Sextant

What Sextant does

Sextant operates a luxury French real estate brokerage under a multi-entity group structure. The Sextant Properties Group was founded in London in 2005 by two French entrepreneurs to serve international buyers of prestige French property; Sextant France was established in 2010 as a licensed, SNPI-member French estate agency with professional liability insurance and prefectural agent registration, and Sextant Prestige operates as the dedicated luxury division of the group. Its core offering is a bilingual (French/English) property search and advisory platform — sextant-prestige.com — through which international high-net-worth buyers and sellers transact prestige properties priced from €300,000 to over €15,000,000, supported by tailored marketing campaigns, professional photography, editorial storytelling, and distribution across major French property portals. The operating model combines a direct bilingual consultancy team at its Neuilly-sur-Seine headquarters with a network of 160+ offices and 100+ independent licensed advisors across France, and a London-based call center that generates and qualifies buyer and seller leads for the network.

Name

Sextant

Legal name

Sextant Properties SAS

Website

https://sextant-prestige.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Sextant is a licensed French luxury real estate brokerage operating Sextant Prestige and a network of 100+ bilingual advisors across 160+ offices, serving international high-net-worth buyers and sellers of prestige French properties priced from €300,000 to over €15,000,000.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Luxury Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Luxury & High-End Residential Brokerage (BPAJAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Real Estate Valuation & Appraisal (BPAHANAC)

Keywords

• Luxury real estate brokerage
• Prestige property advisory
• International property sales
• Bilingual real estate services
• Residential real estate agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuilly-sur-seine

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Property Transaction Commissions: Sextant Prestige earns commissions on completed luxury property sales and acquisitions across France. The company operates a network of independent sales agents who earn 70% to 99% commission per transaction, with Sextant retaining the remainder. Property values range from €300,000 to over €15,000,000.
2. Agent Network Membership / Franchise Fees: Independent real estate advisors join the Sextant network and pay a share of their commissions to the company. In return they receive brand access, lead generation (via the London call center), listings on French property portals, and professional support. This is a recurring revenue stream tied to agent productivity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sextant Prestige is the luxury division of the Sextant Properties Group and operates a licensed French estate agency providing end-to-end advisory services for the purchase and sale of prestige residential properties in France (€300,000 to €15,000,000+). A network of over 100 independent bilingual (French/English) advisors across more than 160 offices in France personally accompanies high-net-worth international clients through viewings, acquisitions, and sales, supported by a London-based call center that qualifies leads for the network.

Product overview

Sextant Prestige operates as a luxury real estate platform and service offering under the Sextant Properties Group. The core offering consists of the Sextant Prestige platform for discovering and acquiring prestige properties in France, complemented by a Property Search Platform for filtering listings by price, region, and specifications. Additional services include Property Valuation for sellers, Seller Advisory Services featuring bespoke marketing campaigns, and Buyer Advisory Services providing personalized guidance and viewing arrangements. The company also operates the Sextant France Agent Network, a network of over 100 independent licensed agents across France. All services are delivered through bilingual (French/English) consultants based primarily in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sextant Prestige luxury brokerage service

Quantifiable outcome

• Network of 160+ offices and 100+ advisors across France serving international clients
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SNPI (Syndicat National des Professionnels de l'Immobilier)coreOthersSextant France is a licensed French estate agency and member of the SNPI (Syndicat National des Professionnels de l'Immobilier), the leading French professional real estate association. SNPI membership enforces high standards of professionalism, ethics, and quality of service among its members.
• London Call Center (part of Sextant Group)coreOthersA call center based in London — within the Sextant Group — provides regular and qualified leads (both buyers and sellers) to the network of independent agents operating across France. This internal lead generation function is a key differentiator for agents joining the Sextant network.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Knight Frank France: UK-headquartered luxury real estate consultancy with a strong French residential presence. Directly comparable in targeting international HNW buyers of French prestige property.
• Daniel Féau: Paris-based luxury residential real estate brokerage focused on exceptional properties in the Paris region and Western France. Competes directly with Sextant Prestige in serving HNW international and domestic buyers of prestige homes.
• Sotheby's International Realty France: Operates an affiliate network of luxury agencies across France under the Sotheby's International Realty brand. Directly comparable in luxury positioning, international brand leverage, and premium commissions.
• Engel & Völkers France: Global luxury real estate franchise with a significant French network. Directly comparable agent-licensing model, international brand positioning, and luxury property focus.
• Emile Garcin: French luxury real estate group with boutique-style coverage of prestige properties across France. Operates a comparable bilingual advisory model targeting international and domestic HNW buyers.
• Barnes: International luxury real estate group founded in Paris, with offices across France and globally. Bilingual, focused on prestige residential transactions and a comparable HNW buyer pool to Sextant Prestige.
• Belles Demeures de France: French luxury property specialist affiliated with Daniel Féau, focused on character and prestige homes. Comparable pricing tiers and HNW buyer segments.
• John Taylor: Long-established French luxury real estate group active across the Côte d'Azur, Paris, and ski resorts. Direct competitor for HNW second-home and prestige primary-residence transactions.

Broad incumbents

• Orpi: France's largest residential real estate network. Overlaps with Sextant in France but addresses a broader, mass-market segment rather than the HNW luxury niche Sextant Prestige targets.

Emerging players

• Proprioo: French digital-first real estate agency operating a fixed-fee model that disrupts traditional commission-based brokerage. Represents an emerging comp/displacement threat to commission-based luxury brokerages like Sextant.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SextantFrance

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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