Engel & Völkers
Company History
| 1977 | Founding of the Engel & Cie Company in Hamburg |
| 1988 | Founding of “Grund Genug” publishing house; first issue of the architecture and lifestyle magazine Founding of Engel & Völkers Gewerbe Immobilien GmbH (commercial property) |
| 1989 | Start of overseas expansion with the opening of the first office in Majorca |
| 1995 | Opening of the first property shop |
| 1996 | Founding of Engel & Völkers Real Estate Academy |
| 1998 | Start of licence partnership system |
| 1999 | Founding of Engel & Völkers AG |
| 2000 | Opening of the first office outside Europe in South Africa |
| 2002 | More than 35 licence partners to date, including in Italy, Portugal and Great Britain |
| 2004 | Opening of offices in Florida and Dubai Founding of company division “International Project Marketing” |
| 2005 | First licences issued in Eastern Europe and South East Asia; opening of the first shop in Phuket/Thailand |
| 2007 | Founding of consultancy division Engel & Völkers Advisory GmbH
Opening of the 300th office worldwide Founding of the Private Office in London |
| 2008 | Founding of the new division Yachting Foundation of Engel & Völkers Charity Start of the international expansion of the Commercial division: Opening of international commercial offices in Prague, Lisbon and Doha |
| 2009 | Opening of the 400th office worldwide Founding of the Capital AG Engel & Völkers wins first place in the "Maklerranking" of the "immobilien manager" magazine |
| 2010 | Opening of first shops in Uruguay and Sweden
Opening of first shop in Australia, Engel & Völkers now operational on five continents
Engel & Völkers again wins first place in the "Maklerranking" of the "immobilien manager" |
