuals and families purchasing residential homes, including first-time buyers, move-up buyers, and those relocating to the region.
• Home Selling Services Full-service seller representation including market analysis, home staging guidance, pricing strategy, marketing, and transaction management through closing. Targeted at residential homeowners in the Nashville metro area looking to sell their property.

Quantifiable outcome

• Transactions completed within tight timelines - James H. closed within a month of initial showing

Named customers11 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Compass REcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Kupin Group is a real estate team affiliated with Compass RE (Compass Real Estate), operating as a licensed real estate broker under the Compass umbrella. Compass RE provides the brokerage infrastructure, MLS access, and regulatory compliance framework for all transactions conducted by the team. The team operates under license #263624 and abides by all applicable Equal Housing Opportunity laws.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Village Real Estate Services: Independent Nashville-area residential brokerage with a comparable local-market focus and full-service buyer/seller representation, competing for the same Middle Tennessee clientele.
• Fridrich & Clark Realty: Long-standing Nashville-based residential real estate brokerage serving the same Middle Tennessee buyer/seller market as The Kupin Group, with a comparable full-service, relationship-driven model.
• Benchmark Realty: Tennessee-based residential brokerage with strong Nashville metro presence; offers similar agent-team models and competes for listings and buyer representation in the same submarkets.
• Zeitlin Sotheby's International Realty: Nashville-area residential real estate firm affiliated with the Sotheby's luxury network; competes with The Kupin Group for the same pool of buyers and sellers across Davidson, Williamson, and surrounding counties.
• The Ashton Real Estate Group of Compass: A fellow Compass-affiliated team operating in the Nashville market with a similar team-based buyer/seller representation model, directly overlapping on Compass infrastructure and lead sources.

Emerging players

• Redfin: Tech-enabled residential brokerage with a Nashville presence; competes on digital search, lead conversion, and lower-commission alternatives, pressuring traditional teams like The Kupin Group on buyer-side economics.
• eXp Realty: Cloud-based brokerage model rapidly expanding agent count in Tennessee; competes for agent recruitment and listings in the same Nashville metro with a lower fixed-cost structure.

Broad incumbents

• Coldwell Banker Southern Realty: National residential brokerage franchise with established Nashville operations; competes on brand recognition, marketing reach, and agent network in the same buyer/seller segments.
• Compass: The parent brokerage affiliation of The Kupin Group; Compass operates a national tech-enabled residential real estate brokerage platform with concierge, marketing, and AI tools that the team leverages under its own license.
• Sotheby's International Realty: Global luxury-affiliated residential real estate network with significant Nashville-area affiliates; competes at the higher end of the same listings pool that The Kupin Group's luxury listings target.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TheKupinGroup
• Instagraminstagram.com/jkupin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-kupin-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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