Javascript is disabled in your web browser. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Please Allow Javascript and reload this page. Compass’ costs to scale, LinkedIn and Zynga founders to take Hippo public National / Compass’ cost of doing business Ahead of its buzzed-about IPO, Compass offered investors a peek at its financials via an S-1 filed March 1. Highlights from the 263-page document include the fact that Compass took in $3.7 billion in revenue last year, four times its revenue of $884.7 million in 2018. The tech-focused resi brokerage also lost $270.2 million in 2020, down from $388 million in 2019. But one key takeaway is how much Compass spent to grow to its current size: 19,000 agents with $151.7 billion in sales last year.