What Graham + Sibbald does

Graham + Sibbald is a property consultancy company that provides property management services.

Name

Graham + Sibbald

Legal name

Graham + Sibbald Property Consultants Limited

Website

https://www.g-s.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Graham + Sibbald is a property consultancy company that provides property management services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Property Consultancy / Chartered Surveying Services

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312), Offices of Real Estate Appraisers (53132), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Real Estate (6500)

akta.pro primary industry

Office Brokerage (BPAJABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Traditional Residential Brokerage (Existing Homes) (BPAJAAAA)

Keywords

• Property consultancy
• Chartered surveying
• Commercial property
• Asset management
• Building surveying

Headquarters

HQ city

Dundee

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices23 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Commercial Property Advisory Services: Fees generated from commercial property transactions including buying, selling, investment, and valuations. Revenue is transaction-based, driven by deal value and client scope.
2. Asset and Property Management Services: Ongoing management fees for commercial property portfolios. Services include financial reporting, rent collection, service charge operations, facilities management, and health and safety compliance.
3. Residential Surveying and Valuation: Home Reports, RICS Homebuyer Surveys, and residential valuations for property sellers, buyers, and lenders in Scotland. Priced by property value tiers.
4. Planning and Development Consultancy: Planning consultancy fees for applications, appeals, land promotion, and stakeholder engagement for both private and public sector clients.
5. Insurance Reinstatement and Technical Cost Consultancy: Reinstatement cost assessments and technical cost consultancy for insurance brokers and loss adjusters, including fire, flood, and total loss assessments.
6. Investment Transaction Advisory: Strategic investment advisory and brokerage for commercial property acquisitions and disposals, with approximately £100m of acquisitions handled in 2022.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Graham + Sibbald is a UK chartered surveyor and property consultancy providing commercial and residential property services across the full property lifecycle. Core commercial offerings include buying, selling, investment, valuations, planning and development, lease consultancy, business rates and ongoing asset and property management of portfolios exceeding £3.5 billion across 5,000+ assets. The firm also delivers Home Reports, RICS Homebuyer Surveys and residential valuations in Scotland, alongside specialist sector services for hotels and leisure, healthcare, and the petroleum/roadside industry. Services are delivered by more than 375 RICS-qualified professionals across 26 UK offices, with in-house architectural, project management and drone thermal imaging capabilities.

Product overview

Graham + Sibbald is a UK-based chartered surveyors and property consultancy offering a comprehensive suite of property services through a network of 26 offices across the UK with over 400 employees. The company operates as a full-service property consultancy with core service lines covering Commercial Agency (buying/selling), Investment Services, Asset Services (managing over £3.5 billion worth of assets), Planning + Development, Building Surveying, Valuations, and specialist sector services including Hotel + Leisure, Healthcare Surveying, and Automotive + Roadside. The residential arm provides Home Reports (mandatory in Scotland), RICS Homebuyer Surveys, and residential valuations. Supporting services include Carbon + Sustainability (EPCs, drone thermal imaging), Architectural Services, Project Management, and Insurance Re-instatement. Recent acquisitions include Aitchison Raffety (2025), JMP Construction & Property Consultants (2026), and Fleurets (2026) which expanded the firm's hospitality and leisure sector capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Assets under management exceeding £3.5bn across more than 5,000 properties
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered secondary and core.

• FleuretssecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026Fleurets, a leisure sector property consultancy with 200-year history covering hotel, pub, restaurant, nightclub, and leisure assets, was acquired by Graham + Sibbald. Both companies will continue trading separately before uniting under the Graham + Sibbald brand, combining Fleurets' hospitality expertise with Graham + Sibbald's existing hospitality presence.
• JMP Construction and Property ConsultantscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 March 2026JMP Construction and Property Consultants was acquired by Graham + Sibbald, bringing specialist technology platform and stock condition survey capabilities that will be integrated into Graham + Sibbald's Technical Services division.
• SID Asset ManagementsecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 March 2026SID Asset Management, sister company to JMP Construction and Property Consultants, was acquired alongside JMP as part of the same transaction, expanding Graham + Sibbald's asset management capabilities.
• Aitchison RaffetycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 September 2025Aitchison Raffety, an English property consultancy, was acquired by Graham + Sibbald, creating a combined business with over 370 employees and approximately £35m annual revenue. The acquisition expanded Graham + Sibbald's presence in England with offices in Hitchin and St Albans.
• CoStarsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationGraham + Sibbald uses CoStar Commercial Real Estate Information Service data for in-depth research to inform investment and availability reports for clients.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Lambert Smith Hampton: UK mid-market chartered surveying and property consultancy with comparable service lines (commercial agency, valuation, building surveying, asset management) and similar revenue scale; competes directly with Graham + Sibbald across regional UK mandates.
• Carter Jonas: UK-focused chartered surveying and property consultancy with broad service coverage (commercial, residential, rural, planning, valuation); closest comparable in terms of UK footprint, sector breadth, and partnership-to-corporate heritage.
• Bruton Knowles: UK property consultancy providing commercial agency, valuation, planning, building surveying, and asset management; similar size band and regional UK coverage, frequently competing with G+S in provincial commercial mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Knight Frank: Global property consultancy with strong UK presence; overlaps with G+S in commercial agency, investment, residential, and valuation, but operates at materially larger scale with international buyer reach.
• Savills: Global real estate services firm with deep UK roots; directly comparable across commercial, residential, planning, and valuation services, with Kerri McGuire's prior tenure illustrating talent flow between the two firms.
• Avison Young: Global commercial real estate services firm; G+S recently hired a long-time Avison Young Manchester partner, signalling direct competition for talent and mandates in the UK mid-market commercial agency segment.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global commercial real estate services firm with full UK service line coverage (agency, valuation, asset services, facilities management); competes with G+S for enterprise and investor clients across the UK.
• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle): Global real estate services firm with comprehensive UK capabilities; competes with Graham + Sibbald across commercial agency, investment advisory, valuation, and asset management.
• CBRE: World's largest commercial real estate services firm; multiple G+S employees (Adam Fotheringham, Lynne McGettigan) previously held senior CBRE roles, evidencing direct competition for talent and mandates across UK capital markets and asset management.
• BNP Paribas Real Estate UK: European-headquartered property consultancy with UK-wide commercial agency, investment, valuation, and property management offerings; competes with G+S in mid-market investment advisory mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A3 records

Investments

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