Hitchcock Wright & Partners

What Hitchcock Wright & Partners does

Hitchcock Wright & Partners is a commercial property agency headquartered in Liverpool City Centre, founded in 1992 and operating primarily across the North West of England. The firm delivers agency, valuation, and advisory services across three core property verticals — industrial, office, and retail — alongside a suite of professional services including rent reviews, lease renewals, business rates appeals, valuations for secured lending, compulsory purchase order (CPO) advisory, arbitration, and expert witness work. The team consists of chartered surveyors (MRICS-qualified) with over 20 years of regional experience, including registered valuers authorised to issue Red Book valuations for banks, pension funds, and businesses.

The firm's revenue model is fee-based, drawing on two streams: transaction commissions earned on the marketing, negotiation, and completion of commercial property sales, purchases, and leases; and professional services fees for valuation, dispute resolution, and statutory advisory mandates. Pricing is bespoke and quote-driven rather than packaged, with engagement terms tailored to each assignment. Distribution is direct — partner-led client relationships with commercial property owners, occupiers, investors, and developers — supported by a website that functions as the principal marketing surface for property listings and news content. The firm maintains no app, no public-facing technology platform, no proprietary software, and operates with a single Liverpool office.

Customers include commercial property owners and investors, corporate occupiers across office, retail, and industrial sectors, developers, and funds requiring valuation or advisory work. Notable executed mandates include lease acquisitions for Costa Coffee (drive-thru) and Dominos at Liverpool Road Retail Park in Huyton, and a relocation lease for menswear retailer Lapel on Lord Street, Southport. The ownership structure is an internal partnership led by named partners Brian Ricketts (Office Agency) and John Barker, with no disclosed institutional, venture, or private equity investment.

Name

Hitchcock Wright & Partners

Legal name

Hitchcock Wright & Partners

Website

https://hitchcockwright.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hitchcock Wright & Partners is a Liverpool-based commercial property agency providing agency, valuation, and advisory services across industrial, office, and retail sectors for owners, occupiers, and investors throughout the North West of England.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Services

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (531210)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Warehousing & Logistics Facilities Brokerage (BPAJACAA), Office Tenant Representation (BPAJALAA)

Keywords

• Commercial property agency
• Chartered surveyors services
• Commercial property valuation
• Lease renewals rent reviews
• Commercial real estate brokerage

Headquarters

HQ city

Liverpool

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Agency and Brokerage Fees: Commission-based revenue from marketing, negotiation, and transaction services for commercial property sales, purchases, and leases. The firm advises both owners and occupiers on all types of commercial space.
2. Professional Services: Fees for specialized services including valuations for secured lending, asset valuations, and tax purposes; lease renewals and rent review negotiations; rating appeals; arbitrations and expert witness services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hitchcock Wright & Partners is a commercial property agency based in Liverpool City Centre that provides agency, valuation, and advisory services for industrial, office, retail, development, and investment properties across the North West of England. The firm acts for commercial property owners, occupiers, landlords, tenants, investors, and developers, delivering marketing, negotiation, rent review, lease renewal, valuation, arbitration, expert witness, business rates, and compulsory purchase order services through a team of chartered surveyors.

Product overview

Hitchcock Wright & Partners operates as a commercial property agency offering a unified suite of property services. The core offerings center on three agency disciplines: Industrial Agency, Office Agency, and Retail Agency, each providing marketing and negotiation services for buying, selling, or leasing properties. These are complemented by Development Opportunities and Investment Properties services for acquisition and sale of development sites and income-producing investments. The firm also provides professional advisory services including Arbitrations and Expert Witness, Business Rates (with rating appeals), Rent Reviews and Lease Renewals, Valuations (for secured lending, asset valuations, or tax purposes), and CPO advisory services. All services are delivered by a team of chartered surveyors based in Liverpool serving clients across the North West region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Agency Commercial property agency service for industrial properties, including units on multi-let estates, self-contained stand-alone properties, and storage land available to let or purchase. For industrial property owners, occupiers, logistics, and manufacturing companies in the North West.
• Office Agency Advisory and agency services for office space ranging from Grade A city centre suites to head office locations, serving both owners and occupiers of office properties. For commercial property owners and businesses seeking office space across the North West.
• Retail Agency Commercial property agency services for high street and out-of-town retail properties throughout the North West region. Includes a range of vacant shops available and tenant acquisition for retail property owners.
• Development Opportunities Property services covering development sites and buildings available for purchase. For developers seeking sites to acquire and develop in the North West.
• Investment Properties Commercial property investment advisory and brokerage services for income-producing properties. For investors seeking to acquire commercial investment assets in the North West.
• Valuations Property valuation services for secured lending, asset valuations, and tax purposes, including Red Book Valuations for banks, pension funds, and businesses. Provided by MRICS-qualified registered valuers.
• Rent Reviews and Lease Renewals Negotiation services for rent reviews and lease renewals on behalf of commercial property tenants and landlords. Provided by chartered surveyors across industrial, office, and retail sectors.
• Business Rates Advisory services for business rates, including rating appeals. For commercial property owners and occupiers seeking to challenge or manage their business rates liabilities.
• Arbitration Dispute resolution services through arbitration for commercial property matters, including rent reviews and lease renewals. Provided by experienced surveyor-arbitrators.
• Expert Witness Professional expert witness services for legal proceedings involving commercial property matters. Provided by chartered surveyors acting for parties in litigation or tribunal.
• CPO (Compulsory Purchase Order) Expert advisory services covering the entire Compulsory Purchase Order process from inception to delivery, including attendance at CPO inquiries. Includes explaining property owner rights and handling notices served by government departments, local councils, or utility companies. For property owners affected by compulsory purchase.

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• CBRE: World's largest commercial real estate services firm offering agency, valuation, and advisory across all property types globally. Sets the scale benchmark against which small regional agencies like Hitchcock Wright compete for occupier and investor mandates.
• JLL: Global real estate services and investment management firm with full-service commercial agency, valuation, and capital markets capabilities. Represents the upper-bound incumbent competing for the same Liverpool/North West mandates that Hitchcock Wright services.
• Knight Frank: Global real estate consultancy with strong UK commercial agency, valuation, and capital markets offerings. Operates across the same industrial, office, and retail categories that constitute Hitchcock Wright's core, but at materially larger scale.
• Savills: Global real estate services firm with UK-wide commercial agency, valuation, and advisory offerings across industrial, office, and retail. Provides the broader CRE services benchmark that Hitchcock Wright delivers in microcosm at a regional level.
• Lambert Smith Hampton: UK-wide commercial property consultancy with agency, valuation, and advisory services across all sectors and regions. Operates a Liverpool/North West office that directly overlaps with Hitchcock Wright's territory, but competes from a much larger national footprint and broader service portfolio.
• Avison Young: Global commercial real estate services firm with UK operations spanning agency, valuation, and advisory across industrial, office, and retail. Comparable in service mix to Hitchcock Wright but with substantially broader geographic and capital resources.
• Colliers: Global commercial real estate services firm with UK agency, valuation, and advisory operations across all major property sectors. Provides overlapping capabilities to Hitchcock Wright at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global commercial real estate services firm offering agency, valuation, and advisory across all major property sectors. Competes with Hitchcock Wright on larger institutional mandates in the North West while offering a global platform Hitchcock Wright cannot match.

Direct peers

• Mason Owen: Liverpool-headquartered commercial property firm offering agency, management, and professional services across the North West. Closest direct competitor to Hitchcock Wright, with overlapping industrial, office, and retail coverage and a similar chartered-surveyor talent model.
• Barker Proudlove: North West-based specialist commercial property agency focused on the retail and leisure sectors. Comparable in size, regional focus, and chartered-surveyor model, with overlapping retail agency mandates in the same Liverpool/Merseyside catchment as Hitchcock Wright.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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