NAI Hiffman

What NAI Hiffman does

NAI Hiffman (legal name: Hiffman) is a privately held commercial real estate services firm founded in 1981 and headquartered in the Chicago metropolitan area. The company operates a dual-platform structure: NAI Hiffman functions as a Chicago-based commercial real estate brokerage firm with more than 50 real estate professionals providing agency leasing, tenant representation, capital markets, marketing, and research services across industrial, office, and retail property types. Hiffman National serves as the complementary nationwide platform delivering property management, facility management, accounting services, lease administration, lender services, and project services to commercial real estate clients across the United States.

The firm generates revenue through four primary streams: brokerage commissions on leasing and capital markets transactions, recurring management fees from its 137.4 million square feet under leasing and management, advisory and project services fees, and lease administration/accounting services. With 982 buildings represented and 386 transactions completed in the most recent reporting year, the business operates at meaningful scale for a regional mid-market player while leveraging affiliate access to the NAI Global network for international reach.

NAI Hiffman's go-to-market is sales-led and direct, with brokers engaging property owners and tenants in person across the Chicago metropolitan industrial, office, and retail submarkets. The customer base spans commercial property owners, tenants, and lenders requiring transaction representation, ongoing management, or specialized advisory support. The firm is independently operated with no disclosed parent company or institutional ownership, and recent organizational activity includes a 2026 CFO appointment and 2025 shareholder promotions that suggest internal succession planning rather than external expansion financing.

Name

NAI Hiffman

Legal name

Hiffman

Website

https://naihiffman.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

NAI Hiffman is a privately held Chicago-based commercial real estate services firm operating through a brokerage platform (NAI Hiffman) and a nationwide management platform (Hiffman National), serving industrial, office, and retail property owners, tenants, and lenders with leasing, capital markets, property management, and advisory services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Services

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312), Nonresidential Property Managers (531312)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Operators Of Nonresidential Buildings (6512)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Real Estate Brokerage (Leasing & Sales) (FSAEAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Warehousing & Logistics Facilities Brokerage (BPAJACAA), Property Management Advisory & Leasing Administration (FSAEAJAN)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate brokerage
• Property management services
• Agency leasing
• Tenant representation
• Capital markets advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Oak Brook

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Brokerage Services: Commercial real estate brokerage services including agency leasing and tenant representation, generating revenue through commissions on transactions.
2. Management Services: Property and facility management services, generating recurring management fees.
3. Capital Markets: Capital markets advisory services for commercial real estate transactions.
4. Advisory Services: Real estate advisory services including lease administration, lender services, and project services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

NAI Hiffman operates a dual-platform commercial real estate services business: NAI Hiffman, the Chicago-based brokerage arm providing agency leasing, tenant representation, capital markets, marketing, and research across industrial, office, and retail markets, and Hiffman National, a nationwide platform delivering property management, facility management, accounting, lease administration, lender services, and project services. Revenue is generated through transaction commissions on brokerage deals and recurring management/advisory fees on managed portfolios.

Product overview

NAI Hiffman operates as a dual-platform commercial real estate services company. NAI Hiffman is the Chicago-based brokerage platform providing agency leasing, tenant representation, capital markets, marketing, and research services to industrial, office, and retail clients. Hiffman National is the complementary management and advisory services platform offering property management, facility management, accounting services, lease administration, lender services, and project services nationwide. Together, the platforms provide end-to-end commercial real estate services combining local expertise with a global reach through the NAI Global network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NAI Hiffman Brokerage

Quantifiable outcome

• 386 transactions completed last year
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• CBRE Group: World's largest commercial real estate services firm offering brokerage, property management, capital markets, and advisory across all major property types. Comparable to NAI Hiffman across every service line but operates at vastly larger global scale.
• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle): Global CRE services firm providing brokerage, capital markets, property and facility management, and advisory. Competes directly with NAI Hiffman in agency leasing, tenant representation, and management services while operating much broader geographic and service coverage.
• Colliers International: Global CRE services firm providing brokerage, property management, capital markets, and project management. Competes with NAI Hiffman in agency leasing, tenant rep, and management, particularly in industrial and office segments.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global commercial real estate services firm offering brokerage, valuation, property management, and advisory. Directly comparable to NAI Hiffman's agency leasing, tenant representation, capital markets, and property management offerings, with substantially larger scale.
• Newmark Group: Public CRE services firm providing leasing, investment sales, capital markets, and property management. Overlaps with NAI Hiffman across agency leasing, tenant representation, capital markets, and lender services.

Direct peers

• Transwestern: Privately held commercial real estate firm offering agency leasing, tenant representation, capital markets, and property management. Directly comparable to NAI Hiffman in private structure and integrated service offering.
• Bradford Allen: Chicago-based commercial real estate services firm providing brokerage, property management, and advisory in office, industrial, and retail. Direct regional peer competing with NAI Hiffman in the same Chicago market.
• Avison Young: Privately held global CRE services firm providing brokerage, property management, and advisory across office, industrial, and retail. Closely comparable to NAI Hiffman in private ownership, integrated brokerage-plus-management model, and mid-to-large scale.

Emerging players

• SVN International: Commercial real estate franchise network offering brokerage, property management, and advisory. Comparable to NAI Hiffman in franchise/network model and integrated brokerage-plus-management services, though generally smaller per office.

Others

• NAI Global: Global CRE services network/franchisor of which NAI Hiffman is an affiliate member. Relevant as the parent network that provides international reach and shared brand to NAI Hiffman.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/naihiffman
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nai-hiffman

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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