What relocation services does Corcoran offer through Cartus?
Corcoran Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Through Cartus, the Company offers a broad range of employee relocation services to clients designed to manage all aspects of transferring their employees ("transferees") and provides value through the generation of leads to real estate agent and brokerage participants. These services include, but are not limited to, homesale assistance, relocation policy counseling and group move management services, consulting services, expense processing and relocation-related accounting, compensation support and compliance, and visa and immigration support. The Company also arranges household goods moving services and provides support for all aspects of moving a transferee's household goods. There are a number of different revenue streams associated with relocation services including fees earned from real estate brokers and household goods moving companies that provide services to the transferee which are recognized at a point in time at the completion of services. The Company earns revenues from outsourcing management fees charged to clients that may cover several of the relocation services listed above, according to the clients' specific needs. Outsourcing management fees are recorded as deferred revenue when billed (usually at the start of the relocation) and are recognized as revenue over the average time period required to complete the transferee's move, or a phase of the move that the fee covers, which is typically 3 to 6 months depending on the move type.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 75–276)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Corcoran's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company, through Cartus, provides a range of employee relocation services to clients. These services are designed to manage all aspects of transferring employees and generate leads for real estate agents and brokerage participants.
The relocation services offered by Corcoran include homesale assistance, relocation policy counseling, group move management services, consulting, expense processing, relocation-related accounting, compensation support and compliance, and visa and immigration support. Additionally, Corcoran arranges household goods moving services to support all aspects of moving an employee's household goods.
Corcoran generates revenue from these relocation services through fees from real estate brokers and household goods moving companies, which are recognized upon completion of the services. The company also earns outsourcing management fees charged to clients, covering various relocation services based on their specific needs. These fees are initially recorded as deferred revenue and recognized over a period of 3 to 6 months, depending on the move type.