Bayut
{{Short description|Real estate website in UAE}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Bayut
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| type = Online property portal
| industry = Real Estate & Internet Marketing
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| location = Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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| parent = Dubizzle Group (formerly EMPG)
| founded = {{Start date and age|2008||}}
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| employees = 200+
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Bayut is a property classifieds website in the United Arab Emirates. Bayut is a part of the Dubizzle Group, formerly known as Emerging Markets Property Group, which was the first homegrown unicorn in the Arab region.{{Cite web |last=Abbas |first=Waheed |title=Arab World's sole unicorn is based in UAE |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/local-business/arab-worlds-sole-unicorn-is-based-in-uae |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Khaleej Times |language=en}}
History
Bayut was founded in 2008.
In April 2020, Bayut's parent company and the Netherlands-based OLX Group announced the merger of their operations in the UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Pakistan, and Oman, together with the OLX-owned Dubai-based classifieds website, Dubizzle.{{Cite web|last=Godinho|first=Varun|date=2020-06-02|title=EMPG and OLX Group merge MENA and South Asia operations to form $1bn Dubai-based tech company|url=https://gulfbusiness.com/empg-and-olx-group-merge-mena-and-south-asia-operations-to-form-1bn-dubai-based-tech-company/|access-date=2020-08-17|website=Gulf Business|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Entrepreneur Middle East|date=2020-06-03|title=EMPG and OLX Group, Owners Of Dubai-Based Bayut And Dubizzle Respectively, Merge To Form Unicorn Company|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/351421|access-date=2020-08-17|website=Entrepreneur|language=en}}
In January 2022, the Dubai Land Department signed a memorandum of understanding with Bayut to provide Dubai’s real estate market with interactive data and reports.{{Cite web |last=Salian |first=Neesha |date=2022-04-22 |title=Bayut & dubizzle's Antonello Supino on harnessing the power of data |url=https://gulfbusiness.com/bayut-dubizzles-antonello-supino-on-harnessing-the-power-of-data/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-24 |title=DLD signs MoUs with Bayut, DXBinteract.com, and Property Finder |url=https://www.cbnme.com/news/dld-signs-mous-with-bayut-dxbinteract-com-and-property-finder/ |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=Construction Business News Middle East |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |title=Want to Invest in Dubai Property? You Can Bank on Resourceful Data |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/uae/want-to-invest-in-dubai-property-you-can-bank-on-resourceful-data/articleshow/90681731.cms |access-date=2023-03-12}}