KE Holdings Inc.
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About KE
Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others), SIC 6531
KE Holdings Inc. operates an integrated online and offline platform for residential transactions and services in China, functioning through its core Beike platform and proprietary Lianjia brokerage brand. The company facilitates existing and new home sales, home rentals, home renovation and furnishing, and other related services such as online payment processing, escrow, and signing-to-closing assistance. Its core Agent Cooperation Network (ACN) coordinates agent collaborations and role-based commission allocations across brands and stores. The platform serves housing customers, including home buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants, alongside real estate brokerage brands, agents, home renovation service providers, and property developers.
The company's operations span nationwide across mainland China through an extensive network of physical stores, offline transaction service centers, and online customer interfaces, with its Housing Dictionary covering approximately 303 million properties. The company's principal executive offices and headquarters are located in Beijing, People's Republic of China, with a registered office maintained in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
Summary of the business section of KE's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- KE Holdings Inc.
- Founded
- 2001
- Headquarters
- Beijing, China
- Address
- Oriental Electronic Technology Building, No. 2 Chuangye Road, Haidian District 100086
- Phone
- 861058104689
- Website
- ke.com
- Employees
- 1,150,000, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others)
- Incorporated in
- E9
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP, Beijing
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- BEKE
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Aug 13, 2020
- Shares outstanding
- 6.75B, Dec 31, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1809587
- CUSIP
- 482497104
- ISIN
- US4824971042
- LEI
- 254900RHVY072XPAZE03
- EIN
- 00-0000000
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Yongdong Peng | Chief Executive Officer, Director | 156,906,542 |
| Yigang Shan | Executive Director | 94,689,060 |
| Wangang Xu | Executive Director | 0 |
| Tao (XT) Xu | Chief Financial Officer, Director | 0 |
| Hansong Zhu | Director | 18,271 |
| Xiaohong Chen | Director | 5,003,590 |
| Jun Wu | Director | 14,153 |
| Zhaohui (Jeffery) Li | Director | – |
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“By the end of 2025, we had established more than 2,000 Beike Rider Stations in 19 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, serving over 1.15 million workers in new workforce groups in total.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2020 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Aug 7, 2020 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |