Smith Agri International

What Smith Agri International does

Smith Agri International Pty Ltd is a privately-held, family-owned licensed real estate services firm headquartered in Fitzroy, Australia, specializing in the representation of institutional-grade agricultural, horticultural and timberland assets across Australia and New Zealand. The firm engages with a defined buyer universe of international institutional investors, pension funds, family offices, asset managers, and high-net-worth individuals, while serving sellers that include multi-generational farming enterprises, TIMOs and corporate owners of rural assets. Transaction services span buy-side advisory, sell-side representation, virtual data room management, supply chain logistics coordination and post-transaction advisory, with revenue derived primarily from transaction commissions and professional advisory fees (no public pricing). The firm differentiates through a 30+ year track record of 400+ property transactions covering more than 95,000 hectares and 68 million trees, a proprietary 18,000+ contact database of sophisticated investors, and multi-generational Smith family heritage traced to 1856.

The company operates an integrated subsidiary ecosystem that extends its service surface beyond pure brokerage. Virgin Forests Pty Ltd delivers commercial forestry services including plantation management, harvest coordination and supply agreement negotiation. Smith Agri International Distribution Pty Ltd provides market entry and long-term expansion strategies for agribusiness and AgTech clients, leveraging in-house logistics expertise. SAI Digital Marketing Pty Ltd supplies periodic visual investor project reports, drone footage, HD photography and graphical reporting, supporting both internal listings and external client reporting needs. Marketing channels include sustained attendance at international agribusiness investment forums across North America, Europe and Australasia, a property listings website, blog/news content, a First Alert email registration tool, and a referral-driven pipeline that the firm cites as a significant source of new business. Distribution is conducted exclusively through direct enterprise field sales without intermediaries.

Name

Smith Agri International

Legal name

Smith Agri International Pty Ltd

Website

https://smithagriinternational.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Smith Agri International is a family-owned, licensed Australian real estate services firm specializing in buy-side and sell-side representation of institutional-grade agricultural, horticultural and timberland assets for pension funds, family offices and high-net-worth investors across Australasia and global markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Real Estate Brokerage

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Supply Chain, Marketing & Contracting Advisory (Grain/Livestock Marketing) (AFACAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainability & ESG / Carbon & Conservation Program Advisory (AFACAJAF), Succession, Governance & Ownership Transition Advisory (AFACAJAO)

Keywords

• Agricultural real estate
• Timberland transactions
• Rural property brokerage
• Agribusiness advisory
• Farm asset sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Fitzroy

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Transaction Services: Commission-based revenue from facilitating the sale and purchase of institutional-grade agricultural, horticultural and timberland assets. Services include sell-side representation and buy-side advisory for properties across Australia and New Zealand.
2. Advisory Services: Process management, effective transaction structuring, and supply-chain logistical efficiency. Advisory services covering asset assessment, past operations analysis, JV agreements, stakeholder agreements, market supply agreements, and transparent structure and economic advice.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Smith Agri International is a licensed real estate services firm operating throughout Australia and New Zealand, specializing in the representation and transaction of institutional-grade agricultural, horticultural, and timberland assets. The company provides buy-side and sell-side advisory services, virtual data room-enabled due diligence, transaction management, and supply-chain logistics coordination for sophisticated investors and multi-generational farming enterprises.

Product overview

Smith Agri International is a licensed real estate services firm operating as a multi-brand portfolio company. The core offering is Smith Agri International Pty Ltd, providing institutional-grade agricultural, horticultural and timberland asset transactions throughout Australia and New Zealand. The portfolio includes four subsidiary/related entities: Virgin Forests Pty Ltd (commercial forestry services), Smith Agri International Distribution Pty Ltd (market expansion services for AgTech clients), and SAI Digital Marketing Pty Ltd (in-house marketing and investor reporting). The company categorizes its property listings into Institutional Grade Assets, Premier Properties, Rural/Lifestyle Properties, Alternative Investments, Forestry Services, and Advisory Services. Featured products include African Mahogany and Indian Sandalwood plantation representations, stonefruit and table grape horticultural operations, and large-scale greenfield development opportunities. All offerings are service-based real estate and advisory offerings rather than software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Institutional Grade Assets (Brokerage)
• Premier Properties (Brokerage)
• Rural / Lifestyle Properties (Brokerage)

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Virgin Forests Pty LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA specialist forest contracting entity delivering commercial forestry services throughout the commercial value-chain including plantation management, planning, regulatory support, nursery liaison, establishment, maintenance, research and development, asset monitoring, harvest/haulage coordination, and market/supply agreement negotiation.
• Smith Agri International Distribution Pty LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides solutions for clients undertaking significant game-changing projects in agribusiness and AgTech industries, delivering market entry and long-term market expansion strategies through deep knowledge of logistics and supportive supply-chains.
• SAI Digital Marketing Pty LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn-house digital marketing team delivering periodic visual investor project reports, drone footage video production, high-definition landscape photography, and graphical animation reporting for clients.
• Quintis ForestryminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSmith Agri International acts as Australia's leading exclusive agent for harvested Indian Sandalwood managed by Quintis Forestry, representing FSC-certified established plantations to the global network of qualified traders, processors, and end users.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Elders Limited: Largest Australian agribusiness services group offering rural property sales alongside livestock, wool, cropping inputs and financial services. Overlaps with Smith Agri's rural real estate brokerage and farm advisory offering but at much larger scale and broader product mix.
• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle): Global real estate services and investment management firm with growing agricultural asset practice. Targets the same pension funds, sovereign wealth and family offices as Smith Agri for rural and agribusiness mandates.
• Nutrien Ag Solutions: Global agricultural inputs and services provider (formerly Landmark) with a sizable Australian real estate brokerage arm. Competes for farm property mandates and offers complementary agronomic and advisory services.
• CBRE Agribusiness: Global commercial real estate firm with a dedicated agribusiness practice servicing institutional capital for farmland and timberland acquisitions. Competes with Smith Agri for the same institutional client base but with global execution capability.
• Colliers Agribusiness: Global real estate advisory with a dedicated Rural and Agribusiness team across Australia and New Zealand. Directly comparable institutional transaction focus but with broader real estate services portfolio and deeper institutional client relationships.

Direct peers

• LAWD: Australian specialist rural and agribusiness real estate advisory firm focused on institutional-grade farmland, water and development assets. Highly comparable to Smith Agri's sell-side and buy-side institutional transaction model in Australasia.
• Raine & Horne Rural: Specialist Australian rural property network offering sales, management and advisory for farmland, livestock and lifestyle properties. Directly comparable rural real estate services model but with a franchise-style distribution footprint.
• Herron Todd White: Independent Australian property advisory and valuation firm with a strong rural and agribusiness practice. Comparable specialist rural advisory capability, particularly in valuation, transaction due diligence and institutional-grade mandates.
• Ray White Rural: Australian rural property franchise operating across broadacre, livestock and lifestyle segments with significant transaction volume. Comparable rural real estate transaction focus, though less concentrated on institutional-grade assets.

Others

• Quintis Forestry: Australian-managed forestry investment company focused on Indian Sandalwood plantations. Smith Agri acts as exclusive marketing agent for Quintis's harvested sandalwood, making it both a client/partner and a participant in the same institutional timberland transaction ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/int_agri
• Facebookfacebook.com/smithagriint
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smith-agri-international

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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