{"id":1596,"date":"2018-08-06T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/06\/growing-dominance-of-brands-operating-internationally\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:26:44","slug":"growing-dominance-of-brands-operating-internationally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/06\/growing-dominance-of-brands-operating-internationally\/","title":{"rendered":"The Growing Dominance of Brands Operating Internationally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How U.S. brands became household names on a global scale.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Over the last 30 years, we\u2019ve become accustomed to our popular brands such as RE\/MAX, C21, Coldwell Banker, ERA and Keller Williams to name a few, becoming known Internationally. Some of these brands embarked on their international journey in the late \u201880s and early \u201890<\/p>\n<p>Due to <a href=\"new-business-models\/\">many factors<\/a>, the growth and development of these strong U.S. brands in foreign countries have not been easy, and it\u2019s taken a lot of hard work and careful planning to reach the maturity levels we see today.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Challenges&nbsp;<\/strong>these brands had to overcome are:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The considerable differences in sophistication of real estate markets, including the lack of licensing, lack of training required to obtain licenses to be sales associates or brokers, no multiple listing services, <a href=\"a-confusing-time\/\">markets where banks<\/a> or attorneys do the majority of sales, lack of franchising in any industry, obtaining of government approval to operate a real estate office and many more.<\/li>\n<li>The difficulty in identifying the entrepreneur who will best serve the brand and the culture of the brand. Most countries operate under master franchise agreements, and the churn factor internationally is high.<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty in resonating with the<a href=\"office-impacts-culture\/\"> local culture<\/a> and norms as well as trademark challenges and differing local laws and practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-48467\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/international.jpg\" alt=\"Brands Operating Internationally\" width=\"717\" height=\"478\"><\/p>\n<p>Notwithstanding the above, RE\/MAX has established in over 100 countries and territories, C21 in more than 75 countries, Coldwell Banker in more than 45 countries, Keller Williams in more than 30 countries and ERA in more than 20 countries. Leading RE has also successfully associated with high-quality brokerages in over 60 countries.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Foreign Companies Coming to the U.S.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There are also many well-known brands not based in the United States that have made significant inroads into international markets. Savills is a global real estate service provider listed on the London Stock Exchange with representation in over 40 countries in Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, Australia and the Americas and Caribbean.&nbsp;The company was founded in 1855 and employs more than 30,000 people operating from more than 600 offices.<\/p>\n<p>Knight Frank is a company of global real estate consultants and real estate research teams headquartered in London and represented in 59 countries with over 400 offices.<\/p>\n<p>Sothebys International Realty is represented in 69 countries with over 900 offices and more than 22,000 sales associates.<\/p>\n<p>Christie&#8217;s, a British auction house, has built a global real estate network operating mostly in luxury real estate markets and represented in over 45 countries with over 130 offices.<\/p>\n<p>Harcourts founded in 1888 in New Zealand has over the last 25 years expanded to Australia, Fiji, China, Hong Kong, South Africa, Indonesia, UAE, Canada and the US and has over 800 offices.<\/p>\n<h3>Engel and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engelvoelkers.com\/en-de\/residential\/\">V\u00f6lkers<\/a> International, based in Germany, has expanded to over 30 countries with over 800 offices and more than 10,000 employees.<\/h3>\n<p>Hamptons International, part of the United Kingdom\u2019s largest real estate group Countrywide, operates in more than ten countries and also has many locations in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>Purplebricks, the fixed-fee provider based in the U.K. has, in recent times, established in Australia and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure that over the next five years, we will see even more well-known real estate brands moving into the international arena.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How U.S. brands became household names on a global scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15802,"featured_media":4822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3255],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Growing Dominance of Brands Operating Internationally<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Over the last 30 years, we\u2019ve become accustomed to our popular brands such as RE\/MAX, C21, Coldwell Banker, ERA and Keller Williams to name a few brands operating internationally. 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