For the 15th consecutive year, CBRE Group has topped NREI’s ranking of the top brokerage firms.
Our ranking
CBRE cracked $300 billion in transactions for the third consecutive year in 2017, growing its overall deal volume to $337.6 billion, up from $322.2 billion in 2016, a 4.8 percent growth rate.
CBRE’s volume was $85 billion greater than that of the second place firm on the list, JLL, which posted $252 billion in transaction volume. JLL’s volume, however, grew at a faster pace. Overall, its 2017 figure was 15 percent greater than its 2016 deal volume of $219.1 billion.
Newmark Knight Frank ranked third on our 2018 list, with total global deal volume of $151 billion. That figure is 23.7 percent greater than what the firm posted a year ago.
Overall, four firms cracked $100 billion in deals, while nine exceeded $20 billion in volume and 15 were over $10 billion.*
* Cushman & Wakefield and NAI Global chose not to submit information for this year’s ranking.
Property Type Key
- HO: Hotel
- IN: Industrial
- MF: Multifamily
- OF: Office
- RT: Retail
- SH: Seniors Housing
- ST: Student Housing
Services Key
- AM: Asset Management
- CO: Corporate Real Estate
- DV: Development
- FM: Facilities Management
- IS: Investment Sales
- LA: Lease Administration
- LR: Landlord Representation
- MB: Mortgage Brokerage
- PJ: Project Management
- PM: Property Management
- SU: Sustainability
- TR: Tenant Representation
- OT: Other
- VA: Valuation