Lyon Stahl Investment Real Estate

What Lyon Stahl Investment Real Estate does

Lyon Stahl Investment Real Estate is a privately held commercial and multifamily investment brokerage founded in 2014 by Brett Lyon and Woody Stahl and headquartered in El Segundo, California. The firm operates across four Southern California offices (El Segundo, Long Beach, San Bernardino, and Century City Los Angeles) with a roster of more than 125 active agents, and self-claims the #1 multifamily market share position in Los Angeles with cumulative closed sales volume of approximately $5.9 billion across 3,632 transactions since inception. Core services include multifamily acquisitions and dispositions, 1031 exchange representation, broker opinion of value and valuation services, commercial brokerage (retail, office, industrial), and luxury residential sales, with customers comprising private investors, institutional buyers, and property owners across the South Bay, Westside, Long Beach, Inland Empire, and San Gabriel Valley submarkets.

The business is built on a collaborative agent model in which brokers share market intelligence and deal flow rather than operating as independent producers, supported by proprietary market tools and coaching infrastructure marketed to recruits. Revenue is generated primarily through transaction-based brokerage commissions on multifamily investment sales and exchanges, with growing contribution from valuation advisory work; no public pricing schedule exists and fees are negotiated per transaction. Lyon Stahl has earned three consecutive CoStar Power Broker Top Sales Firm awards (2023–2025), recognition as a 2025 GlobeSt. Influencer in Multifamily and LA Times Studios Top Commercial Real Estate Firm, and inclusion on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies. The firm remains under founder-operator ownership with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or institutional investment.

Name

Lyon Stahl Investment Real Estate

Legal name

Lyon Stahl Investment Real Estate

Website

https://lyonstahl.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Lyon Stahl Investment Real Estate is a privately held Southern California multifamily investment brokerage founded in 2014, operating from four offices with 125+ agents serving private investors, institutional buyers, and property owners across Los Angeles, Long Beach, and the Inland Empire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (531210)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Multifamily Brokerage (BPAJABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Investment Sales Brokerage (BPAJABAI), Commercial Real Estate Brokerage (Leasing & Sales) (FSAEAJAB), Real Estate Capital Markets Advisory (Debt/Equity Placement, Refinancing) (BPAJANAE)

Keywords

• Multifamily investment brokerage
• Commercial real estate
• 1031 exchange services
• Property valuation services
• Real estate acquisitions

Headquarters

HQ city

El Segundo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Brokerage Commissions: The firm generates revenue through real estate commissions on multifamily acquisitions, dispositions, and 1031 exchanges across Southern California. Transactions range from individual property sales to larger portfolio transactions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lyon Stahl Investment Real Estate operates as a Southern California multifamily investment brokerage providing acquisitions, dispositions, and 1031 exchange services for income property investors and owners. The firm supplements its multifamily focus with commercial real estate brokerage, luxury residential sales, and property valuation/broker opinion of value services across Los Angeles, Long Beach, the South Bay, and the Inland Empire submarkets.

Product overview

Lyon Stahl Investment Real Estate is a multifamily investment brokerage offering a unified platform of real estate services. The core offering centers on multifamily acquisitions, dispositions, and 1031 exchanges across Southern California, supplemented by luxury residential sales, commercial brokerage, and property valuation services. The company operates as a service-based brokerage rather than a software platform, with proprietary market tools and a collaborative agent network supporting transactions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Multifamily Brokerage Services Specialized apartment building sales, multifamily acquisitions and dispositions across Southern California markets including Los Angeles, Long Beach, the South Bay, and the Inland Empire, targeted at private investors and institutional buyers.
• Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Commercial property sales and investment advisory services for retail, office, and industrial properties across Southern California, targeting investors and property owners.
• Luxury Real Estate Services High-end residential property sales including single-family homes and luxury listings in prime Southern California locations, serving individual buyers and sellers.
• Valuation Services Property valuation tools and broker opinion of value services providing comparative market analysis and financial modeling for investment properties, serving investors and property owners.
• 1031 Exchange Services Tax-deferred property exchange services enabling investors to swap investment properties while deferring capital gains taxes, including identification and replacement property acquisition support.
• Investment Property Listings Comprehensive property listings database covering multifamily, commercial, and luxury properties across Southern California markets, providing investors with active and off-market deal visibility.

Quantifiable outcome

• $5.9 billion+ in closed sales volume
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Marcus & Millichap: The largest U.S. commercial real estate investment sales broker with a heavy multifamily focus and a major Los Angeles presence. Directly competes with Lyon Stahl for multifamily investment sale mandates across Southern California and is the benchmark the CoStar Power Broker rankings measure against.
• Berkadia: Multifamily-focused commercial real estate investment sales and debt placement firm. A direct multifamily peer that pairs brokerage with proprietary loan origination, and competes for both sale-side and capital markets mandates in Southern California.
• Northmarq: Privately held commercial real estate investment sales, debt and equity placement firm with significant multifamily activity on the West Coast. A closely comparable mid-to-large peer competing for institutional multifamily mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Newmark Group: Global full-service commercial real estate advisory with investment sales, debt placement, and multifamily capital markets. Larger, publicly traded, multi-asset-class player operating across the same Southern California multifamily market with greater capital markets capabilities.
• CBRE: The world's largest commercial real estate services firm with multifamily investment sales and institutional buyer relationships in Los Angeles. Competes for institutional multifamily mandates though as part of a much wider services portfolio.
• Walker & Dunlop: Large commercial real estate finance and investment sales firm with a strong multifamily platform and active Southern California presence. Overlaps with Lyon Stahl on multifamily investment sales while also offering debt placement.
• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle): Global full-service commercial real estate firm with multifamily investment sales capabilities and large institutional relationships. Competes at the institutional buyer level in Southern California but as one of many service lines.
• Colliers: Global commercial real estate services firm with investment sales and multifamily brokerage in the Los Angeles market. Broader portfolio of services makes it a partial substitute for institutional clients evaluating broker selection.
• Eastdil Secured: Premier institutional commercial real estate investment banking arm operating at the largest deal sizes. Represents institutional sellers Lyon Stahl also courts, and competes (often in partnership) on portfolio multifamily dispositions.

Others

• Kennedy Wilson: Global real estate investment and services company active in multifamily investment, sales, and capital markets across California. Adjacent rather than directly competing: behaves partly as a principal buyer and partly as a capital markets partner that overlaps with Lyon Stahl on the deal side.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LyonStahl

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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